Download eMule 0.49c

Last week, the developers behind the file sharing program eMule released version 0.49c. eMule allows files to be shared across the eDonkey and Kad networks. The program was created in 2002 as an alternative to eDonkey2000 and distinguishes itself from that program, among other things, by the use of compression to save bandwidth and a rating system for people who upload a lot. The complete list of changes in this release is on this page to find, these are the most important:

Out of those many smaller changes, the most noticeable are:

• Ability to share and unshare single files instead of directories only and also support of Drag&Drop to do so easily
• Support of new security features on Windows Vista (and partially also XP) to further harden eMule against any possible exploits
• Automatic recovery of corrupt part.met files by using the backupfiles
• Kad improvements like automatic search-keyword rearranging (allowing searches like ‘an eMule’ and also helping to reduce load on busy nodes), avoiding fragmented UDP packets (making it more compatible to zealous firewalls) and other changes
• Improving UPnP by refreshing the mappings as well as adding Webinterface support
• And as always fixing bugs and adding other small changes