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Xero Grid - May 22, 2004 06:41 PM (GMT)
The Ultimate Guide to FileSharing
Last Updated: May 29, 2004


Article Introduction:
Since this is a board of Cult T.V., it's only natural to talk about filesharing. It makes everything easier, and in many cases is the only method watching our favorite shows. Please recognize that this is in no way complete and if anyone has anything to add, pease do.

Well, when I hear filesharing, I immediately think of Napster and the good old days. :lol:
The fact of the matter is, Napster is no way to get anything, no matter how legal they say it is. Well, with the demise of Napster came many clones, tools and even entirely different internet protocols that are far more capable and more secure.

Summary of article:
FastTrack [KaZaa, K-Lite, ect.]
BitTorrent
eDonkey & eMule
IRC
Other Means of Filesharing
How to Play What You've Downloaded
Security


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FastTrack
Summary:
This is the most common filesharing network of all time and has roots that lead to Napster, but is pure Peer-to-Peer and doesn't go through a server to work like Napster did. This means it can never be shut down. You would have to shut down the internet. You search for files through your client, but you can also have verified files posted on websites special hyperlinks (sig2dat://) or magnet links (version 2.6 and above).

Method of Download:
It downloads a file from beginning to end and until it is finished, the data is saved as a .dat file. The file cannot be shared on the FastTrack network until the file is complete.

Notes:
This is the network is losing popularity fast as it has many fake or bogus files as people name files incorectly, is a great way to spread viruses, and is watched by the R.I.A.A. and other "anti-piracy" groups more than other networks. This doesn't mean it has lost all of it's integrity. If you have the right client, and know how to search, it can still be a great way to get files.

Clients:
KaZaa Media Desktop <---a client litterally filled with spyware. You can supposedly get a "clean version" by paying Sharman Networks (the creators of KMD)
K-Lite K++ 2.4.3 <---a great client with the spyware stripped and many extra capabilities added for security, stabilty and much more. This client is illegal.
K-Lite 2.6 <---This is still under development and is legal, but you have to get two files from the KMD (which is easy to do). This is being made to eliminate connection issues Sharman created by making it so older clients wouldn't be able to connect to the FastTrack Network. Although Sharman failed miserably, the new version of K-Lite has many options the original KMD 2.6 doesn't have, and it has a few interesting features K-Lite 2.4.3 doesn't have.
There are other K-Lite clients based on K-Lite 2.4.3, which are really just versions that comes with tools that are more up to date. There are also other clients to connect to the FastTrack network, but the ones listed are the main ones.
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BitTorrent
Summary:
A completely legal internet protocol. All it's clients and tools are legal as well. It was devised to save bandwidth in the distribution of large files and became incredibly popular neing used in distrubution of anime, but now anything can be found through torrent downloads. It is also a great way to distribute Linux CDs. It's method of download qualifies it as a file-swarming protocol as opposed to a file-swapping protocol. Any questions may be answere by viewing Brian's BitTorrent FAQ and Guide.

Method of Download:
A file or files is downloaded in random fragments from whomever you connect to and once you have a piece, it is shared with everyone else downloading the file(s). Since files don't have to wait for completion to be shared, it is a file-swarming protocol, instead of a file-swapping protocol, which must wait for the download to finsh before it is shared. A download is started by executing a torrent file usually by clicking on a hyperlink on torrent websites, but there are torrent searching programs that give the user greater control. All torrents aare maintained by a tracker to make sure downloaders find eachother. Download speeds always get faster the longer the files is being downloaded.

