Ares Connect

A Little History

Aires Vista is becoming a major, A-List, Red Carpet, celebrity in the world of p2p filesharing: from relatively inconspicuous beginnings as a spin off from the Ares Galaxy software, Aires Vista is now comfortably ruling the p2p roost. The ‘Vista’ tag has quickly come to mean so much more than just compatibility with Microsoft’s impressive operating system, and although Aires Vista was originally intended for purpose, it has grown impressively into its grand name. Vista has come to refer to the wide range of compatibilities for which the software is known, the impressive outlook that this software has as it views the filesharing industry from its commanding view. The name tells us that this is world leading software at its very best, and fortunately it doesn’t disappoint.

The New Guard

So, Aires Vista started as an answer to the problems faced by users of Windows Vista. Specifically, the UAC (User Access Control) system implemented by Windows was stopping filesharers connecting to their network properly. Users from across the family of Aires variants, as well as those using some of the lesser-known p2p applications, were struggling. Frustrated and demoralized, many filesharers either gave up on their hobby or actually downgraded back to Windows XP. Fortunately for us a talented group of developers decided that now was the perfect time to release Aires Vista onto the masses. And boy did they time it right. Take-up of Aires instantly shot to unprecedented levels, and many people who had been using their ‘favorite’ Aires application changed for good to the Vista brand.

Taking The Plunge, Making The Change

While many of this new breed of users didn’t actually feel like they had a choice in the swap – and so quietly begrudged this flashy newcomer – it wasn’t long before they warmed to Aires Vista and its unique approach to many common. “Download Aires Vista” was the new watchword amongst filesharers, and the word grew into something big. Fortunately the Aires Vista developers have done something that many other filesharing application developers have been unable – or unwilling? – to do: listened to their users, upgraded regularly, and generally provided an unmatchable service.

Those avoiding the decision to download Aires are becoming less and less, and their justifications for the omission are becoming less and less plausible. Why some people are continuing to struggle on with their older versions of Aires despite the flaky connections, slow download times and lack of up to date features is something of a mystery.

Good Timing!

If you choose to download aires then you’re in good company. You’re also in completely the right place, at the right time. Choosing to download aires represents a solid choice, and one which we are absolutely sure you will not regret.

Ares Vista was originally developed to solve the problems many Ares users were having with Windows Vista’s new security measures. People still to this day are under the impression that there is a problem with their version of Ares; in fact Ares is not ‘broken’. The problem lies in the way that Ares communicates with Windows Vista. Unfortunately, many people are missing out because they do not realize that the issue can be solved just by installing Ares Vista.

The Vista release of Windows’ operating system introduced many new measures. One of these new features was the UAC (User Access Control) which closely regulated the freedom most user-installed programs had. Unfortunately one of these regulations directly affected the way the Ares filesharing software connected to the network. In a nutshell, Ares was no longer able to work properly.

Before Ares Vista was born, many Ares support technicians were advising that the users turn off the Windows Vista UAC. Given that the UAC is a critical part of the Windows Vista operating system, the move seems a little foolhardy, to say the least.

Fortunately Ares Vista followed Windows Vista almost without a pause: some clever people had identified the problem and quickly formulated a solution. Thousands of people downloaded Ares Vista with a sigh of relief, and life was good again. The problems quickly went away and show no signs of rearing their ugly heads again.

It is notable that many other versions of Ares still have not developed a comparable solution. The original Ares version, Ares Galaxy, is losing its once faithful users in droves simply because they cannot seem to get connected (and these problems appear to extend much further than just a Windows Vista incompatibility). Ares has made itself the market leader and ,with agility and willingness to change like this, there is no wonder why.

P2P stands for peer-to-peer. It is a file sharing technology over a network. The files are stored on several personal computers worldwide. There are many popular free P2P softwares. One of free popular P2P software is Ares Vista. Many P2P clients won’t work perfectly on windows vista and windows 7 because of high security features available in these operating systems. But latest versions of Ares Vista also works on windows vista and windows 7. If you face any problem in installing Ares Vista on windows 7, just change the compatibility mode to windows vista in properties of setup file. You can download ares from their official website.

Ares Vista solves a problem that has plagued all versions of Ares since the very start: SNodes connection problems. These SNodes have a tendancy to become overloaded and to reject initial connections from Ares clients. This led to many people complaining of being unable to make that initial connection and, consequently, being unable to download or upload any of their files. Fortunately one of the groups of people for whom this frustration was too much was the talented programmers behind Ares Vista.

Ares Vista uses SNodes (or Super Nodes) just like any other Ares version: to act as ‘beacons’ to share p2p data between sharers. The major advantage of SNodes is that they are more difficult to identify than the methods used by other p2p, and as such they are a lot less likely to be subject to network restrictions that plague inferior software.

Ares Vista uses an advanced technique to get around the problem of overloaded super nodes. This advanced technique allows the program to update a list of ‘good’ super nodes each and every time it is connected. What this means is that next time you connect there is a much greater chance of connecting to an SNode that is capable of handling your initial data; find one of these and you’re good to go.

These improvements went live on 20th March 2009, and any Ares Vista users with software installed before this should update. If you have another brand of Ares then you will also need to change.

Ares Vista is the market leader in p2p filesharing software, and it is small but essential changes like this that helped to surge to – and stay at – the top.

Ares Vista and other filesharing software has always been the subject of intense criticism from a number of camps. Firstly, the music and move industries are quite transparently against the process, and secondly Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have long complained that filesharing eats away at their bandwidth capacity. Let’s take a look at these arguments in turn.

