Not so, extreme P.
Limewire is one of the p2p applications that has no malware, nor "hidden" clauses in the EULA.
(Unlike Kazaa, which spawned a dedicated Kazaa-malware-removal industry)
Had no problems using Limewire. A caution though, make sure you are not sharing your computer with the world. It's eye-opening to see how many are. I've fixed this problem on a friend's computer, his son had installed it but not configured the "shared folders" correctly. Easy to do, under "tools>options" in the program.
The above caveats do apply, there are some decidedly nasty videos available. Haven't had any problems at all with music downloads, apart from the odd corrupt file.
Not a great place to download programs from. You're better off getting them from a reputable site like
http://www.download.com/2001-20_4-0.html I've read a lot of the programs downloaded via P2P contain nasties.
Have a look here
http://blogs.download.com/Daily-Down...ost.php?p=1175 for news items pertaining to P2P generally.
This
http://www.download.com/PeerGuardian...ml?tag=lst-0-1 is a worthwhile program to have if running any P2P. Here's a download/review page for Limewire
http://www.download.com/LimeWire/300...ml?tag=lst-0-2
Download.com checks all their hosted downloads for spyware etc.