Clients:
http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/download.htm Original client
http://bittornado.com/ The shadows Experimental Client
http://krypt.dyndns.org:81/torrent/ Burst
http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/ ABC
TorrentStorm
Azureus Java BitTorrent Client (supports plug-ins) *My favorite*

Torrent Search Tools:
Go Supernova
Aquila Torrent Finder
Torrent-Xtreme
http://www.btsearch.net/

List of Torrent Sites:
Anime and cartoons
http://www.macemu.com/~rasc/ Ren & Stimpy
http://yourmom.sh/ Invader Zim
http://www.robotolabs.cjb.net/ Simpsons
http://crackrock.net/~box/tracker/
http://bt.base0.net/
http://aiorus.dyndns.org/
http://appleshare.no-ip.com/
http://a.scarywater.net/dctp/
http://a.scarywater.net/hqa/
http://a.scarywater.net/lunar/
http://shinobichange.com/
http://www.soldats.net/bittorrent.php
http://a.scarywater.net/ae/
http://a.scarywater.net/genbu/
http://www.anime-4ever.net/
http://a.scarywater.net/a-flux/
http://a.scarywater.net/solar/
http://a.scarywater.net/ka/
http://a.scarywater.net/ao/
http://a.scarywater.net/infusion/
http://a.scarywater.net/e-f/
http://a.scarywater.net/si/
http://a.scarywater.net/ricebox/
http://a.scarywater.net/ishin/
http://a.scarywater.net/live-evil/
http://a.scarywater.net/sf/
http://a.scarywater.net/animeco/
http://a.scarywater.net/ah/
http://a.scarywater.net/akeep/
http://a.scarywater.net/naruto/
http://a.scarywater.net/hng/
http://a.scarywater.net/a-fury/
http://a.scarywater.net/nla/
http://a.scarywater.net/n/
http://a.scarywater.net/miyuki/
http://www.lunaranime.org/downloads.html
http://tuxedox.dyndns.org:3333/
http://paikia-fansubs.no-ip.com:8080/pkf/
http://www.anime-kraze.net/torrent
http://www.gotwoot.net/torrent.php
http://www.creatures.org/bt/
http://www.animesuki.com/
http://www.animejunkies.com/
http://www.digitaldreambubble.com/r-b/
http://www.anime-xtreme.com/bittorrent/download/
http://www.spisoft.net/Honobono/
http://www.anime-download.net/bt.htm
http://kiki.anime.sk/
http://usuyami.mine.nu/
http://otaku.org/bt/
http://www.cobaltnine.net/bt/
http://torrents.chaotixubs.com/
http://www.ramengeek.net/
http://www.mircx.com/bt/
http://anime.mircx.com/
http://www.onegaistudios.com/x.htm
http://www.makenshi.com/
http://akeepbt.no-ip.com/Akeep/
http://www.base0.net/bt/index.php?showall=1
http://drama.afraid.org/bt/japan-tv/
http://callatg.com/~asti/bt/aj/
http://torrent.thegreatbeyond.net/
http://zx.mellbin.org/
http://bt.saiyaman.net/
http://bittorrent.frozen-layer.net

Audio Books
http://audiobooktorrentskickass.com

Bittorent links
http://smiler.no-ip.org/BT/BTlinks.php
http://www.btsites.tk/
http://wwwtorrentlinks.com/
http://www.link2u.tk/

Bittorent web search
http://www.watchen.tv/
http://toogle.wiak.net/
http://isohunt.com/

Bootleg music
http://bt.malorkus.com/
http://beatles.serveftp.com:1412/
http://macdaddys.dyndsl.com/trading/bt.html
http://cotapers.org/
http://pj.sidewalkcrusaders.com/ Pearl jam
http://home.comcast.net/~estimatedeyes/hosting.html

Chinese
http://www.gamesir.com
http://bt.eastgame.net
http://www.okbt.com/

Comics
http://tracker.tghc.org/

DVD-R
http://dvdrtorrentskickass.com/index.html

Everything forum based
http://www.orange-torrents.com/
http://www.phoenixwebcreations.co.uk/backupfactory/
http://torrentbits.org
http://forums.bytemonsoon.net/announcement.php?f=2
http://www.forum2.hawkies-world.com/index.php
http://www.filesoup.com/
http://www.digital-update.com/forums/
http://www.phoenix-torrents.com/
http://www.btrocks.com
http://www.bt.100mbit.net/news.php
http://uktorrents.com/
http://dgmcdnld.proboards18.com/
http://suprnovateam.servegame.com/forum/index.php
http://www.dumbdonkey.com/mobilefreakz/index.php
http://www.topdogsforlife.com/
http://www.wasntme.150m.com/

