Peer 2 Peer File Sharing Programs

[OverDrive]

BearShare - http://www.bearshare.com/ - Good but contains Spyware - Gnutella Network



LimeWire - http://www.limewire.com/ - Uses same network as BearShare. No Adware/Spyware.



Ares P2P - http://www.aresgalaxy.org/ - It seems to have a high number of users, and a low number of corrupted/fake files. No Adware/Spyware.



Direct Connect - http://www.neo-modus.com/ - Banner Ads, no Spyware. This client is hardly updated.



DC++ - http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/ - Excellent but for advanced users. No Adware/Spyware.



oDC - http://gempond.com/odc/ - oDC is built upon DC++. No Adware/Spyware.



Emule - http://www.emule-project.net/ - Lets you connect to many different servers. Has a Built in IRC client. No Adware/Spyware. Might take a little knowledge to use.



KCeasy - http://kceasy.sourceforge.net/ - Runs on the Gnutella and OpenFT Networks



Kazaa - http://www.kazaa.com/ - CONTAINS SPYWARE/ADWARE.



Kazaa Lite k++ - http://www.kazaalite.tk/ - Runs on the Kazaa network. No Adware/Spyware.



Shareaza - http://shareaza.sourceforge.net/ - No Adware/Spyware; supports Gnutella2, Edonkey 2000 and BitTorrent.



WinMX - http://www.winmx.com/ - No Adware/Spyware. (Edit: Has been shut down due to legal activity.)



Warez P2P - http://www.warezclient.com/ - No Adware/Spyware.



Piolet - http://www.piolet.com/ - CONTAINS ADWARE (which branches to spyware if you accept the spyware)



Soulseek - http://www.slsknet.org/ - No Adware/Spyware.



Bittorrent - Many Clients Available, one good one is BitTornado - http://www.bittornado.com/ - Bit Torrent sites - http://www.suprnova.org/



Morpheous - http://www.morpheus.com/ - CONTAINS SPYWARE/ADWARE



iMesh - http://www.imesh.com/ - CONTAINS SPYWARE/ADWARE





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The documented list of networks that people have been sued while sharing on are:

FastTrack (including KaZaa and Grokster)

Gnutella (including BearShare, LimeWire, Shareaza, and others)

MP2P (including Piolet and Blubster)



The documented list of networks that people have been warned for sharing movies on are:

eDonkey (including eMule)

Overnet

Ares

WinMX

And all that are listed in the first list.