You can download Ares free if you like; it’s open source software. It’s pretty much the biggest P2P filesharing system going today, and it doesn’t carry any spyware like a lot of similar software does. Already it has 30 million members and as of late May, you can download Ares Vista, which fixes some connection problems they started having, due to so many users.

The Ares network has over *100 million* files you can download in its entire network. Of course, many of these are music files–almost any song you can think of. But the free downloads also include video, software, and video games.

Ares also has chat rooms and an instant messenger. These are great for finding files that might not appear listed on the network, but that a fellow fan might have on their hard drive somewhere.

Many P2P networks end up using adware to finance the project. This doesn’t necessarily mean pop-up ads; usually the ads show up in the interface. But this still usually means someone is spying on your computer. Why?

Spyware will take note of the sites that you visit and the words that you type into your favorite search engines. It collects this information and sends it to a home server. The home server then chooses which ads to show you, based on your surfing and searching patterns.

It’s not like having a Trojan horse (although some unethical P2P filesharing systems include software that is more malicious). But it’s still a breach of privacy all the same, and it eats up your processing power and bandwidth.

There is a whole host of reasons to use Ares for your filesharing needs. There are plenty of peer-to-peer systems out there, but not too many have 100 million files on them. In addition, very few of them are free of spyware and viruses. You owe it to yourself to try the most popular P2P system today, and download Ares.