Bitzi is for verifying files are ok & seeing if there's any user feedback to see that the file is good or poor, or whatever.

BearShare now has content filtering. That's why the new versions are no good. They sold themselves out after out of court settlement.

Hi Brad from Australia. The way files download using LW or FW are a litte different to BS.

Be aware of recent spamming on the network of fake files. See Recognising fake files which may answer why your downlds are "connecting" for ages & then go to need more sources. That's a typical symptom & description of fake files.

How to stop it? Don't choose copyright files to download. Choose modem users to download from. Choose those with just a few hosts when you get hundreds or thousands of results for a single search (98% of those will be fake with such high search results!)