afraid_of_stupid_spyware spiffy http://www.limewire.com/english/content/home.shtml do you think i can trust this? 040806 ... ummm... nope. 040806 ... u24 I've heard limewire is OK, let me know how you get on. 040908 ... rose No. I don't trust it. 040908 ... p2 if you don't want the spyware pay for it it's only $18.88 USD 040908 ... u24 anyone used DC, or bittorrent, in fact, anyone have any informed opinions on filesharing (best to use, ethics of, etc?) 040909 ... p2 bittorrent is awesome if you do install it go to www.suprnova.org for a bunch of available downloads i also use bearshare which used to be compatible with limeware & some others because originally they were all based on gnutella's protocol but i'm not sure if that's still true 040909 ... p2 as for ethics i usually pay for software i use often and w/ bittorrent i usually leave it on until at least 2x the filesize has been uploaded the way bittorrent works was a stroke of genius you dl from multiple ppl and at the same time upload to multiple ppl so everyone shares the load once you've dl'ed everything you can leave bittorrent running to help w/ the uploads 040909 ... p2 oh yeah beware of bearshare's free version there is indeed spyware on that one 040909 ... p2 having used limewire pro for the past week i think i prefer bearshare mostly for bearshare's "Find More Sources" feature and its visual breakdown of individual connections for a multi-source download but limewire is a one time 18.88 while bearshare is 3.26 a month *sigh* fiscal responsibilities limit me to limewire 041122 ... Doar hmmm...i tried limewire pro for about three months and found that I had nasty virus's starting to invade my humble little comp. haven't tried bearshare though.... *rubs chin reflectively* 060621 ... z get a mac. 060622 ... platads I've never contracted a virus from the freeware Limewire. But then... I run mac. 060622 what's it to you? who go blather from