The old adage tells us that if something is just too good to be true then it probably is. So it was with the free file sharing system Ares Destiny that I tried out recently. I’d heard mixed reviews and just wanted to give it a test run. It’s free so I thought that it wouldn’t hurt to try. How wrong I was: it hurt a lot. First off the Ares Destinysoftware is nothing special. There is nothing particularly wrong with it either: it is just mid range stuff that is easily bettered by searching around. This didn’t surprise me a great deal since Ares Destiny is relatively new to the market and I didn’t expect them to get it spot on first time around. The big surprise – and it is not one of those nice surprises like you would expect on a birthday or at Christmas – is that during installation (which was, unsurprisingly in hindsight, pretty much an automatic affair) it had managed to squeeze Dealio onto my computer. Dealio is spyware, pure and simple, and unless you really like popups every few minutes it will get annoying very, very soon. As a parting shot, it turns out that Dealio is pretty much impossible to get rid of. Steer well clear of Ares Destiny!

The Ares file sharing software has created quite a following on the internet. Some attributed it to its free use but perhaps more so for its great features. No other software out there can offer the ease of downloading and sharing various files that is a given when using the free program. An interesting discussion on the rights and wrongs of filesharing is here: Ares Vista: Is File Sharing Wrong?

Ares users can easily get audio and video files from the internet, share it or save it in their personal computers for later use. You can create several play lists inside the application and store your favorite songs, images, video clips and even full movies. It runs on its own network so you do not have to worry about undue interference.

Many of the Ares program users also find cataloging entries in its library feature a great convenience when filing and storing numerous files. Without such feature, later retrieval of files may become a long process since you may have to search the long list one by one.

You can chat inside the Ares application. This feature allows a user to join chat rooms and even play host to chat mates. Such a collection of features contained in a free software is just too amazing to pass by.

Some more information on the Ares features can be found here: Ares Application: What Can It Do For Me?