Everything non forum based(might have there own forum though)
http://torrents.reviewed.homelinux.org/
http://voracity.net/index.php
http://wwww.hotfire.net
http://www.sharelive.com/1.0/index.php
http://candystore.tk
http://wwwtorrentreactor.net/tracker/
http://www.SuprNova.org
http://cddvdheaven.no-ip.com/movie%20track...php?sortby=date
http://sk8bt.no-ip.info/
http://crazymazey.kicks-ass.org:6969/index.html
http://eaglesnest.myftp.biz:6969/
http://funkytaz10.myftp.org:6969/
http://bluewolf.bounceme.net:6969/
http://alanb.no-ip.org:6969/
http://darkpagan1.no-ip.org:6969/
http://bitemonsoon.com/dominium/
http://jupiter2000.ods.org:6969/
http://daduck.freewebsitehosting.com/
http://daduck2.freewebsitehosting.com/
http://www.daduck.o-f.com/
http://www.netcoders.net/index.php
http://www.sd-web.co.uk/
http://www.cyberyoda.com/
http://www.torrentforce.tk/
http://wwwtorrentz.com/
http://www.p2p-archive.com/
http://torrentville.has.it/
http://btvids.303x.com/
http://www.centralhive.com/

French
http://www.shadow-server.ift.cx/

Games
http://rsn.no-ip.com/
http://www.ps2torrents.6x.to/ PS2
http://www.mister-c.net/blackcats/ xbox, PS2
http://svenpsx.kicks-ass.net/vb233/index.php
http://web1.essen098.server4free.de/cgi-bi...y8SesJ2MiivZgie PSX,PS2

Game roms
http://gromsh.no-ip.org/ from the oldest to the newest

German
http://www.bitfilme.com/
http://www.darkgamefreaks.de
http://www.babasboard.de
http://torrentindex.6x.to
http://www.2share4all.de/forum/main.php
http://www.torrentfilme.6x.to/

HDTV Rips
http://members.iinet.net.au/~minchins/bt/b...rrent_files.htm

Linux
http://rpmfind.net/BitTorrent/
http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/000635
http://www.lnx-bbc.org/

MAC
http://mactorrentskickass.com/index.html

Movies
http://www.orsys-network.tk/

Movies and games for kids
http://nola.dyndns.org:6969/

Music and Music Videos
http://www.sharingthegroove.org/ - huge amount of users, also trading as well
http://www.taperfriendly.com/
http://www.bluegrassbox.com/bittorrent.php
http://www.dottorrent.org Live recordings
http://bt.etree.org/ Live recordings
http://k3nn0001.home.comcast.net/home.htm
http://wraithman.no-ip.com:6969/

Pron
http://www.pleasure-torrent.com/
http://forum.gay-torrents.net/
http://empornium.us/

Slashdoted files?
http://f.moya.scarywater.net/

Spanish
http://bittorrent.frozen-layer.net/
http://www.shareadictos.com/

TV
http://www.digitaldistractions.org/torrents.php
http://www.angelinc.org/
http://www.bstark.pp.se/bittorrent/
http://torrent.milfclan.com/
http://metzia.hypermart.net/eps.shtml
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~crosses/eyesonly/ Dark angel
http://www.southparkx.net/ Southpark
http://nx01.us/torrent/
http://warewolf.no-ip.org/webthings/download.php?cat=5 Enterprise
http://warewolf.no-ip.org/xfiles/ Xfiles
http://mymacgyver.tk/ Macgyver definalty a place for macgyver fans
http://www.datorrents.fr.st/
http://mrtwig.net/ South Park

