Why cant i get rid of limewire?

clint stoat · #1 (**permalink**) April 1st, 2006

I deleted the program from my computer and a message keeps coming up almost all the time (when i switch it on, after ive closed the window that pops up it keeps coming back). It's exceedingly irritating, can someone point me in the right direction? This is the report:

LimeWire version 4.10.5

Java version 1.4.1_02 from Sun Microsystems Inc.

Windows XP v. 5.1 on x86

Free/total memory: 2170352/4128768

com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader$StartupFailed Exception: invalid update.ver

at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.sanityCheck(G UILoader.java:274)

at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.load(GUILoade r.java:40)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)

at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)

at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:44)

STARTUP ERROR!

-- listing properties --

FILTER_HASH_QUERIES=true

APP_HEIGHT=728

DIRECTORIES_TO_SEARCH_FOR_FILES=C:\Documents and Settings\Bulbuous He...

LAST_EXPIRE_TIME=1143733894203

LAST_ACCEPTABLE_BUG_VERSION=4.10.10

DIRECTORY_FOR_SAVING_FILES=C:\Documents and Settings\Bulbuous He...

UPDATE_DOWNLOAD_DELAY=10000000

NECTIONS=2

COUNTRY=

MIN_CONNECT_TIME=7

CLIENT_ID=5635E5895CAA6D825C4500EFFD3FB500

TREE_NODE_PREFIXES=a

IDLE_CONNECTIONS=2

TOTAL_UPTIME=1364

PORT=13022

AVERAGE_UPTIME=1364

UPDATE_GIVEUP_FACTOR=24

RUN_ON_STARTUP=false

UNSET_FIREWALLED_FROM_CONNECTBACK=true

FLUSH_DELAY_TIME=256

APP_WIDTH=1024

LAST_FWT_STATE=true

INSTALLED=true

MAX_SIM_DOWNLOAD=8

UI_LIBRARY_TREE_DIVIDER_LOCATION=124

LAST_GWEBCACHE_FETCH_TIME=1143734342843

UPDATE_DELAY=252000020

WINDOW_Y=0

CONNECTION_SPEED=350

PTIME=1208

WINDOW_X=0

FILES IN CURRENT DIRECTORY:

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\clink.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1140024891681

SIZE: 307949

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-httpclient.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1140024891759

SIZE: 459988

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-logging.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1140024891806

SIZE: 59154

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-net.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1140024891869

SIZE: 355370

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\daap.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1140024891931

SIZE: 311611

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\GenericWindowsUtils.dll

LAST MODIFIED: 1137705995479

SIZE: 12279

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\i18n.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1140024891978

SIZE: 25678

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\icu4j.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1140024892056

SIZE: 741440

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\id3v2.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1140024892088

SIZE: 94430

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jcraft.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1140024892134

SIZE: 136693

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jl011.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1140024892181

SIZE: 255016

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jmdns.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1140024892228

SIZE: 69306

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.exe

LAST MODIFIED: 1137705995917

SIZE: 81920

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1140024891384

SIZE: 6327235

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire20.dll

LAST MODIFIED: 1137705995588

SIZE: 40960

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\log4j.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1140024892306

SIZE: 677952

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\logicrypto.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1140024892353

SIZE: 227510

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\looks.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1140024892431

SIZE: 630634

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\MessagesBundles.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1140024891572

SIZE: 2820285

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\mp3sp14.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1140024892463

SIZE: 40064

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\ProgressTabs.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1140024891603
SIZE: 18324
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\themes.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1140024892494
SIZE: 379059
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\tritonus.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1140024892541
SIZE: 152711
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\vorbis.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1140024892572
SIZE: 27215
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\WindowsV5PlusUtils.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1137705995651
SIZE: 12808
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xerces.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1140024892791
SIZE: 2147687
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xml-apis.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1140024892838

SIZE: 207655

Grandpa · #2 (**permalink**) April 1st, 2006

Well to begin with you said you deleted the file. When you delete the file it does not uninstall LimeWire it just deletes a portion of it. You will have to reinstall it the go to add and remove programs and uninstall it.

2nd. I have a felling you may have deleted it because it kept starting up by itself all of the time . If this is the case you probably downloaded and opened a file 851.7kb in size which you found nothing in. Guess what if that is what happened there was something inside a virus that makes LimeWire start up by itself and creates 1000's of copies of itself.

If that is what happened the link below will help. If you can't get rid of it your self there is a link to Norbie's world in the link below, He will be able to help you get rid of it. And by the way this virus disables most anti virus apps so they will not detect it. And even if they do allot of them can not get rid of it.

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?t=41432

1337_ · #3 (**permalink**) April 1st, 2006

Yeah, I think what you might have done is just deleted the files of the program...but that's not enough. First of all, if you want a program gone from your computer, you open your Control Panel, and open 'Add/Remove Programs'. You can open that and search for LimeWire and remove it or you can open Start, and then 'All Programs', and then search for LimeWire and click Uninstall.

Grandpa · #4 (**permalink**) April 1st, 2006

You will have to reinstall it first. The uninstaller is located in the file you deleted.

Litanss · #5 (**permalink**) April 2nd, 2006

Oh yes, this is very common.

You shouldn't have installed limewire in the first place, that's the problem.

Litanss · #6 (**permalink**) April 2nd, 2006

http://www.spywaredb.com/remove-limewire/

birdy · #7 (**permalink**) April 2nd, 2006

Bollocks

http://www.benedelman.org/spyware/p2p/

Grandpa · #8 (**permalink**) April 2nd, 2006

Litanss

You should not post things you have not investigated and know nothing about. If you would have looked at the link you posted you would have noticed it says (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\cur rentversion\shareddlls\c:\program files\limewire\2.9.8) That would be version 2.9.8 which did contain adware. The addware was removed long ago. The current version of LimeWire is 4.11.0

If you would have searched your registry by going to Start/Run then typing in (regedit) into the box you would have seen none of those entries exist.

But since you did none of those things and have posted all over the forum about LimeWire being crap. You have done nothing but show how Little you know.

If you wish to keep on posting about LimeWire being spyware and how crappy it is go right ahead. You are very easy to prove wrong. It just shows your ineptness and all it will do is get you banned. If you had a problem of getting a virus or could not make LimeWire work properly you should have ask for help. But you didn't now you just look like a fool.