weres the best place for free downloads?

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03-19-2005, 07:20 PM
irish bulldog

weres the best place for free downloads?

thanks
03-19-2005, 07:56 PM
BOUNCER

www.download.com
03-19-2005, 08:01 PM
irish bulldog

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Originally Posted by BOUNCER

www.download.com

sorry i meant free music downloads to burn unto a disk i didnt explain :blush: myself
03-19-2005, 08:18 PM
BUBBA74

www.winmx.com

and

www.kazaa.com

These are the two I have used.
If you use there free version you run a chance of being hit with a bunch of pop ups.
03-19-2005, 08:21 PM
AVAGO

Quote:

Originally Posted by BUBBA74

www.winmx.com

and

www.kazaa.com

These are the two I have used.
If you use there free version you run a chance of being hit with a bunch of pop ups.

IME kazza is full of spyware and all kind of nasties even kazzalite stay clear ..
03-20-2005, 05:13 AM
irish bulldog

for some reason they dont search anything for me?any ideas
03-20-2005, 05:17 AM
BDTR

http://torrentspy.com/

You need a torrent client though, I'd reccomend azureus http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

You wont find better quality downloads anywhere.
03-20-2005, 05:18 AM
stocky121

i use winmx for my downloading
03-20-2005, 05:23 AM
BUBBA74

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVAGO

IME kazza is full of spyware and all kind of nasties even kazzalite stay clear ..

That is why I gave the warning about the pop ups but that is true about kazaa being worse though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by irish bulldog

for some reason they dont search anything for me?any ideas

If you downloaded winmx when you open it up you have to wait for the green light in networks to start searching.
03-20-2005, 05:26 AM
irish bulldog

yes got winmx working now time to download some country classics :lol:
03-20-2005, 05:32 AM
Chemical King

use Ares to get music, its available from download.com
03-20-2005, 07:04 AM
GREENMACHINE

limewire.
03-20-2005, 07:19 AM
Elysium

torrents, except no substitutes
03-20-2005, 08:16 AM
BDTR

I dont see why anyone would use anything other than torrents, it's the best plain and simple.
03-20-2005, 08:44 AM
Slick Arrado

Quote:

Originally Posted by BDTR

I dont see why anyone would use anything other than torrents, it's the best plain and simple.

True. I've used torrent sites even when I just wanted one song off an album. :spudniklu
03-20-2005, 09:08 AM
ripsid

I had the greatest site but it crapped out! :( Had tons of roms etc!!!

all torrents all the time...ACCEPT no substitute..

SID
03-20-2005, 09:10 AM
BodyMechanic

Quote:

Originally Posted by BDTR

I dont see why anyone would use anything other than torrents, it's the best plain and simple.

Yes me too. Very fast.
03-20-2005, 02:44 PM
skinnyhb

whenever i use torrent sites i get ambushed by spyware. how do you guys stop that?
03-20-2005, 02:58 PM
Big Rush

Quote:

Originally Posted by BDTR

I dont see why anyone would use anything other than torrents, it's the best plain and simple.

I couldn't agree more!!! Kazaa and even WinMx are garbage compared to torrent files...
03-20-2005, 02:59 PM
Big Rush

Quote:

Originally Posted by skinnyhb

whenever i use torrent sites i get ambushed by spyware. how do you guys stop that?

download firefox and use that as your default browser insted of internet explorer..pretty simple solution really
03-20-2005, 10:53 PM
chicamahomico

I agree 100% with your 1st post recommending TorrentSpy and Azureus but IMO KazaaLite is indispensible for finding rare or non mainstream stuff. You need to have both to really cover all your bases.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BDTR

I dont see why anyone would use anything other than torrents, it's the best plain and simple.
03-20-2005, 11:55 PM
xfade7

torrents are a little more risky IMO.. but i still use em.
03-21-2005, 11:19 PM
Big Rush

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Originally Posted by xfade7

torrents are a little more risky IMO..

how do you figure? please explain your reasoning behind this statement...
03-21-2005, 11:27 PM
slizzut

soulseek/torrents/i2hub (for university students.. theres nothing faster. I download full movies in 10 minutes or less) also kazaa lite gold/ares
03-21-2005, 11:45 PM
xfade7

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Rush

how do you figure? please explain your reasoning behind this statement...

when using torrents youre sharing parts of the file you have. sending it to all sorts of other people WHILE you download.. making it so someone could monitor who all was downloading by watching who was uploading etc..

theres never a safe way to do it really. but i like mirc and ircspy.com.. youre pretty much only connected to one person.

personally i just have private ftps i use that have all the music ill ever want. but if you want to take a risk (its a minimal one though) torrents are definitely the way to go.
03-22-2005, 02:34 AM
OSTIE

For those who dont want full albums.... use ARES... I havent got one pop-up, or corrupted song.... If you have a MAC, use Poisoned, because it searches through ares, plus a bunch of others...
03-22-2005, 08:39 AM
bor

I jsut downloaded the new free version of kazaa....

I just use ot for porn and music...

It says next to some items they cost something like 2$, but I can download them just fine.....how do they charge me the 2 $?
03-22-2005, 09:20 AM
frank_frank

emule is awesome for downloading whole albums in order