Limewire or Shareaza?

[Dizzle4]

My friend just took off Ares due to spyware/adware. I have heard a lot of good things about Limewire and Shareaza. First of all, do either of these have any spyware/adware and which would you prefer?

[mp3master1215]

i definatley go with shareaza but before you start downloading do this instructions http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=20750 and go to the link it provides first before you do the first step on the page!

[Dizzle4]

Thats cool, I need to read a little more of that. Does Shareaza do what eMule does(the uploading at the same time as downloading). If it does, I will definately go with that.

[mp3master1215]

YEP IT DOES BUT IF your looking for music or apps games and movies keep the gnutella connections only turn off edonkey. All of them will have good sources and fast downloads if you do the steps i downloaded roxio easy cd + dvd creator 6 platinum in 20 minutes with the speed i got from the instructions.

[Crazy Horse]

My friend just took off Ares due to spyware/adware.

That's funny. My version (and all the other versions I've run) of Ares never have had any spyware. What version are you running?!?!?!?!?!

[alliercollins]

I always get good speed with both, but it depends really on what networks you plan to use. For just gnutella, Limewire is fast and capable of a lot of things. Shareaza though will expand to Gnutella 2 and Edonkey, which would do like what emule does, only if you are on that network for the download. There is also Bittorrent support, but I don't use that part. I much prefer Azureus. I do tend to find better results for music from Limewire and their corruption detection is nice, but Shareaza will probably treat you better for speed, though I have no complaints about Limewire pro.

I'm one of those people though with like twenty P2P programs installed simply because my results will differ slightly for each program and I love to power search.

[dverma75]

My friend just took off Ares due to spyware/adware.

I think you are talking about Nav Helper which is totally optional.

[Dizzle4]

To Crazy Horse, I don't have Ares yet because I was searching around, but my friend has the newest version of Ares, 1.81 I believe. Does anyone know if there is any configuration with a hardware firewall(Linksys) for either Limewire or Shareaza?

[Vampmon]

Ares has NO adware or spyware, if you dont uncheck the Navhelper thing you will get ads (i think)
Anyway, Shareaza or LimeWire.. Hmmm, i dont really like LimeWire, but LimeWire has faster downloads then Shareaza, BUT Limewire begs people to go PRO that gets annoying at times...
Go for Shareaza 2.0

[mp3master1215]

just go to connect and check the box that says random that will fix your firewall probrlem in shareaza!

[Cydor]

I suggest to you use BearShare or Lime Wire...both are the best Gnutella client. Shareaza uses to much of your computer resources and it's much slower than any other Gnutella clients out there...fuck, it's way to slow!

[Crazy Horse]

To Crazy Horse, I don't have Ares yet because I was searching around, but my friend has the newest version of Ares, 1.81 I believe.

As has been stated - If your friend had unchecked the navhelper box on install there would be no spyware/adware. It's totally optional and can still be removed in add/remove

Good luck on your quest. There are lots of very good programs out there. You will probably find that you end up with more than one program as there are good choices out there. I'm currently using WinMX, Ares, IMesh-lite and Piolet. I can usually find what I'm looking for between the 4. Now with all the new releases coming out I probably will be changing my line up again very soon.

[Dizzle4]

Thanks for all the help. The people on zeropaid get back so fast!

[Character]

I suggest Ares, it's spyware free, and fast.

[mp3master1215]

actually neither try phex

[littlebits]

I would definitely choose Shareaza because you can use it as a multi-network or a single network client. You can select the networks you want to connect to G2, Gnutella, eDonkey or BitTorrent. You don't have to use all of the networks and you don't have to be connected to the other networks to start a Torrent download. LimeWire is also good if you just want a single Gnutella network client.



Thanks. :icon_thum

[Hitman007]

I've used Shareaza for a little over a year, and i can say that i was disapointed with its performance. The multi network option was good, although its bittorrent abilities were somewhat lacking. But it never gave me good download speeds and if i left it on for too long, it would really use up my system resources. Now i use limewire pro and have been using it for half a year. It gives me good speeds and the search feature has always found what i needed it to find. It works great.

[ccc1005]

I've used Shareaza for a little over a year, and i can say that i was disapointed with its performance. The multi network option was good, although its bittorrent abilities were somewhat lacking. But it never gave me good download speeds and if i left it on for too long, it would really use up my system resources. Now i use limewire pro and have been using it for half a year. It gives me good speeds and the search feature has always found what i needed it to find. It works great.

Comparing Raza's bittorrent performance to Limewire's Gnutella isn't a fair comparison at all, compare the Gnutella performances and see the difference. I personally think they are the same, but Raza has a much nicer UI, so I stuck with Raza after the Bear died.

[Hitman007]

i wasnt comparing the bittorrent speeds to gnutella, i should have been more specific. I found on my comp that shareaza's gnutella wasnt as fast and its searching feature wasnt as good as Limewire pros. I only said the bittorrent comment because as a bittorrent client, shareaza is only mediocre.

[ccc1005]

I only said the bittorrent comment because as a bittorrent client, shareaza is only mediocre.

Definately agree with ya there, Azureus is 10 times better than Raza in terms of bittorrent support

[axlman]

I have found that LimeWire contains alot of bogus files as well as viruses when searching for Programs, Games, etc.

