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Should I remove LimeWire Music?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
59% remove it41% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Poor
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #28,141
United States Rank #28,156
Reach 0.0055%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 14.01 days
413.32 days >
Average installed length: 217.17 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
5.8.0.0 0.93%
5.6.0.0 1.85%
5.5.0.0 4.63%
5.4.0.0 0.93%
5.0.0.0 0.93%
4.9.0.0 3.70%
4.8.0.0 15.74%
4.7.0.0 3.70%
4.6.0.0 9.26%
4.5.0.0 0.93%
4.3.0.0 1.85%
4.2.0.0 3.70%
4.1.0.0 1.85%
4.0.3.0 1.85%
4.0.2.0 3.70%
4.0.1.0 16.67%
4.0.0.0 2.78%
3.9.0.0 7.41%
3.8.0.0 1.85%
3.7.0.0 2.78%
3.6.0.0 2.78%
3.5.0.0 2.78%
3.3.0.0 1.85%
2.7.0.0 1.85%
2.5.0.0 1.85%
2.4.0.0 0.93%
2.3.9.0 0.93%

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LimeWire Music

What is LimeWire Music?  (from ProNetSharing)

Limewire Music is the ideal tool to search for and download your favourite music extremely fast. While this filesharing software can be easily used by anyone to download any type of media file including movies, games, apps and documents, its true job is finding those rare audio files which almost seem impossible to fin...  Read more

Overview

LimeWire Music is a program developed by ProNetSharing. The most used version is 4.0.1.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The main program executable is limewire music.exe. The software installer includes 6 files and is usually about 13.13 MB (13,764,914 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 40% of users of LimeWire Music come from the United States, it is also popular in Belgium and Canada.
  • Bundles additional prorgams in setup
LimeWire Music has been seen bundling various 3rd party software during the installation process. Make sure to check for and remove unused programs.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.pronetsharing.com/limewire-music.html
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\LimeWire Music
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\LimeWire Music\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 13.13 MB

Program filesFiles installed by LimeWire Music

Program executable:limewire music.exe
Name:LimeWire Music
Path:C:\Program Files\limewire music\limewire music.exe
MD5:7fac20e2bc35af9c7d5ccd5c6bec624b
Additional files:
  • LimeWire Music.dll - LimeWire Music Dynamic Link Library (ProNetSharing Dynamic Link Library)
  • uninstall.exe - LimeWire Music

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • LimeWire Music.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\LimeWire Music\LimeWire Music.exe'.

How do I remove LimeWire Music?

You can uninstall LimeWire Music from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program LimeWire Music, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove LimeWire Music.
  4. If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 60%
Win XP 1%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 59%
Keep it 41%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#28,141

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 63.89%
Windows 10 23.15%
Windows XP 7.41%
Windows Vista 5.56%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 36.45%
Windows 7 Ultimate 15.89%
Windows 7 Professional 8.41%
Windows 8.1 8.41%
Microsoft Windows XP 7.48%
Windows 10 Home 5.61%

Distribution by countryGeography

40.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 40.00%
  Belgium 11.20%
  Canada 9.60%
  Australia 5.60%
  Netherlands 4.00%
  United Kingdom 3.20%
  Italy 3.20%
  Spain 2.40%
  Sweden 2.40%
  Philippines 1.60%
  Germany 1.60%
  GH 1.60%
  Brazil 1.60%
  Austria 0.80%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 27.63%
Dell 26.32%
Acer 18.42%
ASUS 7.89%
Toshiba 5.26%
Samsung 3.95%
Medion 3.95%
Sahara 2.63%
Sony 1.32%
American Megatrends 1.32%
Lenovo 1.32%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 3.30%
Dell Inspiron N5110 2.20%
Dell Inspiron 580 2.20%
Dell OptiPlex 780 2.20%
Acer Aspire 5750G 2.20%
TOSHIBA Satellite C655 1.10%

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