Friday, November 28, 2008

What To Look For In a Modern P2P Download Program

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.

Ability to download all kinds of files, not 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.

Large network

A bigger network and user database provides the network with more files. Some of the P2P programs share networks so that downloading is faster and there are more files on the network.

Quick downloading

With speed the size of the network is important because if there are more people on the network with the file you wish to download you can download much faster. Another important factor is the download program's ability to find users on the network for you to download from.

The program that you use should be ad-free and have no popups as well. Even if has a decent network you don't want it to be hard to operate. It should be very easy to use and have good cross-platform compatibility. - 15275

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