I wish I could find Construction Destruction! All I can find anywhere is the demo version! PM me if you got info on the game.

thanks

[soundmaster inc]

maybe it s only me but i can t find any software from limewire like games and other programs but it s good for movies and songs also limewire makes your computer slow.i m using both limewire and shareaza.
shareaza is not making your pc slow if you choose to store your Incomplete Downloads to shareaza install directory Program Files,Shareaza.

[lifehacker]

soundmaster: LimeWire is best for music and is terrible if you want to download movies, games and other large files. For movies and games I suggest you try BitTorrent (there are plenty of BitTorrent guides here). And yes LimeWire takes up a lot of memory because its written in java.

[soundmaster inc]

lifehacker-what do you mean terrible for movies, speed is good..
bittorrent needs a tcp port or something as many others but i have heard that it s very fast (100kb/s and so)

[lifehacker]

The speed of limewire for movies can be good, but the content is not. Half of the movies are not what they say they are and the other half is terrible quality. If you ever see a file on LimeWire with the size 851.7 its a fake with a virus. In BitTorrent fakes are rare, and the creater of the torrent ussually tells you what the quality is like. Also theres simply more content in BitTorrent than in Limewire's Gnutella.

[soundmaster inc]

lifehacker-i wonder if it s ok to develop our personal conversation here but if its not i quess i m gonna find out soon,anyway..first time i got limewire i was so impressed that i thougt that it doesn t matter if the movie is not what i expected,i can download a new one with a few hours.

[MorphineInduced]

both of these are ok but i would just use anyone of them for just getting music ....... anything else leave it to a torrentloader or fttp......... but limewire pro is alot better ........well atleast from what i noticed ......... if u want i can get u a free limewire pro version ........ just email me or somethiung but make sure i can notice its not spam ....... if not u wont ever hear from me

[lifehacker]

Soundmaster inc.: Its ok to talk here and develop a conversation but if you want give me your AIM or ICQ or Google Talk and we can talk there. Anyways, LimeWire functions well even if your ports are not properly configured and gives you good speeds better than most other p2ps if your ports are not properly configured. So yes, you should be impressed with LimeWire. However if you want to move to a whole different level of downlaoding youll have to learn how to configure your ports and use a more powerful p2p than LimeWire. Once you learn how to use something like BitTorrent or UseNet you will be in heaven. : )
So are you getting yellow smileys in Azureus?

[soundmaster inc]

lifehacker---azureus??you mean a m i useing it?actually no.i just found out that there is such thing as shareaza plus and i am testing it wright now with a game called Fear.(and i am almost happy)
as much as i know i configured shareaza ports correctly but i m still recieving tcp errors whet i test my connection.
i have even heard that some types of inter connections or companies (my english might not be exactly the best) are not supporting tcp connection.
ou yes i remember once i tried azureus and those smilies weren t exactly like they should have been.
so do you need help with azureus,not that i know anything about it;)))

[lifehacker]

Oh, Im sorry for some reason I thought you were using Azureus. By saying you configured Shareaza's ports what exactly did you do?

[soundmaster inc]

as much as i know there is not much to do.
added two ports (tcp and udp) to local area connection and two ports to windows firewall exepyions list.
all these ports use one number.
and there was a thing in shareaza forum ,you must type something like cmd in the run and then you find out some ip addresses and other stuff.
i even got the shareaza patch
tcp connection still failes .

[soundmaster inc]

lifehacker you previosly sayd something about isq and google.i didn t know what the icq is:)
you dont have the msn messenger do you?if yo dont then we ll figure something out.
if you do then feel free to contact me anytime.
you can find the messenger address from my profile

[lifehacker]

ICQ is very popular in most parts of Europe. Im surprised you never heard of it.
Do you get any error messages? If you do what are they?

[soundmaster inc]

do you know the connection test page that can be found from shareaza forums,the test says that tcp connection has timed out.
and i tryid utorrent today same problem there.

[fleecy]

limewire pro has been pretty good to me so far...

[lifehacker]

soundmaster inc. try getting an sp2 connection patcher. It changes the limit of concurrent TCP connections for sp2. Then tell me if there are any results or do you have one already?

[soundmaster inc]

lifehacker yes i have it.i wrote about it above.
what kind of pc troubles are you experiencing ,if you do let me know

[lifehacker]

Im not experiencing any problems soundmaster Im trying to help you out. :)
Try uninstalling your sp2 connection patcher and see what happens.

[Mels_Smileys45]

Drop both and pick up Bearshare lite, no other P2P app can compair.

[CrashPeer44]

Ares Rocks, Well The New Version and Anyway Shareaza is great if you Can Foward ports. So If you have a router that you have the password to, Go for it but if not Limewire seems to have great UPnP.

I never liked ED2k to much waiting, but Gnutella is not great for content, just small files.

REMEMBER TO USE PEERGAURDIAN 2, www.methlabs.org

[soundmaster inc]

ok .
i found the port forwarding forum from the main page,there is one blue box that i m supposed to type in some stuff but as i wrote there i can t find the damn box;)
i mnot even sure do i have router.
and i cant find any information about my nokia modem
i think there is a high probability that i can resolve this problem according to what i have already done
so feel free to quit any time))

[lifehacker]

soundmaster:
go to portforward.com and read and forwarding ports it will help you out.

[qadeer]

do you know the best place to get accapellas and intrumentals if you can please send me an email to No requests. with the anwser

[soundmaster inc]

oh i m tired of this port stuff
maybe someday i ll work it out
but many thanks for helping.!!!