text: is there any website apart from download.com where i can download free softwares? i have downloaded many softwares from download.com... is there a good website like download.com where there are many softwares? peer to peer networks   before you do let me offer alternatives that are safer and legal. maybe you could download a demo? note that the popular limewire client has spyware. to ignore scroll down!   be sure to checkout first:  free games at sourceforge http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=80  download.com http://games.download.com/  list of online games and flash portals http://www.jimmyr.com/bored.php  winamp http://www.winamp.com/player/free.php  has free shoutcast tv and audio stations http://www.shoutcast.com/  check out this page on how to watch it in winamp http://www.jimmyr.com/winamp_shoutcast.php  checkout this site to watch tv online http://mediahopper.com/    --- ---- --- --- end alternatives  before thinking about downloading be sure to read the legal implications of downloading in the wikipedia p2p article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/peer_to_peer#legal_controversy  be sure to have a descent spyware and virus program or you can scan online free in multiple sources. make sure you know about safety because many peer to peer networks have viruses. the link below has many resources including free antiviruses. http://www.jimmyr.com/security.php      before you start downloading you should know how to configure your router. to do so check here http://www.portforward.com/    currently there are two main p2p sources bittorrent and file sharing programs. to use bit torrent you need to download a client like azureus or bitcomet http://azureus.sourceforge.net/download.php http://www.bittorrent.com/ http://www.bitcomet.com/ http://www.utorrent.com/   bit torrent in order of popularity: http://www.thepiratebay.org/ http://www.torrentspy.com/ http://www.mininova.org/ http://www.suprnova.org/ http://isohunt.com/ http://www.torrentbox.com/torrents-browse.php?news http://www.torrentreactor.net/torrents/ http://www.torrentreactor.to/  programs in order of popularity  http://www.emule-project.org/  emule is the most downloaded program in sourceforge history with 196,535,727 downloads. be sure to search ip filter.  http://www.download.com/limewire/3000-2166_4-10494363.html limewire is popular among kids (spyware)  http://www.frostwire.com/ frostwire is an alternative to limewire  http://cabos.sourceforge.jp/ free filesharing  http://www.gnucleus.com/gnucleus/ another gnutella client  http://aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net/ ares  http://phex.kouk.de/mambo/ phex is an alternative to bearshare and uses the gnutella network regarded as "safer".  http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=110672&package_id=119725&release_id=366441 shareaza  http://www.download.com/1200-2025-5140766.html?part=dl-imesh&subj=dl&tag=button imesh  http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/ direct connect++  http://snail.pc.cz/strongdc/indexen.htm strong direct connect  morpheus (spyware) http://morpheus.com/  warez p2p (spyware) http://www.warezclient.com/  kazaa not free anymore (spyware) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kazaa  winmx doesnt exist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/winmx  sourceforge top filesharing projects http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?stquery=&sort=group_ranking&sortdir=asc&offset=0&form_cat=251  wikipedia p2p list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/category:file_sharing_networks  sourceforge free software list (often p2p resources) http://sourceforge.net/top/toplist.php?type=downloads_week  free music from archive.org http://www.archive.org/details/audio     programs  use peer gardian 2 for protection http://phoenixlabs.org/   to burn music/video cds/dvds download this free http://sourceforge.net/projects/bwgburn  to rip streaming audio try this http://sourceforge.net/projects/streamripper  to make sure all video/audio files work try these:  media player classic is fast, free and much better than windows media player http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?grou