Wow never thought this was possible, is this even legal ? It seems like this company can do wathever it wants...

Quote: Originally posted by kovacs: Wow never thought this was possible, is this even legal ? It seems like this company can do wathever it wants... Pretty sure you…

WTF...?

wow, your right, this is the macs first spyware... way to go limewire!!! NOW GET RID OF IT! -Owl

Here is the best info I could find on LimeShop: http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/3390.cfm Quote: How this piece of evil works? Whenever you decide to purchase some…

That's criminal

Limewire is open-source. I have wondered why nobody has made a clean version of it without ads, without the nag screens, without the crappy "media player", and without this LimeSh…

Apple has arrived...WooHoo! . I gave up on LW years ago. I feel bad for the people who are unaware of the spyware that comes along when you install. I'm certain that this spells th…

They probably figure that this software is on the fringe of what is legal anyway, so why not outright cheat.

I stopped using LimeWire long ago. Use Acquisition.

Hey, you use LimeWire, you deserve it.

Poisoned > Acquisition > LimeWire

Quote: Originally posted by SupahCoolX: Poisoned > Acquisition > LimeWire I agree, poisoned is one of the best p2p apps out there.

Quote: Originally posted by fat mac moron: I agree, poisoned is one of the best p2p apps out there. Personally, I still prefer mldonkey, or mlnet as it is now.

I too have given up on Limewire. I now use acqLite It seems to be a Cocoa app, and without spyware :-)

And how does one uninstall this wicked ware? I've erased all traces of LimeWire from my HD, but cannot find "LimeShop" or "Lime Shop" anywhere. Clues?

Quote: Originally posted by mh0ffmann: And how does one uninstall this wicked ware? I've erased all traces of LimeWire from my HD, but cannot find "LimeShop" or "Lime Sh…

Again, there is no mention of LimeShop *anywhere*, not even in the process lists. My question was about the specifics (i.e. more than "the Java process") on how to kill it. LimeWi…

If you didn't have the latest version you don't have LimeShop because it's only in the very latest versions of Limewire, I guess that if you don't see it you're safe...

Guess that's the case. Thanks for the reply.

Quote: Originally posted by mh0ffmann: Again, there is no mention of LimeShop *anywhere*, not even in the process lists. My question was about the specifics (i.e. more t…

Now we need AdAware for Mac ...

Limeshop is an experimental bundled software package that we are considering to include with LimeWire once the bugs have been worked out. LimeShop is not spyware and it is not s…

Could you please tell us exactly what it does do, then? What I'd like from your software is this: Drag and drop installation (no .pkg's) To be ASKED or at least NOTIFIED about ad…

Quote: Originally posted by wataru: Could you please tell us exactly what it does do, then? What I'd like from your software is this: Drag and drop installation (no .p…