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Old July 29th, 2005
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What is the deal with theses viruses on limewire downloads? NAV just caught the trojan dropper and the w32alcra on two different files!

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Old July 29th, 2005
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what were you downloading ?
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Search the forums for more information on this issue. You should be very careful when downloading executable files from the Gnutella Network. ALWAYS scan your files before you run them -- even if they're only songs or video. Good luck.

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Old July 30th, 2005
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I was downloading winrar and a reg clean program.
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You may want to try this site for utilities, safe site, good advice...

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/col...id,1366,00.asp

Hope it helps!
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