Ares anyone?

**madmadmax** · August 14th, 2005, 06:13 PM

As an old school file sharer I have used every file sharing portal out there. I use bit torrent for the most part, but have recently tried Ares. More so for the kids to use, as it's easy for them.

Is there anything I need to look out for in Ares? I ran the Ad-aware and Spybot scans and removed all maliucious files and it still seems to run fine, as all filesharing programs do despite the warnings in the user agreements.

**rainbowdemon** · August 14th, 2005, 06:16 PM

I've always liked Ares too!!

**gomonkeygo** · August 14th, 2005, 09:12 PM

dont let them in teh chatrooms!

**madmadmax** · August 14th, 2005, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by gomonkeygo

dont let them in teh chatrooms!

I've turned the chat off for now. I keep my kids on thier toes letting them think I can follow their every step on the computer, which I really can. Keeps them surfing safely.

I think Ares seems okay at first glance. Not too many Tee Vee shows tho.

**madmadmax** · August 14th, 2005, 11:56 PM

At least these replies are from some older Zero paid folks and not a bunch of newbies, even tho my post count isn't high, I'm here all the time.

**ccc1005** · August 15th, 2005, 12:08 AM

I ran Ares at school a few times last year through a SOCKS proxy to get around some of the college network restrictions, and I was pleased with it. Haven't used it since however..

**lion7718** · August 15th, 2005, 04:19 AM

Originally Posted by madmadmax

I've turned the chat off for now. I keep my kids on thier toes letting them think I can follow their every step on the computer, which I really can. Keeps them surfing safely.

I think Ares seems okay at first glance. Not too many Tee Vee shows tho.

Yurning off Chat in the CP turns off Personal Chat, like a PM your Kids can still click on Chat & eneter the Rooms & Chat.

**madmadmax** · August 15th, 2005, 06:53 AM

Originally Posted by lion7718

Yurning off Chat in the CP turns off Personal Chat, like a PM your Kids can still click on Chat & eneter the Rooms & Chat.

Thanks for the heads up on that.

Our computer is in a central location in the house and not tucked away in some dark corner. That saves on haivng to second guess on what the kids are up too.

**lion7718** · August 15th, 2005, 08:16 AM

No problem...
I guess I should have spell checked my post... ;)

**ducttapeBigSexy** · August 15th, 2005, 02:09 PM

The only thing I can think of with Ares (which may be a positive or a negative, depending on how you look at it) is that Ares will always share partials and your download folder. The only other thing I can think of is that, at least with an older version I used, the upload speed of partials were not effected by the upload limit. Which can over saturate your net connection. A program like NetLimiter will let you fix that, though ( http://www.netlimiter.com/ )

**rebirth** · August 15th, 2005, 02:35 PM

to each their own, but I despise Ares.

**Computer Barbie** · October 12th, 2005, 12:34 AM

When I turn Ares-lite on, all the files that didn't complete before are now gone. They aren't

on the transfer section. What's going on?

Thanks

**ferrarimodena360** · October 12th, 2005, 12:44 AM

i use kCeasy for ares
connects to gnutella also (mostly limewire)

Try it

**Malicious Intent** · October 12th, 2005, 12:45 AM

Before what?

Make sure the download location is set to the same place as before.

**Computer Barbie** · October 12th, 2005, 03:58 AM

Originally Posted by Malicious Intent

Before what? [1]

Make sure the download location is set to the same place as before.[2]

[1] When I turn Ares-lite on, all the files that didn't complete the previous time I used tt are

now gone. They aren't on the transfer section.

[2] it is.

Thanks for the replies.

Any advice, anyone?