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lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Shareaza" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%96%D7%94" title="שרזה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="שרזה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareaza" title="Shareaza – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Shareaza" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareaza" title="Shareaza – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Shareaza" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareaza" title="Shareaza – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Shareaza" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareaza" title="Shareaza – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Shareaza" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareaza" title="Shareaza – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Shareaza" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" 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data-file-height="605" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Programmer" title="Programmer">Original author(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Michael Stokes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th><td class="infobox-data">2002<span class="noprint">; 22 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2002</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">2.7.10.2<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-4d795e521c0bb3837459493c5fa93d3a2899395a-v18_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-4d795e521c0bb3837459493c5fa93d3a2899395a-v18-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q847220?uselang=en#P348" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> / 18 September 2017<span class="noprint">; 7 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">18 September 2017</span>)</span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#Beta" title="Software release life cycle">Preview release</a></th><td class="infobox-data">None<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Latest_preview_software_release/Shareaza&action=edit">[±]</a></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Repository_(version_control)" title="Repository (version control)">Repository</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist 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class="infobox-data">6.32 <a href="/wiki/Megabyte" title="Megabyte">MB</a> (32-bit), 6.82 MB (64-bit)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data">30 languages<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output 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scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shareaza.sourceforge.net">shareaza<wbr />.sourceforge<wbr />.net</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Shareaza</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Peer-to-peer_file_sharing" title="Peer-to-peer file sharing">peer-to-peer file sharing</a> client running under <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a> which supports the <a href="/wiki/Gnutella" title="Gnutella">Gnutella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gnutella2" title="Gnutella2">Gnutella2</a> (G2), <a href="/wiki/EDonkey_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="EDonkey Network">eDonkey</a>, <a href="/wiki/BitTorrent_(protocol)" class="mw-redirect" title="BitTorrent (protocol)">BitTorrent</a>, <a href="/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol" title="File Transfer Protocol">FTP</a>, <a href="/wiki/HTTP" title="HTTP">HTTP</a> and <a href="/wiki/HTTP_Secure" class="mw-redirect" title="HTTP Secure">HTTPS</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> network protocols and handles <a href="/wiki/Magnet_URI_scheme" title="Magnet URI scheme">magnet links</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Magnetlink.org_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Magnetlink.org-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ed2k_URI_scheme" title="Ed2k URI scheme">ed2k links</a>, and the now deprecated gnutella and Piolet links.<sup id="cite_ref-Download.com:_Shareaza_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Download.com:_Shareaza-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is available in 30 languages. </p><p>Shareaza was developed by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Stokes_(programmer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Stokes (programmer)">Michael Stokes</a><sup id="cite_ref-Shareaza_Goes_Open_Source_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shareaza_Goes_Open_Source-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until June 1, 2004,<sup id="cite_ref-Shareaza_Goes_Open_Source_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shareaza_Goes_Open_Source-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has since been maintained by a group of volunteers. On June 1, 2004, Shareaza 2.0 was released, along with the source code, under the <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GNU General Public License</a> (GPL-2.0-or-later), making it <a href="/wiki/Free_software" title="Free software">free software</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shareaza&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Multi-network">Multi-network</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shareaza&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Multi-network"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shareaza can connect to <a href="/wiki/Gnutella" title="Gnutella">Gnutella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gnutella2" title="Gnutella2">G2</a>, <a href="/wiki/EDonkey_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="EDonkey Network">eDonkey</a> and <a href="/wiki/BitTorrent_(protocol)" class="mw-redirect" title="BitTorrent (protocol)">BitTorrent</a>. Shareaza <a href="/wiki/Hash_function" title="Hash function">hashes</a> its files for all networks, and then distributes those hash values on <a href="/wiki/Gnutella2" title="Gnutella2">G2</a>. This allows Shareaza to download one file from several networks at once.