The stars (*) show how great your chances of connection are with the host from the search results. You can set it to only show 3 or 4 star so you'll have a better group of search results with hosts more reliable to downld from. For hints on this & even more, see the following link & follow “ALL” the off-shoot links to find hints & extra skills to help solve your problem: To continue files downlding (click on link)