# Best file sharing software you have used in the past

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 20, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-file-sharing-software-you-have-used-in-the-past/561363 "2010-11-20T20:14:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-file-sharing-software-you-have-used-in-the-past/561363/1 "2010-11-20T20:14:29Z")

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Speaking stricly in the past, what file sharing software did you prefer, especially when it come sto slowing down your ocmputer and connection or leaving viruses/spyware/trojans/etc on your computer?

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-file-sharing-software-you-have-used-in-the-past/561363/2 "2010-11-20T20:29:11Z")

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I think the discussion of filesharing is frowned upon by TPTB, but while this thread survives…

I’ve used them all. I think WinMX was consistently reliable. Limewire was the worst. A colleague insisted on using it on a (non-networked) work PC and that PC would regularly get infested with shite very quickly.