I’ve used Lime Wire and Shareaza and Limewire Rocks! I have used kazaa too but it does not work for DSL users.

Anyways Thanx for sharing the rest I will definitely try them

Great Post!

Shareaza is the best! Its too powerful but its good. ^_^

First of all I must say that the post is great

Secondly I would like to say that in my opinion BearShare is the best when it comes to easy to use interface and fast loading. Though no doubt Limewire has obviously got more peers and is really the best.

Well, I’ve never heard of shareza. I’ve seen others and Limewire is one of the most popular one. SO my money on that one

I’ve used all of them .. for research purposes of course hehe. Great to see you here Haris!

But Shareaza uses LimeWire/BearShare network also known as Gnutella 1 and free comparing to LimeWire.

I have used almost all and in my opinion , Limewire is the best . Bearshare was also good but it brought Spywares to my system .

Well, you may not believe me but I’ve never used any P2P client and I’m not into such kinda things.

This post inspired me Think I’ll give them a try. Great post, Haris

lol Shankar you really stunned me by saying that you have never used a Gnutella client before because thats mainly what a person uses after learning the basics of computers

But due to the huge amount of viruses and spywares, as Madhur said, I would prefer to switch to Torrents now

Ahh torrents … another favorite - for research purposes haha.

@Brown and Shankar: Thanks a lot

And thank you everyone for reading it! You can catch the other good stuff on my blog.

I feel like an old timer i am still using emule. lol

Thanks for the post.

Can anybody guide me which is the best for dial up?

Limewires rules for me until i found a secret software :D….i bet you will forget even limewire if you had that software…:D

I stick with Limewire most of the time and I’ve used imesh a few times as well, but it crashed frequently in my case

Umair I think Limewire is the best for Dial up yet.

shashank lol buddy please share your secret software with us so we can make use of its Gnutella power too hehe

Thanks DJ Flush.

One more question. Whats the basic factor that differentiates p2p softwares from other downloading methods. Can we not get everything from downloading sites such as rapidshare, megaupload etc???

I use limewire and my favorite. My vote goes for that.

Umair p2p softwares are fast and you can download files using them without any waiting limit and its easy to search files over p2p networks but yes the fact that they are full of trojans and viruses gives them a negative image.

Rapidshare and Megaupload are good in the sense that they contain mostly virus-free files but you have to wait to download a lot of files consecutively unless you have a premium account.

Nirmal Limewire is no doubt an all time best

I used Limewire, Kazaa and Shareaza. Limewire is the best.

limewire is the man .. you simply get everything you want !

Time to say bye bye to Gnutella clients. Torrents here I come

yeah torrenting may be slower .. but you dont get latest stuff on p2p .. ! so in the long run .. torrenting may prove to be better

Haven’t done much research with P2P tools. I was happy with LimeWire anyway.! Nice post.

I have always had a bad experience with torrents, so I wouldn’t prefer then to anyone. I only use P2P applications for downloading music.

@Benedict Herold: Thanks a lot! .

I have installed limewire and I searched for fifa 2002 game torrents on google. One search result showed the following information.

Type Games
Seed/Leech 9 seeder(s), 30 leecher(s),
39 total peer(s) - Torrent Health: Health 4/5
1392 downloads completed with 632.05 GB (678,661,980,192 bytes) transferred
Last Stats Update: 27 weeks 2 days 30 minutes ago

What does this information indicate?
What are seeders, leechers etc???

since this is da most up to date post site ill post for u seeders mean……how fast u can download the more seeds the faster u go 9 seeds is good nuttin less … and leechers mean how many ppl r connected to the torrent like users…..

and if u guys wanna jus use a p2p proram id prefer not using any of the above cuz copared to all of them moepheus is better n i chcked n u no wut morpheus showed up with more sources.. n files i compared …morpheus goes fast

can anybody send me the client of Shareaza cuz im unable to download it from its/or any other website.

khurram
khurram.fazal@gmail.com

Well can any body tell me how to download torrents?
In P2P I would prefer limewire and bearshare as these both are very good

What about k-lite pro…?
I thing its OK too

you can download any software for torrenting..

i’d recommend .. utorrent… http://www.utorrent.com

then go to mininova.org .. or isohunt.com ..

search for whatever you want .. select the result with the most seeds .. and download the torrent .. and utorrent will open it up and start the download

