Friday, November 28, 2008

What To Look For In a P2P Download Software

By Terry Hunter

There are many file sharing programs out there. Some that you might have heard of are Ares, Kazaa, Morpheus etc... These are great and useful programs for downloading all kinds of content with other users of the software. Contrary to popular belief they are fairly safe - just don't download any .exe files and make sure you have a virus scanning program on. There's lots to download from these programs, but which is the best one? These are the qualities you should look for in a good P2P download program.

You should be able to get more than just mp3s.

The best downloading programs that you can get also get you files such as video files, software programs and documents - more than just music files.

Huge user database

As the network of users grows, so does its number of files. Many of the programs tend to share each other's networks so that they get bigger and downloading files becomes faster.

Speedy Downloads

The number of users on the network is important because if there are more users with you file it can download to your computer much faster. The ability of the P2P program to find you users on the network to download from is also very important - some programs are much better at it than others.

Lastly it should be ad and popup free and very accessible. The last thing you want is a program that has a terrible user interface that is impossible to operate. It should be very easy to use and have good cross-platform compatibility. - 16003

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