Limewire Hooks Up with AVG, Promises Virus Free P2P
Limewire Hooks Up with AVG, Promises Virus Free P2P
Posted 03/09/2010 at 6:49pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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Surely you are aware the p2p networks are crawling with nasty malware. It’s almost enough to make you go elsewhere for your copyrighted public domain content. The MPAA and RIAA are of the opinion that people running torrents are a bunch of pirates that deserve what’s coming to them. The makers of Limewire, however, feel differently and have licensed the AVG antivirus engine to provide real-time scanning of downloaded files.
Limewire accesses both the Gnutella and BitTorrent protocols. The pro version of the software will be the one getting the security upgrades. Users of the free edition will still be on their own. Files scanned with the integrated scanner will be labeled as “Protected by AVG”. The software will make no distinction between legal and illegal files.
Look, we’re all for fewer people having malware and getting caught up in botnets, but is paying for a p2p app with integrated virus scanning the way to do it? Maybe suggest your p2p loving friends use a free security solution like Microsoft Security Essentials instead.
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Calgary Compute...
August 12, 2010 at 4:51am
Nice article. We need more articles like this to get the word out. I see a lot of viruses from Limewire in our Calgary computer repair shop, even some that have been scanned by AVG, the pro version. But Avg has to help. It finds 97% of viruses. Still P2Ps are really virus ridden. It's cheaper to buy your music instead of having your computer fixed all the time.
This is my Calgary Computer Repair shop.
As you can see we do a lot of virus work. Thanks again for the article.
Trooper_One
March 10, 2010 at 12:32pm
I echo the previous writers...Limewire still exists?
Go .tor with a magnet!
violian
March 10, 2010 at 11:24am
I used to use Limewire all the time in college. That network was plagued with viruses. I was using Symantec too. I had so many viruses on my computer, I was re-installing my OS atleast once every 2 months. Then Ruckus came out for our school, where we get free music subscriptions like the current Zune Pass. It was subsidized by our student tutions and supported ads. It was awesome, until the company tanked because there weren't enough users to support the ads.
Walnut
March 09, 2010 at 7:27pm
I've never used Limewire myself, but a friend of mine told me a while back that you could use the free version to download an illegal copy of the pro version. I find that hilarious. Talk about a stupid business model. As for virus scanning, I can't help but feel it will be generally ineffective, and I'm somewhat surprised AVG agreed to license their tech to a service like Limewire.
Digital-Storm
March 10, 2010 at 7:28am
Me too. Limewire is just a virus machine for kiddies that don't want to understand torrenting.
DBsantos77
March 09, 2010 at 9:41pm
True story, in that sense, the search feature worked flawlessly haha.
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