Endrik Thats old now its not as good as Limewire

martian Thanks for keeping the discussion live and healthy. I have no experience in using torrents but I will look forward to trying them out according to the guide you have mentioned

ur all old news limewire and all the gnutgella is clients r old torrents r new any ways and i find everyhting on torrents i even have loads of good sites ..so i dont use limewire or cheap kazaaa kazza is old they stopped making kaaza lite now and there files never update and they have viruses lol limwire kaaaza and bearshare and imesh and shareaza have all thne same shitty files if u dont beleive try all of em they suck no wunder y u guys dont have nuttin lol its based off the same network too they all got the same files that never updates i imbannded all these same clients and i am torrenting now cuz bitttorent is a thing of the new school all that limewire and all that is old school has the same files forever ….beelivce me u aint gonna get no were ..id prefer everyone to go with torrents and go to http://www.btsites.tk has all the best top bitttorrent sites ever do a search on any sites on that page and ull find anything to me limewire and all those same clients r alll the same lol has the same files so ya thats the thing of the past and o kazaaa last updated in 2003 or 4 its old and id prefer morpheus its better and more sources ..www.morpheus.com

Try DC++ you’ll never go back… limewire is full of spyware and trojans…all the files you share in dc++ are scanned before ther are allowed to be shared so no viruses, no spyware…and really helpful people… also you can join a hub which has info you wast…so if you want rock music…you join say a rock music hub from the us or the uk…easy… oh not one if your looking for porn most hubs ban porn

I never used DC++ and to be honest I don’t even know which p2p software it is. I do agree that Limewire is full of trojans and spywares but now every p2p network is a victim of spywares and trojans so you really can’t blame only Limewire for that.

I am currently not using any p2p software. I think torrents will do the job for me now

well if u want a p2p with no spyware at all use dc++ just google it

it’ll have everything you could ever want and has about 5x the users of limewire

Hey Thanks I will surely try it

I’d Probably class LimWire as the best. But reading the thing about Kazaa being spyware and virus ridden, LimeWire is really just as bad. I’d recommend only using LimeWire for songs really, and maybe images, but hey you’ve got google images for most of your image needs. For software, and movies I’d recommend torrents. Also (for research) has anyone noticed the ammount of fake files e.g. The president bush voice advertisment file, telling you to go onto some site and get free stuff. If your downloading a song I recommend you check the size of it first e.g. if its only 92kb, you know somethings not right. And has anyone heard the news of limewire going legal?

i think all them listed are rubbish wont download when i click download, i use ares

Petey T I agree with you that Limewire is the best for light downloads and that is why I prefer it over other Gnutella clients.

Yeh! Limewire is going free. Its the hot news on the Internet these days and I certainly read about it.

Steve I have heard from some of my friends that ares is a good one too but for me Limewire is just too perfect.

I have used Limewire but my comp quickly got infected with malwares, to me Gnutella is not a secure p2p network.
I prefer torrents and it rocks, say addicted to torrenting

Im trying to find a p2p client for downloading old music from say the 1970-1990…

What would be the best to use?

I have tried shareaze and Limewire and there hopeless!

If you know of a web page or a download I can do to get what i need…Pleas email it to me at luisa-dagnolo@hotmail.com

I found that limewire has alot of viruses and spyware etc, other p2p dont seem to work for me, ares has been the best one in my opinion so far, ive tried shereeza and other things they dont seem to work.

i just stick to ares but i like to see other ppl’s opinions aswell

Manish Sinha I agree with you Limewire has a lot of trojans and spywares but recently some of my friends have reported that they are getting adwares through torrents too which is a serious and bigger threat now.

Luisa You need a P2P client for downloading an old song of 70’s lol that would be hard to find.

Steve I have still got to try ares yet and reading your positive reviews about it I think I will give it a try.

Dj Flush Adwares! Oh God! I never expected this, well am lucky!I havnt got a single malware through torrent till now, earlier when i used LimeWire, my comp got f**ked up many times….

Even I haven’t got a single malware through Limewire or torrents. But yes, I did got viruses and trojans through iMesh and Kazaa.

Ive never had a virus from Ares, all the others Ive had all sorts and a lot of fakes as well.

Dj Flush no p2p is brilliant but I think ares is the best one to have, hope u wont be disappointed if you decide to give it a try

Just found something very useful on CNET- PeerGuardian- blocks bad IP address’s, stops you from downloading infected files and so on. Works for Limewire, other P2P file sharing applications and torrents.

http://www.download.com/PeerGuardian/3000-2144_4-10440558.html?tag=pdp_prod

That looks cool! Will give it a try and see if it’s useful.

