ares is verry good , i use it alot . it dose have some spyware but you can select not to install it . the one thing i dont like is that you cant find any lossless music like WAV files,its just mp3s. but everything els is great .thers not as many people on the ares network so thers not as much content . i find the gui and the design verry good (better than limewire), it has built in chatrooms ,video/music player and a web browser . if there were more users and if i could find wav files id say its way better than limewire . i think limewire is best for music . so i use limewire for music and ares for chat and downloading ...hmmmmm ...lets just say "nature documentery movies"