Blocking limewire?
Hey there. My sister is an idiot and keeps getting virus music files from limewire, and re-format after re-format from the computer being totally buggered, she still insists on downloading limewire after I tell her not to and gets the same old viruses again, then asks me to fix it. I have access to the router settings from the standard 192.168.1.1 address, and I'm trying to find out a way to block any data coming through limewire. Does anyone know how to go about this? I'm getting really fed up of repeating myself to her, and fixing her computer.
Also, her music taste sucks. It's that crap where it sounds like theirs 3 singers arguing (singing) for the mic at the same time, with some beat that doesn't belong in the song, and the same lyrics about turning up the volume dj, turn it up dj, i wanna party all night, i love you baby, blah blah standard issue shit music lyrics.
SO YEAH! Blocking limewire!
Also, her music taste sucks. It's that crap where it sounds like theirs 3 singers arguing (singing) for the mic at the same time, with some beat that doesn't belong in the song, and the same lyrics about turning up the volume dj, turn it up dj, i wanna party all night, i love you baby, blah blah standard issue shit music lyrics.
SO YEAH! Blocking limewire!
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Or if Limewire uses a port no other application uses, you could block communication with that port on her machine from the router.
Plus it's illegal. Have you tried telling her this in order to stop her doing it? I know a lot of people somehow think it their right to illegally download music, but perhaps scare her off it by saying your ISP may cut off your internet.
On top of bamse's suggestion, you could also try installing some parental control system and block the program that way.
She knows full well it's illegal, I've tried that trick but it doesn't work
And the parental control program would be tricky as recently she's become a right lazy slob and won't bother getting a job, so she sits on messenger/itunes/facebook/youtube all day and fills the house with awful music.
Grr!
She's using the version the developers released after it got disabled by a court procedure, which the law doesn't seem to know, or have done anything about. I probably suspect she's using bearshare too. If she gets a virus again I am *NOT* going to fix it, this is the third time.
My younger brother has never bought a CD in his entire life. To him it's quaint.
As far as blocking it goes, that is pretty tough. If you know how you can try to block the port that limewire is using to listen for connections (it's usually random, you'd have to check). That, or if the computer is on W7 or Vista use UAC to take away admin privileges and it won't be able to download to most directories anymore.
1. Stop fixing her computer, after this last time with a final warning. Tell her when she gets more viruses, she will need to go to a professional to get it cleaned up. This can cost more than buying music legally. She has no job or money? I guess she gets to keep the viruses, then.
2. Set her up so she's not an Administrator, and don't tell her the Administrator password. This limits what the bad programs can do, especially if you keep Windows patches up to date.
3. Install Linux instead. Hey, it shouldn't matter much if all she does is play on the Internet, right? Most nasty programs that are designed to be downloaded by clueless people don't know what to do with Linux.
I think Limewire is currently under a cease and desist order as their site proclaims http://www.limewire.com/?title=User_Cant_Connect
Or if you know what ports limewire uses you can block those on the firewall. Anything over 5000 is random and is impossible to block unless you have a stateful firewall that recognizes limewire traffic.
Failing that, you could show her how to download things using torrents. Many torrent downloading programs don't have spyware and windows will be able to scan the files for viruses before she opens them. Then she will realize that Limewire is garbage and no one has been using it since 2005 because it is loaded with malicious crap.
However, if it was me I would let her screw it up again and tell her what to do to fix it, rather than fix it yourself, otherwise she will never learn.
Also, what virus scanner are you using? You should use Avast. I used AVG at one point in the past, and still somehow managed to get a virus (not thru LimeWire, I don't use LimeWire.)
Yes, like 127.0.0.1
just throwing that out there. Although itunes sounds like another good way. You have to pay of course, but hey, its legal and not much risk of virus from them.
Edit: Oh, when you go to take the virus off her computer, delete limewire as well. That way she won't be able to download it again since they're all shutdown. I'm surprised her's still working.
This.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813878
It's also a good idea to demote her to a power user (or lower) and set up local group policies.
This is a good page to start:
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Software-Restriction-Policies.html