Petey T Really thanks a lot for sharing that utility. I think it seems promising. I will see if it good enough and if it really clicks me then I will review it

Yeah..i knew it would be hard to find cos i have been here all day looking with no luck what so ever!

I was actually trying to find this song:

Chance - The very best and new.

I love that song.
The best i could find free was a 30 second sample!

Please let me know if u find anything!

Luisa-dagnolo@hotmail.com !!!

Yeah..i knew it would be hard to find cos i have been here all day looking with no luck what so ever!

I was actually trying to find this song:

Chance - The very best and new.

I love that song.
The best i could find free was a 30 second sample!

Please let me know if u find anything!

Luisa-dagnolo@hotmail.com !!!

You should try torrents or wait until someone finds the song and contacts you

ill give this a whirl, updates aint downloading says error though:S ?

What exactly are torrents? Are they better than any of the other p2p file sharer?

for torrent downloading i recomend bitcomet.once you have that, there are links to torrent sites(some may not work anymore)at the start of the program.if that is to confuseing,i would try:www.torrentreactor.to
http://www.thepiratebay.org

just as i thought torrents r new p2p is all old news and a thing of the past all p2p clients r all the same shyt and has the same files..accpet dc + and soulseek …i use soulseek and torrents thats it i say fuuuuuuk limwire shyt its old or use morpheus or upgrade ur selfs…for gods sake lol bye losers

The Advantages and Disadvantages:

P2P vs. Torrents

theres not much of a difference between torrents and p2p, torrents are much safer because you can see what your downloading before you download it the disadvantages is that you gotta find enough peers/seeds to support your downloading, and sometimes it can be a pain in the butt once they all ditch you in the middle of you download, p2p’s is abit reliable in speed but sometimes you gotta watch what you downloading, try to avoid download .exe files straight from the network, half the time they’re really viruses!! alot of p2p networking programs tend to have a $hitload of them, so if you like downloading larger files like movies and games use torrents, and for smaller files like music/audio go with p2p!!

i don’t fully agree with the list, I think that Mopheus deserves to have a spot on your list, it is a reliable program when it comes to p2p sharing. i would probably put then second on the list since it doesnt support any torrent-related protocol, its much better than kazza, its a bit safer, and doesnt have as much adware, but its fast and efficient!

i use ares p2p and bit lord for torrents, they seem ok to me, i also have BT engine which improves the speed of the torrent download

kazza?? Well its full of spywares and adwares.
What the hell they claim its spyware free, its a headache to uninstall once u installed it.
kazza is legalised adwares

yes exactly things like kazaa limewire etc are full of crap, ares is best one ive found im sure ive sed that 4 times. just use ares.the latest version by the way

I found this p2p software, its better than limewire and its called FostWire

I use limewire and ares. I find that ares has alot of things that I can’t find on limewire. The downside with ares is that you can’t always download the file.

I couldn’t find anything on limewire last time i used it, but on ares often u double click what u want to download and it wont let says “connecting” must have a few bugs in it, but have tried other p2p and they seem to be worse

Torrents are the best for albums, I remember before Torrents, or at least before I knew about torrents, software like Kazza, had albums as one long song, so you would have to split them yourself.

I remember that didn’t they have songs like that on winmx. I just have ares and bit lord, I also use BT Engine to make downloading torrents faster, searches for extra seeds and things

Some of these on this list are okay, but IMO the hands-down best application has to be Emule; lots of people don’t like it because it isn’t super-fast, and/or they don’t know how to use it right, and it forces you to share files, but in the long run it is the best. It does work on a credit system, meaning you can’t download 100 files and not share any - which encourages the whole “P2P community” aspect, which in turn makes many hard to find files available. Secondly, it is by far the safest application, and it allows user comments on files, so a fake, infected, or corrupt file is often flagged as such before you finish (or oftentimes start) downloading it. Lastly, it is ideal for large files. Be warned: several fake versions of Emule exist (or have in the past) - you should never have to pay for it, and it never contains any adware or spyware … if you are uncertain about it, you can always find the authentic version at sourceforge.net.

Ya I have used three of them but my vote goes to Ares. Yup its not even on the list. 2nd place will go to Limewire

I like Ares because I never had any security issues with it and it never showed a glitch. And because it has BitTorrent protocol support plus web browser plus ShoutCast online radio plus chat utility it stands apart.

