Download FrostWire 4.20.1

Friday version 4.20.1 of FrostWire was released. FrostWire is a Java-written file sharing program for Gnutella and Bittorrent networks, and it’s available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. It came about when Limewire, after which this program is modeled, in 2005 considered adding code that would allow copyrighted material to be banned. The installer comes with an Ask toolbar, so pay attention to what is checked when installing. The main change in this release is that the BitTorrent core has now been replaced by a lightweight version of Azureus:

Changes in version 4.20.1 “Torrent Joint”

• Major Upgrade: BitTorrent Engine replaced for a lightweight version of the Azureus BitTorrent core.
  FrostWire has become a far superior BitTorrent client starting version 4.20.x now supporting:
• Trackerless Torrents (via Azureus DHT)
• Improved Magnet link support (BTIH Magnet Links)
• Super Seeding
• +100% Faster Torrent Connection Bootstraping (No more “sources needed” for some .torrents)
• +100% Faster Torrent Downloads in some occasions than 4.18.x
• Transport Encryption capabilities
• Improved UPnP implementation
• New Feature: The Download Manager now has a new column showing the amount of bytes downloaded per download.
• Update: The “Refresh Connections” Tool is now available even if you are Turbo Charged.
• Fixes a bug where Crash Reports would always show an old version number.