Unlike Limewire, Bittorrent, or Napster, Ares was developed as an open-source application, so there are no corporate owners for the RIAA to target, and development of the system has not been halted with legal problems. Ares (sometimes misspelled as Aries), is easy to use, quick to connect, with very fast download speeds. In addition, because the protocol used is difficult to detect, Ares is often the only P2P network that can get through the firewalls at Universities and major institutions.

Because Ares is the most popular file sharing program, you find a lot better music selection, and more people to connect and share with. There are over 100 million titles available to download on the network. And unlike Itunes, music on the Ares network is not locked down by a proprietary DRM system, so you can play them anywhere.

You should be aware that there are many Ares scam sites that bundle file sharing software with Spyware or adware. The versions of ares download we recommend are certified clean by download.com as being free of any or adware or spyware.

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Ares is the best choice for most filesharing needs, particularily for music files. For sharing of very large files such as movies, the Bittorrent protocol is better. While Ares does support the Bittorent protocol, it is not designed specifically for that purpose. Some of the most popular programs that use the bittorrent client are listed below.

	Azureus	BitTorent
	Limewire	Suprnova

Some other popular filesharing programs are listed below. Check back later as we are finishing reviews of these,and the bittorrent clients listed above.

	Bearshare	Morpheus
	Shareaza	Imesh