Just as i said in my last comment long ago no 1 listens as I said and as that guy said Morpheus is the best ever I tested them all and trust me Limewire is crap nothing shows up. It has old files and its slow as compared to Morpheues which is fast, has more files and deserves a spot in the list as top number 1. Everyone just brags about the same shit software because they don’t know whats out there. Move on Limewire and Kazaa and all of them gnutellaralated programs have all the same files because its based on the same server don’t u guys no that?

Get Morhpeus its based on music city and is fast too plus you will find more sources for download too…Kazaa, Limewire, Frostwire, I-Mesh, Grokster and all them are the same thing its from the same server, They are all based off the same gnutella servers and have the same files. If you guys love the gnutella network and there same files then just stay with Kaaza its the main source from the gnutella network while the others like Limeiwre and all them are just remakes of Kaaza with the same files and stuff now!

Shareaza and Morpheues are different as they are based on there own network basically…I think so I rather stay with Morpheues and Shareaza because its better and has more sources of files and is faster. I don not like the gnutella network if all else please let the RIAA take it down its crap any ways lol I personally use bit torrent…mostly

Can anybody tell me if Ares and Shareaza are part of the gnutella network too?

Nobody said anything about eMule? but Hey! eMule is the best p2p client ever!

Emule is slow dude lol you waiting for hours for a download…is like waiting for sources lol are you even serious?

Haha Emule sucks man

second thought i guess its ok if ur getting 1 by 1 songs

Can please anyone can tell me about the best p2p software in the world? I mean the most used p2p program and which p2p program can help me download Thai songs?

Please let me know. Thanks!

Everyone Listen! You tried the rest but now try the real best p2p in the world.

Ares is the ever best. I never had trouble with It and I tried them all. I started with Napster in 1997 then Grokster, Kazaa, Morpheus, Bearshare, Shareazza and then I-Mesh, Limewire and Emule…

But now Ares is the best with very fast downloads and you download from a collection of users at one time. Try It and trust me you won’t regret.

You fools should search out secure P2P on Wikipedia! Unless you want to pay $240,000 to the RIAA.

I always used Shareaza because it is open source (No Spyware/Free) plus it connects to eDonkey, Gnutella 1 & 2 networks. Emule is slow but you always get what you want if you are patient. Torrent Rocks/Fast and Shareaza can makes torrent file searchable and downloadable. None of this is secure.

You need to get on board with anonymous P2P…It is slow and you can’t find all that you want but it is safer! I’m using StealthNet because it has a good look and feel. Do some research and stay safe

I prefer Ares overall, it has gotten better over the years. I hated it at first but now I love it and its what I use most often. Emule is the best in terms of files though. They have more files and you can usually find files on there that you can’t find on other p2p programs. The downfall is its speed. The downloads are super slow unless you’re downloading something thats very popular and its not very good for single mp3 files either. Sometimes I feel like I’m on dialup when using it but I still like it nonetheless. Limewire suck for the most part unless you’re using it for mp3 files only. Thats the only thing its good for and nothing else.

I agree with Steve and Jayson. Ares is definitely the best so far. I’ve used: Kazaa, Limewire, Morpheus, winmx, bearshare. I stumbled across Ares and it has the stuff i needed. There’s tonnes of it. And if it isn’t available, then the next time i’m on it, i search again and it’s there. No doubt about it Ares rox.

Fanatics of the P2P super power gave birth to the devil. It is the strongest P2P file sharing system called Share NT and because UDP is used, even the band limiting that the internet service provider does is exceeded.

Ares is the best in my opinion. Rocks better than all slow P2P out there.

Most of the softwares enlisted above really suck! There was once upon and a time a p2p program called eMule that was 100000 times better in all ways e.g. Faster, Bug/virus/Trojan Free, Bigger database of any kind (music videos programs games docs etc) but the main servers of this p2p network have been busted recently thus it has no longer has that big collection as it used to have nor the big user activity….but even now its better than Limewire or Kaaza or the other shit listed above!

I think Ares is the best and in my opinion it has not got a single virus or Trojan until now. I use p2p mostly for downloading music and for rest of the things like movies episodes etc I think torrents are better

I get better speed on torrents compared to Ares or Limewire

The one p2p application that will yield you results before you even finished typing in you search information is Limewire PRO!!! Not the free app but the Pro version for all you cheap asses or ones who never took the time to steal it. If set up correctly (takes a brain and five minutes if you are not a mexican) thats how explosive Limewire will work and nothing else comes close. Of course its not the safest but you cant have your cake and eat it to. And if your not ready to go to jail or pay an unlikely fine for the cause then that takes all the fun out of it!

