In response to a government investigation, Lime Group chairman Mark Gorton has sent a letter to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform stating that LimeWire 5 is "the most secure file-sharing software available."

"The main investigative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives reopened a probe of LimeWire and other peer-to-peer file-sharing companies last week, citing data breaches blamed on the technology," writes CNET's Elinor Mills. "In February, a security firm alleged that information about President Obama's helicopter was breached via P2P. There have also been reports of inadvertent exposure of consumer financial data and medical records over peer-to-peer, according to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform."

"'LimeWire 5 has addressed not only document sharing, but sharing of all file types. For new LimeWire users, LimeWire 5 does not share any file or any type without explicit permission from the user,' Gorton wrote in response," according to eWeek's Roy Mark. "'What's more, LimeWire 5 allows the user to clearly see what is shared and with whom. Additionally, LimeWire does not display known virus file types in an effort to protect users from compromising their computer and their antivirus software.'"

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