A Bit About Torrents?

Some questions.  I know next to nothing about all this but I've offered to find some answers for some digitally challenged folks.

1.  One uses Limewire.  What's better?
2.  Are there any P2P schemes/software that more resistant to malware/Viri?
3.  How does one limit the amount of bandwith so that it does not take over the entire "pipe"?

Thanks in advance.

1)  Apples vs. oranges.
2)  Not really.
3)  If you have broadband, just do what I do and run the clients while you're asleep or at work.

1. in my personal experience, files distributed via bittorrent transfer faster than with limewire/emule/kazaa/napster clones
2. not that i've seen
3. yes indeed, I run wondershaper (a TC+iptables packet mangling and bandwidth shaper) on my linux-based router, but i've heard similar success stories with people using the Microsoft QoS filter/mangler with windows 2000.

1. I just use BitTorrent and I'm satisfied with it. It's fast when everyone share.
2. No, get an anti-virus when you download .exe files.
3. Most programs have a special setting to limit the upload. I usually limit to 10KBps for my torrents. When it's lower the seeds don't send enough to me because I don't share enough.

Very cool, thanks.  They are "Not Mac", rather Windows® which I know not.
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>limit to 10KBps for my torrents.
That is the answer that solved the problem here.
Thank you.