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When another client connected to <a href="/wiki/Gnutella2" title="Gnutella2">G2</a> finds such a file, it is given the hash values for all networks and can search on the other networks with their respective hash values, which increases the number of sources and the download speed of the file. Shareaza also uses its G2 network to find more sources for torrents. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Security_filter">Security filter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shareaza&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Security filter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Shareaza client has some basic <a href="/wiki/Content_filter" class="mw-redirect" title="Content filter">content filters</a> including a forced <a href="/wiki/Child_pornography" title="Child pornography">child</a> and optional <a href="/wiki/Pornography" title="Pornography">adult pornography</a> filter, and some other optional filters such as a filter for files encumbered with <a href="/wiki/Digital_rights_management" title="Digital rights management">Digital rights management</a> (DRM). Shareaza's security filters can also be extended with user-defined keywords and/or IP addresses. Later versions of Shareaza allow for the use of <a href="/wiki/Regular_expression" title="Regular expression">regular expressions</a> and filtering by <a href="/wiki/Hash_function" title="Hash function">hash</a>. These filters increase the chances of getting the files the user wants and decrease the chance of getting malicious or fake files. The file format used for the filters is an extendable <a href="/wiki/XML_schema" title="XML schema">XML schema</a>. The filters are editable inside Shareaza, and can be exported from the application to be shared with others. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plugins">Plugins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shareaza&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Plugins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shareaza_screenshot.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Shareaza_screenshot.PNG/220px-Shareaza_screenshot.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Shareaza_screenshot.PNG/330px-Shareaza_screenshot.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Shareaza_screenshot.PNG/440px-Shareaza_screenshot.PNG 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="989" /></a><figcaption>Shareaza running in windowed mode with several activated skins. Widgets include a search window, a bandwidth graph, the upload queue window (upper-right corner) and the neighbours window (center), showing 4 Gnutella, 3 Gnutella2 and an eD2k server connection.</figcaption></figure> <p>Shareaza implements a framework for additional <a href="/wiki/Plug-in_(computing)" title="Plug-in (computing)">plugins</a>. The Shareaza installer ships several plugins. Most of them are used to read and strip off built in <a href="/wiki/Metadata" title="Metadata">metadata</a> from the files being hashed and convert it to an external XML based format, or to decode <a href="/wiki/Multimedia" title="Multimedia">multimedia</a> files for making a preview for other G2 clients. Some others serve the need of a <a href="/wiki/Media_player_(application_software)" class="mw-redirect" title="Media player (application software)">media player</a> inside Shareaza, and enhancements of that media player. <a href="/wiki/Third-party_software_component" title="Third-party software component">Third party</a> plugins can also be used, for example, <i>Sharemonkey</i>, which will add a link inside Shareaza when downloading or searching copyrighted material from where it can be legally downloaded. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Skins">Skins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shareaza&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Skins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The client can have almost all parts of the <a href="/wiki/Graphical_user_interface" title="Graphical user interface">GUI</a> skinned. This includes bars, icons, as well as backgrounds and buttons. In that way, Shareaza can be completely changed with colors, images, new buttons, etc. A basic list of skins is contained in the Shareaza installer package. Other skins can be downloaded in the community forums or found via a search for .sks (Shareaza skin files) in the <a href="/wiki/Gnutella2" title="Gnutella2">G2</a> network. The skins are <a href="/wiki/ZIP_(file_format)" title="ZIP (file format)">zip archives</a>, renamed with the <a href="/wiki/Filename_extension" title="Filename extension">extension</a> .sks, containing icons and images, as well as an <a href="/wiki/XML" title="XML">XML</a> file which binds the images and colors with the GUI.