Wrestling e.g. wcw
http://www.wrestlingtorrents.tk/
http://abpw.rocks.it/

Yahoo Groups
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bittorrent This list is strictly for development and technical support, no file sharing allowed
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/torrent-talk Biggest bittorrent group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bittorrentfiles This is a group where people can post links to Bittorrent Files
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fullalbumtorrents Share torrent files for full albums here
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TorrentMages Mailing list for #TorrentMages on the Sorcery.net IRC network
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/btports For discussion of development of BitTorrent ports to other languages
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/bittorrentitalia/ italian bt-group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/torrent_capital english torrentsharing group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BitTorrentTorrents A place to post your torrents and to share your files with other members
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/moe_bittorrent This is a mailing list to offer up more bit torrent sessions and to find bit torrent sessions currently running
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wranglerspace_bittorrent This list is to announce new bit torrent sessions on wranglerspace.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BitTorrent_help This group is for technical support questions related to the BitTorrent file distribution program
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BitTorrent-China Chinese BitTorrent group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BitTorrentCN Small Chinese BitTorrent group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BitTorrentCN Small Chinese BitTorrent
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eDonkey & eMule
Summary:
Considered to be one of the better Peer-to Peer networks. I have never heard of a fake on this network. It is like KaZaa in some ways. You search for files from your client, but you can always use verified files using special hyperlinks on websites (ed2k://). Many questions can be answered by reading this eMule Summary

Method of Download:
I haven't tested this network too much, but I believe it downloads in random fragments, but you can't share the file until it is finished. Download speeds always get faster the longer the files is being downloaded.

Clients:
eMule
eMulePlus

Sites for Verified Files:
*ENGLISH ED2K SITES*
Sharereactor <<<The daddy of ED2K sites, with 100,000 members if I recall.
Fti
Sharelive <<<subscription needed <_< not a happy bunny.
FileNexus <<<WARNING: Adult Content in Pop-ups.
SVCD Plaza
AniDB.Net >>> "The How-do-I-download-anime-from-this-site? GUIDE" FAQ
ED2K Movie Release List - Sycamore.Project
ShareCom UK << All I get here is "Hello: sharecomuk.portal.dk3.com"...
Asian Cinema Forum
ShareProvider (formerly known as WXP) << Good if it wasnt for the barrage of ads/popups.
Blacksounds <<< Also available in German.
ac3-guru.com Site back up, as well as the forum.
Digital Archive Project Central
The RealWorld
BollyWood Files
electro.webforcharity.org
MightyVibes
Dead Donkey
MPC Donkey<<< Nice and simple.
Shareconnector.com Forum
ed2k-it.com<<<English, and quite confusing to use.
MVGroup<<<Mainly TV Documentaries.
AnimeReactor Forum
AMC Releases <<< AMC [A releaser group] releases.
BuckTV
Comic Central << A site by the people who brought BuckTV :) Very nice comic rips indeed.
FileHeaven
MusicDonkey.org <- Invite only before you can access the full forums
MusicDonkey.net <- Pretty much everything, no food forums
MusicMule <- Alternative music
KoolMonkey <<< Sure ive seen a user on these forums called koolmonkey, wonder if its the same person? :).
PleasureDome.101<<<New site, still under construction, but forum is up, however is still new, so doesnt have much in it yet.
Donkey's Chopper<<<Need to register to view forum contents. English
Schwa<<English
LordWiersma<<English
Plasma Pook<<English
Cthragsardius English.
Ed2klinks.com

*HEBREW ED2K SITES*
LionNetwork

*GERMAN ED2K SITES*
"Saugstube - die beste eselseite im netz"
Power Portal
Supergrobi<<< German, forum based site.
Dreadzone<<<Can someone tell me whether this is a serverlist site than an index site, thanks.
EselFilme
Eselmetal German and English
Overnet World <<German as well as English. Not sure if Overnet will work on emule though.
Esel2K.org<<German
Share2K <German
Donkey Fakes<< Most of site is English, and forum is in German...gets confusing
Emulefutter << German. No registration needed. ;) Click on "download" even if it doesn't "hover" or "shows the hand"
Emule2003.de << Categorized. Top10. Some FAQ and Guides. Forum (registered only)

