Limewire: the most heavily used P2P software

by New York Computer Help on April 17, 2008

If you’re looking for free music, chances are that you’ve gone to Limewire.  Studies have shown that 20% of P2P, or peer to peer network community go with Limewire.  Limewire’s competitors are:  Kazaa, Bearshare, Napster, and iTunes.  P2P means that free content, such as songs, video and pictures are able to be downloaded for free and also shareable to other members from shared folders. 

Limewire has been popular for 10 year now.  Its network is off the Gnutella network which is the form of the  shared medium.  It now uses Bit Torrent to speed up downloads as it has increasingly upgraded its bandwidth to support the rising subscriber levels.

Please keep in mind that all free downloads will come with some form of spyware, especially if shared on your computer.  Please also have a good anti-spyware and anti-virus software protection package if considering P2P software.

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