Limewire is cool but it contains a lot of viruses…Dude you should come up with a “5 Best Virus Free P2P File Sharing Applications”

I downloaded Limewire and then used it to find and download Limewire PRO lol (that was about 2 years ago) I have tried other P2P programs but for me Limewire is the best because its nice and fast and easy to use. The only set back that I found is that you cant set the size of the file you are looking for, like with movie clips you cant ask for all files over 600mb (e.g. full film)

anyways nowadays I only download music from Limewire and moved over to BitTorrent for my lovely films and PC programs

(if aXXo happens to see this then I would like to say lots of Thanks to him)

First off I have used every p2p & torrent program available on the internet up to this date and I have to say with my cable connection I have no complaints about either one of them at all it depends on what your downloading i.e. how many seeds & how many leechers there are downloading the same file you are. The more leechers there are the slower your download will be. So to all of you out there downloading torrents please Seed

Peace.

I understand that most people have their favorite but what isn’t addressed is the level of corrupt files that one has to surf through.

I was religious with Limewire but sorry to say, it sucks on the standpoint of corrupt files. I find myself using my anti-virus as much as the p2p. As for the others, I have used them as well. Limewire is by far the best of them but nevertheless its not all that great.

For music you won’t have problems (which must be what you guys are ehhm researching) But for much else like (researching programs) or documents, all of these listed on the list are crap. Sorry but people with nothing better to do than put advertisements and viruses on p2ps are screwing things up.

Hi I have home DSL connection and I am sharing it with others, I want to block all the file sharing or downloading software, could you please tell me how many total softwares exist? just drop me the name so I can block them all.

Well I got Final Burn alpha via ares, but its kind of slow. I use uTorrent and BitComet now. I tried BitLord and I dont get it at all. In p2p I also tried Morpheus.

My verdict: PirateBay, BitComet, Ares

Faisal Here is a list of the most famous file sharing and downloading softwares.

- Kazaa
- Limewire
- E-Mule
- I-Mesh
- BearShare
- Shareaza

I’ve only used Kazza, Bearshare, Winmx and Limewire but I think Limewire is a dominant force in p2p’s.

Limewire always lagged the hell out of my old comps. Probably all the spyware I just got a new comp and I’m still deciding what p2p I want.

All these clients take you to the same networks (gnutella, edonkey, etc) so really the most important thing for me is spyware and speed. I’ve been p2p sharing for years I’ve used Limewire, Kazaa, Morpheus (back when it was free), Ares, Shareaza, Kazaa Lite Rresurrection, Emule, uTorrent, etc. of course I never really cared about spyware as much because my comps were crap.

Anyone know which p2p is the safest? Spyware, Virus-wise?

Shareaza is awful! you have to go through the hassle of making an account, it has no sources, you can only download movies or music, it changes your homepage. Its plain awful.

I think the best sharing program is StrongDC no RIAA

Has anybody used Ares? I find it the best. No spywares or virus! Its simply the best.

@Shaun

You probably downloaded the wrong “Shareaza”. Just before Christmas 2007 the Shareaza.Com domain was hijacked by some astonishingly unethical moron and this person(s) then lets you install some spyware infected load of garbage that isn’t even Shareaza but some other P2P program, even though he has all the Shareaza logos on there.

The real Shareaza can be found on SourceForge and is a fantastic P2P application.

For small sized files >> Ares and for large files >> torrents >> uTorrent and yea if u don’t posses common sense to spot malware by looking at size and file extension of any file you better not touch any p2p software

Shareaza is a big pain in the ass, it has just started to completely slow down my computer, searching is horrible, it takes forever to download, that is if it downloads at all. I just downloaded Ares, and the songs I couldn’t get off of Shareaza finished downloading in a minute on Ares.

Faisal, get blucoat proxySG

Personally I like Shareaza because if you find a file with at least 3-4 sources your download is usually to be finished in about 3 minutes but I also like torrents because with torrents you are more likely to find the album instead of just a few popular songs.

I have used almost all these p2p except Shareaza…Limewire might be fast but myself and a generous amount of people I know that use it get a virus or spyware intrusion.