*BRAZILIAN/PORTUGESE ED2K SITES*
POOTZ!
ForumBR
Max[PT]

*SPANISH ED2K SITES*
E-Shock
Spanishare
Argenteam
Grupo Zona Heavy Metal<<<Heavy Metal I think :P
Emulespana
Indicedonkey.com
Elitedivx
Divx Clasico
Emuleitor
eDonkeyCentral

*FRENCH ED2K SITES*
ShareDifferent
Rave Zone
Divxovore
Rocky DonkeyFrench?
RastaDonkey French
MXP2

*DUTCH/NETHERLAND ED2K SITES*
Zocor.demon.nl
nef2k.nl<<<Forum Based, will need to register.
Speurweb.com
Donkey Portal.NL
ED2k.NL<<Netherland site, can't be sure though.
Releases4UDutch maybe?
The MZA Project
Donkey.be

*FINNISH ED2K SITES*
FinReactor<<<Another forum based site.

*DANISH ED2K SITES*
Emule Portalen

*RUSSIAN ED2K SITES*
RUVideo
Sharereactor.ru
Russian MP3 <<Adult ad's in this one, so beware.
NetLab
Megafilm.Tk

*SWEDISH ED2K SITES*
Sharefactor

*LITHUANIAN ED2K SITES*
Linkomanija.net

Search engines for verified files:
http://jigle.com/index.html
http://www.filedonkey.com/index.html

Verified Files
http://www.peerweb.org/
http://www.spanishare.com/index.php
http://www.pornodonkey.net/
http://wxp.step.lv/edonkey-file-859#
http://digilander.libero.it/Psychoz/html/appz/1.htm
http://www.edonkeyitalia.com/
http://www.pornreactor.com/
http://rutadelplacer.com/modules/news/
http://www.sharedonkey.com/
http://www.sharemule.com/index2.php
http://www.enkeywebsite.net/
http://www.ed2k-it.com/
http://www.sharereactor.com/
http://www.edonkeygoogle.fr.st/
http://www.emulesex.com/
http://www.exdonkey.com/
http://www.emule.nl/
http://www.sexdonkey.net/
http://www.abandomoviez.tk/
http://www.animedonkey.tk/
http://www.baulcvcd.com/
http://www.burradas.com/
http://www.burritosband.tk/
http://www.losbarralibre.com/
http://www.cifirip.tk/
http://www.divxclasico.com/
http://www.descargasedonkey.com/
http://divxcoplay.tk/
http://www.donkeymule.com/
http://www.edonkeycentral.com/
http://www.edonkeyhouse.tk/
http://www.elitedivx.com/
http://musicdonkey.net/
http://www.elitefreak.net/
http://www.elitemusic.es.mn/
http://www.emule.us/
http://www.emulelive.com/
http://www.e2knetwork.com/
http://www.fantasticteam.tk/
http://www.shareconnector.com/
http://www.dead-donkey.com/
http://www.foroteca.net/
http://www.funtitanio.com/
http://www.gamedonkey.net/
http://www.group-canarias.com/
http://www.tellydb.com/
http://www.redtotalonline.com/
http://www.pornoholic.at.tt/
http://www.indicedivx.com/php/top/in.php?id=67
http://www.indicedonkey.com/
http://www.mejorgratis.com/
http://www.naiadadonkey.com/
http://www.nosologore.com/
http://www.filenexus.com/
http://www.portaledonkey.net/
http://www.divx-emule.fr.st/
http://www.portalpirata.com/
http://www.servertt.com/
http://www.spanishare.com/
http://www.emulespana.net/
http://www.spanishleech.tk/
http://www.subdissidenteam.com.ar/
http://www.emuleitor.com/
http://www.top-es.com/in.php?id=17
http://www.tutop.com/vota.php?id=55
http://www.vgroup.com.ar/
http://www.zonared.com/
http://www.sharereactor.ru/
http://www.fileheaven.org/forum/
http://www.ac3-guru.com/
http://www.filenexus.com/
http://ed2k.2x4u.de/index.html
http://www.emuleplus.tk/
www.eselmetal.de
http://www.sharelive.com/


