eMule

eMule is developed by eMule Team last May 13, 2002 and became the popular download on SourceForge in March 2012 with 639 million downloads. It is a free peer-to-peer file sharing software designed for Microsoft Windows. The direct exchange of sources between client nodes, use of a credit system to reward frequent uploaders and a fast recovery of corrupted downloads are its distinguishing features. It also transmits data from bandwidth to zlib-compressed form. eMule is written in C++ using Microsoft Foundation Classes. It is designed for Windows operating system and available in 43 languages. Some third parties have created a modified version of the software which always contains spyware and other malware programs because of its open source nature and popularity. The official eMule is free and users should beware of fake sites because they will ask your credit card information or even require you in signing up for a membership fee.

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eMule Plus

eMule Plus is a new generation eMule created for the improvement of the original GUI. The software does not contain any adware or spyware for it is released under the GPL. It can translate 31 languages with its own team of translators and beta testers and has IRC channels providing additional help in various languages. It has an optimized and compatible WebServer. eMule Plus is also enhanced with modified GUI, automated fake check, country flags and statistics, auto download list, fractional upload or download rates, configurable keyboard shortcuts and UTF-8 encoding for IRC messages. Aside from its enhanced features, eMule Plus has list of bugs such as: not viewable columns when filename column is resized; the ToolTip sometimes get stuck on screen; own comments are not directly showed; files move at once when file with sources expanded autosorts, and sources follow after delay; displays wrong categories for Temp Files when switch from eMule to eMule Plus; and there is a bug in "Show Shared Files".

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