Download limeware through firewalls

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March 18th, Lord of the Rings. Setting up an exception for LimeWire in your software firewall. If LimeWire only connects to one green bar or does not start at all, and you receive the following error message: LimeWire was unable to initialize and start. This is usually due to a firewall program blocking LimeWire's access to the internet or loopback connections on the local machine. Please allow LimeWire access to the internet and restart LimeWire. Check any security programs installed on your computer to make sure that LimeWire is listed as an exception.

Norton's Internet Worm Protection feature can cause this error. Please check the documentation that came with your security software for instructions on how to allow exceptions for LW. Third-Party Security Programs Many third-party security programs block LimeWire from launching or connecting either by restricting access to the port that LimeWire uses to connect to the Gnutella network i.

These programs may have been installed on your computer before you purchased it. Check the Windows system tray usually located in the bottom-right corner of the screen, next to the time , and locate the icon associated with your security program. Right-click the icon to enter the settings. Locate a section for adding exceptions for specific programs.

OSX Only ONE firewall should be enabled at one time. Windows 7 Firewall exception example: Click to see sample image of manually adding an exception. If you suspect your connection problem to the gnutella network is due to this, see Connection problems? Check here first! Not all routers have UPnP built in, in such cases port forwarding is most likely the best answer.

Top part of this post was mostly copied from the LW Wiki, many thanks to their support. Attached Thumbnails. Thread Tools. BB code is On. Replies 4. Post Reply. Top Contributor. Dell Support Resources. Latest Solutions. Can't find what you're looking for? You can post your question in our community. Best Answer. Study guides. Q: How to unblock firewall in LimeWire?

Write your answer Related questions. How do you unblock windows live messenger from your firewall? How do I unblock firewall on my mac? How do you unblock Google Chrome from fire wall? Why won't my LimeWire connect? What firewall do you unblock to connect to a minecraft server? Im trying to use LimeWire but it says its blocked by a firewall but when you try to turn the firewall off its not their? Could you still use LimeWire with the firewall? If you have virus protection and a firewall up can you still get a virus from downloads on LimeWire?

How do you remove LimeWire from being blocked? What do you do when you accidentally blocked an internet browser with your antivirus software How do you unblock it?

How do you play counter strike 1. How do you unblock multiple ports on Window Vista? How do you unblock Minecraft? How do you unblock Google Chrome from firewall? How are you able to unblock Myspace? Limew ire doesn't seem to be working for my mac OS x I redownloaded it several times but it always fails to even connect Could someone please tell me what to do? What would be some reason LimeWire is not connecting to your network?

Does LimeWire give you viruses if you have no virus protection? Nah, i'll stick with my Newsgroup servers with bit encryption. Newsgroups companies also wipe your tracks every 24 hours, at least most of them do. Word to the wise don't download without encrypting your transfer. Stay away from MySpace Feds like to crawl around that area also and don't say anything important or illegal on your messenger those are watched also.

It's working great for us on xp sp3. The update works a big thank to all the team's that worked on it.

Garbage, not even worth the download. It is not only infected with virii, but is crawling with FBI. Download a vid cp by accident? Go to jail. Be careful. Guarantee yourself a multitude of virus's!

Leave your Hard Drive open to the world, get acquainted with anti p2p companies! You can't go wrong with this steamy pile of garbage! Nice and best. I'm tired of people saying that they've gotten a virus by installing the program. Where they are getting the virus is more than likely from the fact that their av programs aren't up to date and they are using LimeWire to download programs which can be viruses, or trojans in disguise.

KaZaA was famous for installed spyware as is bearshare and I refuse to use either for that very reason. So for those of you who can't or won't look at the programs you are downloading, scan them when they come in, BEFORE you open them or click on ANY installers, then you deserve what you get.