French sites
http://www.exercise-one.com/
http://www.emule-speed.com/
http://www.emule-france.com/index.php
http://www.edonkeydivx-fr.com/divx/divx.php
http://www.edonkeygoogle.fr.st/
http://www.divxovore.com/
http://www.divxemule.com/
http://www.letoutedonkey.com/filmnouveaute.php%20
http://www.edonkeymaster.com/divx.php
http://rv6.team.free.fr/
http://www.emulink.com/
http://www.emuliens.com/
http://www.freedivx.org/
http://www.mxp2.com/perso.wanadoo.fr/groovemule/gconcert.htm
http://www.edonkey-armata.fr.st/
http://www.france-emule.com/
http://www.kissifrot.com/
http://www.divxclic.com/
http://www.ristarex.fr.st/
http://www.divx-mania.be.tf/
http://www.rouedesecours.fr.st/
http://www.divx-station.net/
http://www.thenuclear-fr.com/
http://emeutedivx.be.tf/
http://divxvidz.free.fr/
http://www.cheztoff.com/forum/index.php?board=5
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IRC
Summary:
IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat, and is quite possibly the original FileSharing network. IRC is mostly used for chatting, but is also a great ay for downloading files. It started with Unix, and is a command-line tool to chat and download files. Don't know what Unix is? Well, it's an operating system with thiry years behind it. That alone says a lot. I believe IRC started in 1988 itself, but that's still older than any other peer-to-peer has ever lasted. IRC is always the network to get files first, and like BitTorrent, the network and clients are perfectly legal. Not recommended for newbies.

Method of Download:
It downloads from beginning to end, and seems to have the highest speed out of any network. You can definately reach your maximum possible download speed with IRC. Downloads can be started by visiting an IRC search engine site to log you into the proper IRC channel where you can request the files you want using the proper commandline switches. Files aren't shared Peer-to-Peer. Programs, known as bots handle the distribution of files and they respond to the download requests, so it can be referred to as leeching, but that's the way IRC works.

Clients:
mIRC <---not free
mIRC (old versions) <---the older versions are free
OMEN mIRC Scripts <---Not a client, but adds functions to mIRC
There are more clients, add-ons, and scripts for mIRC, but I don't use it much. They can be found by doing a bit of searching.

IRC Search Engines:
IRCspy
PacketNews
isoHunt
XDCC Search
XDCC Spy
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Other Means of Filesharing
There are other networks out there like:
Newsgroups
LimeWire
DC++ (Direct Connect Protocol)
Ares (use the lite edition and uncheck "NavHelper" to NOT install the spyware it's packaged with)
SoulSeek
Mute <---Aimed at greater security and annonimity
Ants P2P <---Aimed at greater security and annonimity
and many many more. It would take much too much time to get into all of them, but if anyone has anything to add, they can.

Multi-network tools:
Shareaza is a multiple network client that can use download files from the EDonkey2000, Gnutella, BitTorrent and Gnutella2 (G2) Networks.
KCeasy supports the FastTrack, Gnutella, and OpenFT networks (version 0.11 was the last version that connects to the FastTrack network)
There are other tools like this, many for Linux/Unix, but I don't know of too many.
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How to Play What You've Downloaded
There are two key things in watching files downloaded through P2P. You need the right codec and a capable player.

What is a codec?
It stands for "compressor decompressor." EVERY video file you will find is compressed using some codec. Pure uncompressed video is about a Gigabyte per minute, so it's neccesary. Having the proper codecs installed on your system will make sure you system "understands" how to display the compressed video. When a codec is installed, it is system wide. It will work in any player that can handle that file type. Install as many codecs as you like. The more you have, the less chance you have of having an unwatchable file. Just don't install different versions of the same thing on top of each other.

