Friday, November 28, 2008

What To Look For In a P2P Download Software

By Terry Hunter

There are a lot of file sharing programs that you can use out there, such as Kazaa, Limewire, Napster etc. These programs are very convenient for downloading music, video and more off the net. Many people believe they can be dangerous, but it's easy to keep viruses and spyware off your computer by having an anti-virus program. Out of all the programs out there, which is the best? Here's what to look for.

You should be able to get more than just mp3s.

The networks that the best downloading programs use also support media other than just music files. These include files such as word and pdf documents, software programs and video files.

Huge user database

The bigger the user database, the more files on it. The programs tend to build on one another, and share networks in order to make the networks bigger and faster.

Quick downloading

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.

Your P2P program should also be ad-free and be very easy to use. The last thing you want to have is a program on your computer that is impossible to use or is very spammy. - 15634

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