What is the best one I use? I use Ares because it has never given me anything with a virus or spyware program. It is practically like having the speed of Limewire except without all the crappy things that mess up your computer. Limewire and Bearshare shouldn’t even be on the list because they are notorious for giving you viruses…Kazaa on the other hand has also given me the same problem but they seem to have fixed a lot of those problems in new program releases but Kazaa is too slow.

You should use uTorrent and Ares together for the safest most reliable combination of p2p services.

I have been using Limewire and think its great for searching music! Trax download within minutes. I can find and download old trax, wonder why some of you people can’t? Not that good for videos and software though.

Gonna try Ares, Lets see what all the fuss is about.

So, What then, is the best Torrent(s), and how do u use them? Are they self explanitory like any p2p program?

I have tried most of the above but find Limwire the best of all. It is very easy to use, good search results and very good for older music. I would give it a try.

I now use soulseek, it doesn’t have all the features of Limewire, but I can find tons of rare songs and bands that are not on Limewire.

Limewire is good but slows your computer down and has spyware on it apparently, Shareaza is rubbish now I can’t find any music on it.

Yeh…I think Limewire is the best…been using it for nearly 3 yers but been having slight problems lately…my download speed is becoming really slow…I use a DSL connection and normally get good download speeds…anybody got any ideas…Plus the downloads have a prob only on Limewire

hey guys…I have a problem here. I am using limewire and there are music videos of many artists which I cannot find. I can get those videos by downloading the torrent files from isohunt.com, torrentspy.com, but there are many videos in a bunch over there for which the file size exceeds 1 GB and it takes a lot of time to download that stuff. Can anyone please tell me where can I find the torrent files which contains only that particular video which I want and that also with good availability of seeders and leechers?

I tried both shareaza and ares, and no doubt Ares is far better than shareaza in terms of speed and security. i can see that many people have not tried Ares so far. I think it is the best from what other people are saying about other p2p software. why not give it a try?

Well Ive tried most of them all of them in my opinion bearshare is the best. It doesnt make my use my cpu as much as limewire. Limewire may be a good option but I think bearshare is the best…

the moment you get connected with Limewire; you automatically have a number of ports infiltrated. your firewall then is nothing more but a toast.

Ares is the best p2p software ever!

It beats Limewire completely

Forgive me for abruptly changing the subject, but I’ve always wanted to find the name of a song through some type of chat within the p2p software which I could send to all users, but I don’t know if it’s possible.

I owned a CD few years ago which I used for speakers demonstration. Man, it had some good bass in it. The main song started with a somewhat loud motorcycle (with open exhaust)
going from left to right speakers. If you closed your yes you could swear the bike was right there. I impressed so many people at circuit city at the time.

Anyways, do you know what song is it? Or if there’s any p2p that allows you to send a question to multiple users?

Hi Haris, I am using Emule pro Ultra2 P2P. I find it is best as I get all the softwares in that. I have already used Shareaza but I found Emule is better than Shareaza, though I hav not used Limewire yet.

If you are a limewire fan but dont want the ads or to pay for Limewire Pro get Frostwire. http://www.frostwire.com

It’s free, it looks exactly the same and downloads at the fastest speeds.

Fram: “Raise a Little Hell” by Trooper has a motorcycle in the intro, try that.

Others, do not waste your time on Limewire/Sharezaa/Bearshare. You are ruining your computer with malicious software (viruses, spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, etc) and you don’t even know it. And to the users who post that they have been using Limewire for X amount of time and have never had a virus, you have had viruses, you just don’t know it.

Personally, I think this list was a joke. It was put together by someone with relatively little experience/knowledge (no offence) and unfortunately, is directing other users to using hazardous p2p software.

My suggestion is to use the program uTorrent (download here) and do a little googling on torrents. Use a site such as http://www.thepiratebay.org to search for torrents (files such as music, vids, programs, etc). Read other users comments prior to downloading.

As well, this is a handy litle site for googling mp3’s that are in computer directories. It’s not very useful for alot of songs, but anything even remotely popular should come up. http://www.smacki.com/mp3%20search%20using%20google

Soulseek owns.

I use FilesWire. Its a free online browser-based p2p service. There is nothing to download and install, so you can begin sharing immediately. Visit http://www.fileswire.com

What the hell is going on with E-Mule! Dammit it’s slow like a dunk! My Goodness, it took me 4 hours to download a 1 Mo file…Damn!

Check out Graboid. Real quick tv/movie downloads.

What about spyware?