Recommendations:
I have both on my system. If anything goes wrong, I have something to fall back on.
VideoLAN is a player with all it's own codecs, so you install it and it should be able to play almost anything on it's own. A new version was released on May 21, 2004.
The K-Lite Mega Codec Pack has all you need to watch pretty much anything. It has codecs and capable players, one of which is Media Player Classic, which is a great player.
Winamp is excellent for audio. It can even be used for streaming video, but I would recommend the above player for video. ;)

Players That Suck:
These are players that are just plain bad. And with the above links, you won't ever need them again.
Real Player
Quicktime
Windows Media Player
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Security
Before you use any Peer-to-Peer application, you need to take care of basic system security. Everyone should have a firewall (whether it be software or hardware) or a router, an anti-virus, and some means to remove and prevent spyware.
Standard Anti-virus:
NOD32 <---Excellent and my favorite, but not free
AVG <---Excellent and also has a great FREE version

Free Online Virus Scanning:
BitDefender Online Scan
RAV Antivirus Online scan
McAfee FreeScan
PandaActiveScan

Supplemental Virus Removal Tools:
AVERT Stinger
avast! Virus Cleaner
NOD32 on-demand Scanner

Spyware Removal Tools:
Ad-aware
Spybot Search & Destroy
SpySweeper <---my favorite, but NOT free
Merjin.org <---where you can find HijackThis and CWShredder.
Below are direct links.
HijackThis
CWShredder
Below are direct links to tools to use in case your spyware removal programs shutdown immediately after execution
CoolWWWSearch.SmartKiller removal tool
Ad-aware Cloak

Free Firewalls:
No one should be without a firewall of some kind.
Kerio Personal Firewall
Sygate Personal Firewall
ZoneAlarm
OutPost Firewall Free
I'm not big on firewalls. I don't like them. Below is a guide to something similar to what I did.
Do-it Yourself Router
Protowall and the Blocklist Manager can both be found here. It will allow the user block known bad IP ranges, mostly from companies that try to track what you're doing. It's a great suppliment to a firewall.

Peer-to-Peer Software to Avoid at All Costs!!
These are spyware filled programs and should be avoided because there is always a free, and spyware-less version that works better.
KaZaa (offers a paid version without spyware)
Limewire (Limwire 4 is spyware free)
Audiogalaxy
Bearshare (offers a paid version without spyware)
Imesh
Morpheus
Grokster
Xolox
Blubster 2.x aka Piolet (Blubster 2.0 and higher and Piolet are adware and bundle other adware)
OneMX
FreeWire
BitTorrent (Only the Unify Media version)*
*=This was actually an accident on suprnova.org. There used to be a pop-up that advertised "The Original BitTorrent Client" that was actually a fake filled with spyware and the creators of Suprnova.org got rid of it

How likely are you to be sued by a company like the R.I.A.A.?
The truth is, not much at all. The chances are literally one in a million. Most people got letters and didn't get sued, but they were only people who were doing MASSIVE downloading of songs without protection and were doing what would be considered illegal, but if I were to get into specifics, the R.I.A.A. could be proved wrong. It's just that people are afraid of them. You may not be doing anything illegal depending on where you are.

How legal is it?
That all depends. If you're using K-Lite 2.4.3, that is illegal because it's giving away copywritten software. You can avoid this by using the completely legal BitTorrent or many others. After that it all depends on what you use it for. If you're downloading say a movie ripped from t.v., wouldn't that be legal? It was freely on t.v. It all just depends on common sense more than anything. Just use your head.
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Keep in mind, this is only a summary. Each FileSharing application and protocol have their own unique way of working and if you run into a problem, it can be answered by doing a little searching. The lists may have duplications and/or broken links. As stated below, I used lists posted on the FileSharingTalk forum.
Guide initially compiled by Xero Grid with much information gathered from the FileSharingTalk Forum using lists from junkyardking, thisiswhoweare, and sharedholder on May 22 2004.


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