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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: June 23, 2009
- Total Downloads: 189,684,999
- Downloads last week: 483,105
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A newer version of LimeWire 5.1.4 is available.
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 9807 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on February 12, 2009
From its start as a post-Napster clone to its leading role as the quintessential Gnutella client, LimeWire is the highest-profile P2P application. Version 5 re-envisions LimeWire for a Web 2.0 world, with an emphasis on sharing with friends, square buttons with rounded corners, and overall a cleaner interface.
Two search bars and two sidebars cap off the redesign. The uppermost search bar is the global search that scans what everybody is sharing over the P2P network, while the secondary one on the right searches your library. The sidebars are set up in a similar way. Both are on the left, with the outer one offering three options: your library, the global P2P network, and your friends. Click on My Library and your inner sidebar shows your collection of music, movies, and documents. The P2P Network option shows what you're uploading and downloading, while the Friends option lets you share your library specifically with your Google/Jabber contacts, which you can import. Search results can be presented in both the new Web 2.0-style that surfaces just the most relevant information, with an Information button to dive deeper or the "classic" spreadsheet view.
The Advanced Tools feature is also new, which lets power users drill down and get highly specific information about who they're connected to, similar to what's available from torrent clients. This data includes IP addresses, bandwidth, the program being used and its version. The new features and overall functionality make this by far the most mature version of LimeWire to date. Despite the typical performance flaws found in all file-sharing clients, this latest version continues to offer solid performance and good looks across the board.
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Publisher's description
From LimeWire :LimeWire is a P2P file-sharing application for all types of computer files, including music, video, pictures, games, and text documents. Other features include dynamic querying, file previews during download, advanced techniques for locating rare files, and an easy, clean user interface.
LimeWire's new spam blocker gets rid of junk results, and automatic updates will keep you sharing faster than ever with the latest version. You can search for Creative Commons and Weedshare licensed files, and publish your own creative works with Creative Commons licensing. LimeWire continues its guarantee of no adware or spyware. Includes built-in bittorent support.
Version 5.1.4 fixes a bug with the single file sharing widget and removes the check box for the multi file sharing widget.
What's new in this version:
Version 5.1.4 fixes a bug with the single file sharing widget and removes the check box for the multi file sharing widget.
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User reviews of LimeWire 5.1.4 5.1.4
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 9807 votes
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Version: LimeWire 5.1.4 5.1.4
"Great program, less than great peer-sharers"
Pros: Extremely easy P2P file sharing
Great Interface
SimpleCons: Ridden with infected files
No real user community interface
Ease of use makes it a hotspot for malicious files and pornSummary: See, the thing about Limewire is that it offers no real community of peers to converse with about files, such as IsoHunt.com , or thePirateBay.org (Both .torrent sites). Because of this, it's too easy to download viruses without knowing it. A system... read more >>
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Version: LimeWire 5.1.4 5.1.4
"It`s a real good program! I like it!!"
Pros: The possiblity to find even unknown songs!
Cons: That there are no programs to download anymore!! Why?
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: LimeWire 5.1.4 5.1.4
Pros: its fast and its good for downloading music, i havnt ran into any virus yet because im not dumb arse.
Cons: nothing really.
Summary: Limewire is a good program if u know how to use it and know which file to download that doesnt have a virus which is pretty easy and simple. People that gets viruses from the files they download off limewire is really their fault not limewire.
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: LimeWire 5.1.4 5.1.4
"be cautious of what you download"
Pros: free music, movies, and others.
Cons: many of the songs have viruses.
Summary: the program itself is safe and highly legit, but you have to be very cautious of what you download, because about 80% of all the files have porn/trojans/adware in them. p2p programs are never good.
i've had my virus protector pop up about 12 t... read more >> -
0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: LimeWire 5.1.4 5.1.4
"program virus free, but not music"
Pros: large library
Cons: music file contains viruses
Summary: Something I downloaded installed playMP3z, which is a trojan, and causes multiple web pages to open, a lot of them porn. My three virus programs did not detect it as a virus. It also hijacked my iTunes file, and deleted the folder.
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