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Use LimeWire to transfer data files to a selected user
Authored by: kevans on Apr 07, '05 07:07:50PM

I occasionally download files with LimeWire but I don't share files. I tried this method and got quite a surprise. The PDF file I put in my share folder showed up and was quickly downloaded. However, 70 (!) other files with the same name showed up too. There were 35 with a WMV extension and 35 with a JPG extension and they were much smaller than my file. I used a random combination of letters and numbers with no "meaningful" parts. The other files were all still or animated spam ads from a company selling iPods. What's going on? Is there some sort of BOT out there that highjacks file names (that are usually meaningful) in order to get people to open the spam files?



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