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Old February 3rd, 2002
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Angry ADS and SPYWARE

Just installed the newest version of Limewire. I don't like the little popup that tells me to upgrade to PRO every time I start it, but that's just the tip of the iceberg.

The new version INSTALLS CYDOOR WITHOUT PERMISSION. For those of you who don't know, Cydoor is advertising spyware, and reports your browsing habits back to its parent company. If you have RegCleaner, you'll see it listed there. The only other clue is a cydoor uninstaller in the Limewire directory.

I found a .dll in my windows directory, too.

Then I found something called TopMoxie in my program directory. Searching through its directories confirmed that Limewire put that there too, part of something called LimeShop. Removing LimeShop from Add/Remove Programs did not delete the offending directories and its programs, however.

Are the guys at Limewire trying to scam every penny they can before the recording industries and/or government goes after them? Maybe. Anyway you cook it, though, they're just plain greedy.

Thats fine. But keep your damn spyware off my computer!!!
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