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This feature is also used for <a href="/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization" title="Internationalization and localization">localization</a>. The language files are XML files, like the normal skins, but not zipped. The XML file contains the translations for a certain part of the program. This enables languages to be easily changed, updated and tested without compiling an entire <a href="/wiki/Binary_file" title="Binary file">binary</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modes">Modes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shareaza&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Modes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shareaza has three user modes. The first one is for normal users. This mode is the default mode and provides a clean, trimmed GUI. Users will not be able to make major changes to settings in this mode but will be able to make use of the most essential functions, like searching and downloading. The second mode is for <a href="/wiki/Power_user" title="Power user">power users</a>. It provides more access to network and advanced settings but can also break your connection to the networks. The third mode is the windowed mode. In this mode, users can see different tabs (windows) simultaneously, providing a lot of control about the things happening. This mode also makes it possible to personalize the look of the client to perfectly fit the needs of the respective user. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="IRC">IRC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shareaza&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: IRC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shareaza contains a built-in <a href="/wiki/IRC" title="IRC">IRC</a> (chat) client which allows users to communicate with each other. There are channels in several languages for support and help. These channels are located on the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.p2pchat.net">P2PChat servers</a> and can also be joined by any normal IRC client or via a <a href="/wiki/Java_(software_platform)" title="Java (software platform)">Java</a> addon on the Shareaza homepage. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shareaza&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shareaza.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Shareaza.png/140px-Shareaza.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Shareaza.png/210px-Shareaza.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Shareaza.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="256" /></a><figcaption>Logo of Shareaza version 1</figcaption></figure> <p>In mid-2002 Stokes released the first version of a <a href="/wiki/Gnutella" title="Gnutella">gnutella</a> client he had written and dubbed "Shareaza". It was from the beginning a client with the aim of having features other gnutella clients did not have.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Over the next two years Stokes coded in support for the <a href="/wiki/EDonkey_2000_network" class="mw-redirect" title="EDonkey 2000 network">eDonkey 2000 network</a>, <a href="/wiki/BitTorrent_(protocol)" class="mw-redirect" title="BitTorrent (protocol)">BitTorrent</a> and a rewritten gnutella-based protocol which he named <a href="/wiki/Gnutella2" title="Gnutella2">Gnutella2</a>. </p><p>On June 1, 2004 Stokes released the Shareaza source code under the <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> license (which coincided with the release of Shareaza version 2.0). Shareaza joined <a href="/wiki/LimeWire" title="LimeWire">LimeWire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gnucleus" class="mw-redirect" title="Gnucleus">Gnucleus</a>, and others as an open-source client on the Gnutella network. </p><p>Since the beginning Shareaza was advertised as "completely free. No ads, no spyware, no guilting you to upgrade to a commercial version", stating that the developers "[couldn't] stand that kind of crap."<sup id="cite_ref-Shareaza_archive_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shareaza_archive-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has remained as such in each subsequent release. </p><p>From the first version Shareaza has supported swarming, <a href="/wiki/Metadata" title="Metadata">metadata</a>, library management, and automatic <a href="/wiki/Hash_function" title="Hash function">file hashing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Shareaza_archive_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shareaza_archive-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Domain_takeover">Domain takeover</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shareaza&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Domain takeover"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 19 December 2007 the project's <a href="/wiki/Domain_name" title="Domain name">domain name</a>, shareaza.com, was <a href="/wiki/Domain_redirection" class="mw-redirect" title="Domain redirection">redirected</a> to a site claiming to be "The Official Home of Shareaza", promoting the download of a client known as Shareaza V4 (which had become V6 in October 2009, V7 in August 2010, and V8 in November 2011<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shareaza&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>) unrelated to releases by the Shareaza development team,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an <a href="/wiki/IMesh" title="IMesh">iMesh</a> clone with only small graphical modifications, and using Shareaza v1 logo. The domain owner Jon Nilson was forced to sell it as a part of a settlement with <i>La Societe Des Producteurs De Phonogrammes En France</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This client is a network interface for a centralised music shop by Discordia Ltd. and does not connect to any open P2P network such as <a href="/wiki/Gnutella" title="Gnutella">Gnutella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gnutella2" title="Gnutella2">G2</a>, <a href="/wiki/EDonkey_network" title="EDonkey network">eDonkey</a> or <a href="/wiki/BitTorrent_(protocol)" class="mw-redirect" title="BitTorrent (protocol)">BitTorrent</a>. Content is limited to the <a href="/wiki/Digital_rights_management" title="Digital rights management">DRM</a>-protected music that can be bought in Discordia's online music store; Discordia is a company based in <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>, closely related to the <a href="/wiki/RIAA" class="mw-redirect" title="RIAA">RIAA</a> and unrelated to the Shareaza development team. In response the Shareaza development team moved their website to <a href="/wiki/SourceForge" title="SourceForge">SourceForge</a>. </p><p>Versions prior to 2.3.1.0 of the original Shareaza connected to www.shareaza.com to check for software updates. From 1 January 2008 the new owner of the domain shareaza.com, Discordia Ltd. used this update check mechanism to suggest to users that ShareazaV4 (and later ShareazaV5, V6, and V7) was an update to the original Shareaza client. Since version 2.3.1.0,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> released on 3 January 2008, the original Shareaza has linked to the Shareaza pages at sourceforge.net. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trademark_registration_by_iMesh">Trademark registration by iMesh</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shareaza&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Trademark registration by iMesh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 10, 2008, the new owners of Shareaza.com, Discordia Ltd (<a href="/wiki/IMesh" title="IMesh">iMesh</a> Inc.), filed for trademark registration of the Shareaza name in an attempt to stop the original developers from using the name, claiming that the first-ever use was on December 17, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Shareaza Development Team obtained legal representation to challenge the registration and a legal defense fund was set up.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The development team appointed William Erwin to handle the donations; it was stated that he had been paid by iMesh to sabotage the defense, and that he had stolen the money donated. The trademark was awarded to iMesh after the development team had given up defending the trademark.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Version_history">Version history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shareaza&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Version history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Release notes for all versions from 2.0.0.0 are linked from the Sharaza ChangeLog page.<sup id="cite_ref-changelogs_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-changelogs-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>v2.3.1.0</b><br /> Version 2.3.1.0 is the last stable version of Shareaza that supports Windows 9x.<sup id="cite_ref-win9x_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-win9x-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-v2.4.0.0_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-v2.4.0.0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It followed 2 days after the new owners of the project domain exploited the updating mechanism to emit a false update message to trick users into installing their fake Shareaza V4 client and contained a fix for this issue. </p><p><b>v2.4.0.0</b><br /> Version 2.4.0.0 of Shareaza was released on October 1, 2008, with many <a href="/wiki/Bug_fix" class="mw-redirect" title="Bug fix">bug fixes</a> and major changes to provide better stability of the client. It was the first stable release to include <a href="/wiki/IRC" title="IRC">IRC</a> support. Furthermore, major changes to the <a href="/wiki/BitTorrent_(protocol)" class="mw-redirect" title="BitTorrent (protocol)">torrent</a> handling mechanism were made and <a href="/wiki/Windows_98" title="Windows 98">Windows 98</a>/<a href="/wiki/Windows_Me" title="Windows Me">Me</a> support was discontinued<sup id="cite_ref-v2.4.0.0_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-v2.4.0.0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (the last version working on Windows 9x is 2.3.1.0).<sup id="cite_ref-win9x_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-win9x-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When v2.4 was released the roadmap for the next version (2.4.1.0, a v2.5 release candidate) was set for release around October 1, 2009, to be followed by 2.5.0.0 a month later.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>v2.5.x.0</b><br /> Version 2.5.0.0 of Shareaza was released on October 31, 2009. It was significantly more stable and less resource-consuming than earlier versions, and further improved <a href="/wiki/BitTorrent_(protocol)" class="mw-redirect" title="BitTorrent (protocol)">BitTorrent</a> support, such as by selective downloading of files contained in batch torrents and download prioritization. There were also updates to the <a href="/wiki/Gnutella" title="Gnutella">Gnutella</a> and <a href="/wiki/EDonkey_network" title="EDonkey network">eD2k</a> implementation, such as extended support for GGEP, large files and chat. The <a href="/wiki/IRC" title="IRC">IRC</a> implementation of v2.4.0.0 was reworked to free it of the bugs that made it partially unusable in the previous version. Download manager capabilities were extended, <a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer" title="Internet Explorer">Internet Explorer</a> integration added, and <i>BugTrap</i> included to speed up and simplify reporting crashes. </p><p>Version 2.5.1.0 of Shareaza was released on December 1, 2009. It was significantly more stable and more functional than its predecessor due to fixed bugs. It improved usability and compatibility of BitTorrent according to most popular service suggestions. It made use of and required the <a href="/wiki/Streaming_SIMD_Extensions" title="Streaming SIMD Extensions">SSE</a> instruction set, and thus required at least a <a href="/wiki/Intel_Pentium_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Intel Pentium III">Pentium-III</a> or an <a href="/wiki/AMD_Athlon_XP" class="mw-redirect" title="AMD