A coworker brought a thumb drive with some music from Limewire and
infected 3 servers with a virus. She should be lucky to have job as it
took us all day to recover!
Yes, but that's not an issue with Limewire.
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That depends entirely on what you download from there. It, like all PTP
software has its risks.
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To: profox@leafe.com
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:13:58 +
Subject: Re: [NF] Limewire
A coworker brought a thumb drive with some
like all PTP software has its risks.
anyone heard of any vuln's with ogg/ flac files?
Andrew Davies MBCS CITP
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On 2/21/07, Andy Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
like all PTP software has its risks.
anyone heard of any vuln's with ogg/ flac files?
Why? Do you know of any in AVI/MP3 files?
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anyone heard of any vuln's with ogg/ flac files?
Why? Do you know of any in AVI/MP3 files?
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There have certainly been reports of mp3 vuln's - why else would LimeWire
be risky?
Andrew Davies MBCS CITP
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On 2/21/07, Andy Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
anyone heard of any vuln's with ogg/ flac files?
Why? Do you know of any in AVI/MP3 files?
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There have certainly been reports of mp3 vuln's - why else would LimeWire
be risky?
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On Monday, February 19, 2007 11:41 PM john harvey wrote:
Mainly - you infect your computer with spyware, adware, viruses, etc.
and you can also steal
some music too!
A coworker brought a thumb drive with some music from Limewire and
infected 3 servers with a virus. She should be lucky to have
MB Software Solutions wrote:
Anyone use limewire.com? I've got it on the kids junk PC, but have
been reluctant to put it on my dev laptop as I don't like the
security risk.
Just wondered if others had comments on it, especially with regards
to exposing your system?
It's all in what you
On Feb 19, 2007, at 10:40 PM, john harvey wrote:
Mainly - you infect your computer with spyware, adware, viruses,
etc. and
you can also steal some music too!
I must be so naive.
Thanks for the explanations.
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Anyone use limewire.com? I've got it on the kids junk PC, but have been
reluctant to put it on my dev laptop as I don't like the security risk.
Just wondered if others had comments on it, especially with regards to
exposing your system?
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MB Software Solutions, LLC
Yeah, my kids used it. Go ahead load er up! Misery loves company!
John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of MB Software Solutions
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 8:33 PM
To: Profox
Subject: [NF] Limewire
Anyone use limewire.com? I've got
MB Software Solutions wrote:
Anyone use limewire.com? I've got it on the kids junk PC, but have been
reluctant to put it on my dev laptop as I don't like the security risk.
Just wondered if others had comments on it, especially with regards to
exposing your system?
I like Bon's version
I use the free Linux version of Limewire running under FC6, and
previously under FC4. I've never hand any problems with it.
My wife also uses Limewire running on her FC6 system and uses Limewire
much more than I do. She sometimes leave Limewire running on her
computer for days on end, so she
Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote:
MB Software Solutions wrote:
Anyone use limewire.com? I've got it on the kids junk PC, but have been
reluctant to put it on my dev laptop as I don't like the security risk.
Just wondered if others had comments on it, especially with regards to
exposing your
On Feb 19, 2007, at 9:37 PM, Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote:
I use the free Linux version of Limewire running under FC6, and
previously under FC4. I've never hand any problems with it.
I looked at the website... it could be just 16 hours in front of the
computer... but: what the heck is
: Re: [NF] Limewire
On Feb 19, 2007, at 9:37 PM, Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote:
I use the free Linux version of Limewire running under FC6, and
previously under FC4. I've never hand any problems with it.
I looked at the website... it could be just 16 hours in front of the
computer
Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh wrote:
I looked at the website... it could be just 16 hours in front of the
computer... but: what the heck is Limewire *for*? Whadaya do with it?
You find music that you don't have for free download. I guess it's
legit...it's very popular and if not legit, you'd think
john harvey wrote:
Mainly - you infect your computer with spyware, adware, viruses, etc. and
you can also steal some music too!
Couldn't have said it better. When they first came out, they were one
of the nastier bits of spyware. I think they've straightened up their
act a bit, but I'm
john harvey wrote:
Mainly - you infect your computer with spyware, adware, viruses, etc. and
snipped
That's why I was leery of putting it on my dev laptop! ;-)
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Aw, go ahead. May you live in interesting times
John
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john harvey wrote:
Mainly - you infect
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