FrostWire 4.13.5

• Popularity:

  #2 in MP3 Finders (out of 92 products)

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.5 stars (out of 864 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  9,864,811

• Requirements:

  Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Java Runtime Environment 1.6

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  February 29, 2008

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version FrostWire 4.13.5 FrostWire 4.13.4 FrostWire 4.13.3 FrostWire 4.13.2 FrostWire 4.13.1.5 BETA FrostWire 4.13.x

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Publisher's description of FrostWire 4.13.5

FrostWire is a fork of the very popular LimeWire PRO Gnutella/Bittorrent client. The purpose of FrostWire is to keep and maintain the freedoms that LimeWire LLC may be forced to withdraw. Share any type of file on Gnutella and the Bittorrent network. Version 4.13.5 fixes bugs.

Note: This software comes with ASK toolbar, that can be installed or uninstalled at the user's choice. Some antivirus programs flag the ASK toolbar as a threat.

Editor's review of FrostWire 4.13.5

• 4.0 stars

• "Frosty yet hot"

FrostWire is a fork of the LimeWire source code, and as such, it functions exactly the same. When you search for a file using FrostWire, you get results from LimeWire, and vice versa.

However, the user experience differs in two ways. One is that the code is actually based on LimeWire Pro, the paid version of the popular P2P client, so users don't have to worry about simultaneous download restrictions, and they won't get bombarded by ads. Also, befitting the name, the interface has changed from green to blue and has been slightly improved. Tabs have rounded corners, and there are two additions, as well. Connections monitors your outgoing and incoming connections by host name, but also provides bandwidth information, the vendor and version being used, and more. There's also a built-in community chat.

When we tested it, the built-in media player in FrostWire didn't work with MP3s or MPGs, although those files worked fine in LimeWire and elsewhere. The app also comes bundled with the ASK toolbar, but you can opt out of that during the installation process. While some people have experienced faster download times with FrostWire compared with its parent, others have not. FrostWire and LimeWire are practically indistinguishable, although the lack of ads is a big plus.

User reviews of FrostWire 4.13.5

• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 864 votes
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• 4 stars

  4 out of 6 people found this review helpful

  Version: FrostWire 4.13.5

  "good"

  by super61 on April 18, 2008

  Pros: it fast and it find most of what i want

  Cons: i still like ares destiny better

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• 2 stars

  1 out of 2 people found this review helpful

  Version: FrostWire 4.13.5

  "Its dangerous, but good"

  by adkiller2k7 on June 23, 2008

  Pros: Good Interface, Fast Downloads, Completely free,

  Cons: Hacks Instant Messenger clients running on the host machine, it was detected by my firewall noticing that frostwire was connecting through MSN and my AIM and Trillian, Don't use unless you don't use IM clients

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• 5 stars

  3 out of 4 people found this review helpful

  Version: FrostWire 4.13.5

  "Awsome P2P"

  by Original_SniperX on March 19, 2008

  Pros: This is a great network, they prettymuch have everything you need and with a turbo connection. Also has a very nice messenging service. Does give stuff that's not really what it says it is but at least you can check mp3's for authenticity now just by clicking twice on your download, even if your download hasn't finished so you know about false downloads early.

  Cons: None

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• 5 stars

  11 out of 11 people found this review helpful

  Version: FrostWire 4.13.5

  "A little better than Limewire Pro"

  by voodoohippie on March 15, 2008

  Pros: Frostwire seems a little faster than Limewire pro at connecting and searching for files. Especially if your behind a router. You don't need to pay for Frostwire nor do you need to start surfing for a crack to get the same behavior as found in Limewire Pro. It can even Download from Bittorrent tracker sites so you can search on both the Gnutilla network as well as Bittorrent sites to get the quality files you want while the program automatically seeds the torrents for others to enjoy on the Bittorrent network. I suggest making a seperate folder for your torrents and share the torrent folder. Works well for Movies and some TV episodes as well. Hopefully the RIAA Mafia group can't ever kill Gnutilla as its a good netowrk since its serverless.

  Cons: The gnutilla network does have spam thanks to anti p2p organizations out there. Always use PeerGuardian when you are running p2p apps to block out malicious spammers. Although its not 100% you'll still need to train your junk filter in order to block out these pesky spammers of Gnutilla. Ares Galaxy does seem to have fewer spam files on its open source network. Plus you'll have to go into the keyword filter and block .wma, .aif, WAV files from your audio searches. But you'll still get spam from some websites trying to sell you something via the Mp3's.

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• 4 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: FrostWire 4.13.5

  "Very useful just like limewire could be better than limewire."

  by burns13 on March 22, 2008

  Pros: Fast downloads.

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