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huh?

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Contributed by: tomk Tuesday, August 30 2005 @ 01:09 PM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Over One Year

Recommend Product: NO

how come i have a copy of LimeWireWin4.9.28.exe in an invisible folder called .networkshare? i didn't install it, and i didn't agree to distribute it.

why is my computer being hijacked this way by limewire?

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similar here - invisible LimeWireWin exe - balancedview

Similar here, I have noticed in the last several versions that there is a LimeWireWin4.x.x.exe in the invisible folder: ~/Library/Preferences/LimeWire/.NetworkShare

But, I do not think we are being 'hijacked'. It has been there for several versions (at least, maybe longer...). My original guess was that it was part of the Limewire engine - a generic module which they named exe... but I don't really know.
This would be a good question to post to the LimeWire forums.

Also, if you take a look at your LimeWire 'Monitor' tab, you can see what is being uploaded from your machine, that is, what you have indicated is shareable. And never have i seen the limewire exe being shared out.

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Thursday, September 08 2005 @ 09:44 PM PDT