Jerry,
Do you know for sure, supposing PC is left unattended with Limewire running,
& since Limewire is a file-sharing service, can someone from I-net access
files from my PC?

"orange" wrote:

> "Possible Limewire issues" <Possible Limewire
> issues@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:82CA1444-08DF-488F-8B33-CB3603B06D39@microsoft.com...
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I cannot say for sure if Limewire is the culprit, but we've experienced 2
> > disk read errors over the past 3 months(my son downloads quite a bit of
> > music). The first time, his music library was not quite as expansive as it
> > currently is, so I went on the newsgroup asking for help on the disk read
> > errors, & the recommended action didn't work, so I re-formatted the HD &
> > re-installed Windows, pretty much writing it off as a non-recoverable disk
> > read error whch contained the MBR. Fast forward to the present, 2 weeks
> > ago
> > we experienced the same thing all over again, but this time, his music
> > library is so extensive that I needed to find a way to preserve the
> > library.
> > So I purchased another HD(my thinking at this point is that the HD with
> > the
> > disk read errors is basically a bad drive), & installed Windows on the new
> > drive. Now I have 2 drives & everyting from the bad drive can be accessed.
> > So
> > going forward, how do I best handle the Limewire software which is
> > constantly used for downloads? Here are some thoughts I have been toying
> > with:
> >
> > 1) After copying everything we need from bad drive to good drive,
> > reformat bad HD, Install limewire on bad drive. If anything goes awry,
> > the OS is
> > still intact in the good drive.
> > 2) After copying everything we need from bad drive to good drive,
> > reformat bad HD, run system backup & use bad HD as backup HD
> >
> > 3) Use an external HD for downloads.
> >
> > Of course, I realize that a disk read error resulting in the violation of
> > the master boot record(MBR) may have no relation to music downloads, but
> > this
> > is the only thing that this machine is used for. I cannot help but think
> > that
> > downloads are somehow violating the integrity of the drive in some way. Of
> > course at this point I'm guessing. The basic answers I'm looking for are
> > to
> > the following question(s):
> >
> > What is the best way to keep your OS safe in a machine being constantly
> > used
> > for downloads? How do you protect yourself against apps like Limewire that
> > could potentially make your machine vulnerable during downloads?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > CFabius
> >
> >
>
> Run the checkdisk utility in Windows. It will isolate the bad sectors. Or
> dump the faulty disk and only use the good one. Limewire will not cause
> physical disk errors.
>
> When connected to the web, make sure you run the antivirus in the background
> (update it regularly), and use a firewall.
>
> Cheers,
> Jerry
>
>
>