Athlon XP">Athlon-XP</a> processor. </p><p>Version 2.5.2.0 of Shareaza was released on February 6, 2010. It brought further improvements on stability. This and later versions were available optionally either as an SSE or non-SSE build to allow the use of older processors, unlike the SSE-only version 2.5.1.0. For this and later releases the SSE-optimized build uses <a href="/wiki/SSE2" title="SSE2">SSE2</a> and requires at least a <a href="/wiki/Pentium_4" title="Pentium 4">Pentium 4</a> or <a href="/wiki/AMD_Athlon_64" class="mw-redirect" title="AMD Athlon 64">AMD Athlon 64</a>. </p><p>Shareaza v2.5.3.0, released on June 13, 2010, focused on internal changes and optimizations; the only significant addition was a <a href="/wiki/Scheduling_(computing)" title="Scheduling (computing)">scheduler</a> that allows full control over what the application does at a given time while running unattended. </p><p>Shareaza v2.5.4.0, released on February 12, 2011, improved <a href="/wiki/UPnP" class="mw-redirect" title="UPnP">UPnP</a> support and added limited <a href="/wiki/DC%2B%2B" title="DC++">DC++</a> support. <a href="/wiki/%CE%9CTorrent" title="ΜTorrent">μTorrent</a>-compatible <a href="/wiki/Peer_exchange" title="Peer exchange">peer exchange</a> and tracker exchange for <a href="/wiki/BitTorrent_(protocol)" class="mw-redirect" title="BitTorrent (protocol)">BitTorrent</a> were also added. It fixed remaining IRC chat bugs and a lot of rather uncommon/rarely seen crashes.<sup id="cite_ref-changelogs_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-changelogs-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shareaza v2.5.5.0, released on May 29, 2011, further improved <a href="/wiki/UPnP" class="mw-redirect" title="UPnP">UPnP</a> support and included <a href="/wiki/DC%2B%2B" title="DC++">DC++</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gnutella" title="Gnutella">Gnutella</a> updates, enhanced anti-spam protection during searches, and multi-file download merging. </p> <dl><dt>V2.6.0.0</dt></dl> <p>V2.6.0.0 was released on 3 June 2012, adding support for <a href="/wiki/Mainline_DHT" title="Mainline DHT">BitTorrent (Mainline) DHT</a> and UDP trackers as well as containing interface optimizations for Windows 7. </p> <dl><dt>V2.7.x.x</dt></dl> <p>Shareaza 2.7.0.0 was made available on 31 August 2013, with a great many bugfixes.<sup id="cite_ref-changelogs_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-changelogs-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It contained major improvements to the BitTorrent support, eDonkey uploading and the built-in media player.<sup id="cite_ref-changelogs_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-changelogs-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was followed by further V2.7.x.x releases.<sup id="cite_ref-changelogs_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-changelogs-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_reviews">Awards and reviews</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shareaza&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Awards and reviews"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In November 2008, Shareaza was <a href="/wiki/SourceForge" title="SourceForge">SourceForge</a> <i>Project of the Month</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In December 2009 Shareaza was ranked number 5 in SourceForge.Net's "What's Hot for Windows?" file sharing software ranking with 78% "recommended" (while number 1 was 81% "recommended"). As of 24 August 2010<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shareaza&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> it was in the same position. 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title="RuTracker.org">ruTracker.org</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YggTorrent" title="YggTorrent">YggTorrent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YourBittorrent" title="YourBittorrent">YourBittorrent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct sites<br />(<a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_BitTorrent_sites#Defunct" title="Comparison of BitTorrent sites">comparison</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BTJunkie" title="BTJunkie">BTJunkie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ExtraTorrent" title="ExtraTorrent">ExtraTorrent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EZTV" title="EZTV">EZTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IsoHunt" title="IsoHunt">isoHunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KickassTorrents" title="KickassTorrents">KickassTorrents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LokiTorrent" title="LokiTorrent">LokiTorrent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mininova" title="Mininova">Mininova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oink%27s_Pink_Palace" title="Oink's Pink Palace">Oink's Pink Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RARBG" title="RARBG">RARBG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suprnova.org" title="Suprnova.org">Suprnova.org</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T411" title="T411">t411</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torrent_Project" title="Torrent Project">Torrent Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TorrentSpy" title="TorrentSpy">TorrentSpy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torrentz" title="Torrentz">Torrentz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/What.CD" title="What.CD">What.CD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YIFY" title="YIFY">YIFY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTorrent" title="YouTorrent">YouTorrent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AXXo" title="AXXo">aXXo</a></li> 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