Ares Vista Against The Music and Movie Industry

Ares Vista and file sharing in general, they say, directly attacks their bottom line and is tantamount to direct stealing. Would the same people who partake in filesharing be willing to walk into a high street shop and steal a CD or DVD? Quite clearly this is a weak analogy, as many people will share media when they wouldn’t otherwise be interested in it. In fact, all the evidence suggests that file sharing has no effect on CD sales (and movie sales would appear to be no different). Some studies have shown that file sharing actually helps new albums gain exposure that they wouldn’t ever have achieved using traditional marketing methods; in this case file sharing actually directly improves their bottom line.

The statistics of lost revenue used by the industry are usually startling, and there is a good reason for that: the measurement by their analysts is incorrect. Usually these figures are calculated using the very simplistic formula of 1 download = 1 lost sale. Clearly this is not the case.

Ares Vista Against The ISPs

Ares Vista has angered ISPs who consider that it uses up ‘too much’ of their bandwidth. They estimate that 10% of the population uses 90% of the bandwidth, and these 10% are assumed to be file sharers. There is no real evidence to suggest that these figures are accurate.

Unfortunately the ISPs, and consequently the media who follow these stories like hawks, are under the misguided impression that ‘lots of downloading’ = ‘nasty evil file sharing’. If I stream music to my computer, I am subject to the same scrutiny as someone downloading illegal pornography? The shallow-minded and erroneous approach to the ‘problem’ is quickly clear.

Bandwidth is an incredibly cheap commodity. What the ISPs really struggle with is the fact that their communication infrastructure cannot handle the amount of bandwidth that they promised their customers. If they hadn’t over promised or – better – if they were able to improve their systems, then this wouldn’t be an issue.

Does It Make A Difference?

Ares Vista goes from strength to strength, with thousands of people taking up filesharing on a daily basis. Fights by conglomerates of music industry giants against the people have eventually dwindled and died; the movie industry is having a go, too, but their spirited rampage is doomed to failure. Filesharing has simply become ingrained in society and people will not stop. Better for businesses to follow Sony’s lead and find another way to make money from the music they create.

Ares – and p2p file sharing software in general – has long been blamed for the apparent slump in music sales. Blamed, that is, by those experiencing the slump. The truth isn’t so easy to discern, however, and recent studies have shown that some popular albums have actually increased sales as a direct result of being shared on p2p networks. This news is bound to confuse and disappoint those who would see Ares banned forever, as it removes the most potent of their arguments against file sharing.

Incorrect Figures

Ares has always been the subject of erroneous figures and statistics released by aggrieved parties. Statistics about file sharing are incredibly difficult to prove, and yet some groups insist that they can measure – to the granularity of a single download – the ‘lost revenue’ on their wares.

Ares has few friends in the music and movie industries, and one of the more powerful groups who are vehemently against it and file sharing in general is the MPAA, the Motion Picture Association of America. The MPAA are one of the groups that uses statistics of dubious integrity as though they were proven fact. As an example, they claimed to have lost $2.3 billion to Internet ‘piracy’ in 2005. This huge figure was later discovered to be based on the assumption that one download was equivalent to a lost sale, which is clearly a flawed assumption. The MPAA and similar groups argue that there is no other reliable way to calculate the loss; in fact as this method is so fundamentally flawed, there is no reliable way at all to calculate the alleged loss. And that’s just the point: no one really knows.

Increase In Sales

A study (Felix Olberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf, “The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales: An Empirical Analysis” Journal of Political Economy, 2007) which inspected the logs of downloads on p2p networks has concluded that file sharing has no negative effect on CD sales. In fact the study went further: some of the most popular albums would actually be improved due to the increased exposure to their target markets.

Sea Change In Business Model

Ares and other p2p file sharing applications are quickly gaining in popularity. This trend is something that has been noticed by some of the more progressive minds in the music industry, and they are slowly coming to the conclusion that Ares and its stable mates will never be beaten.

File sharing is now so ingrained on the minds of computer users – the younger generations especially – that it is becoming, has become, a fact of life. The only way to address this issue, these progressive thinkers reason, is to turn the situation to their advantage. Ventures like Spotify and We7 signal a move by big business (Sony is one very notable example) to embrace file sharing and free music; those who continue to resist are in danger of falling so far behind the curve that a recover seems unlikely.

Ares users all over the world realize the full power of p2p software. For some, the starting of Ares and the search for new music, games or movies to share forms an integral part of their day, a part of their routine. There is no doubt that Ares is popular, nor any question as to the reasoning behind this popularity, but it is nice to see what all its users know being verified by mainstream magazines and websites.

Ares has been nominated for a number of awards, you see. This short article will quickly run through two of these and briefly examine the rationale behind awarding the accolade.

Soft32 Labs

Ares Vista has been confirmed as 100% clean from any “Virus, Spyware or Malware” by the Soft32.com labs (no surprise there, but it is nice to have this confirmed by a semi-official body). It has also been awarded a 5/5 star ‘Excellent’ rating by the editor. How’s that for a recommendation? Ares Vista does seem seem to be the critic’s choice at this point, but with other very competent versions like Ares Destiny and Ares Ultimate floating around, Ares has its work cut out to remain at the top of the tree. The guys and gals behind the software are confident that they can retain the edge over the rivals.

Softpedia

Ares has been subject to a comprehensive review at Softpedia; once again it has been certified as 100% Virus, Spyware and Malware free. Softpedia allows its users to democratically decide what they think of a certain piece of software, and this provides an excellent analysis of what the users – those most important of people – think about a particular product. In this case Ares received an overwhelmingly positive reception, gaining a “Very Good” 4.3/5 rating.

UpToDown – 387,000 Downloads!

Ares has also featured as the Editor’s Pick on UpToDown.com, which claims no less than 387000 downloads of Ares. That’s a lot of files being shared!

Do These Awards Really Matter?

Well no, of course they don’t. What ultimately matters is that you as a user are happy with the software and what it can do for you. If you download Ares Vista but later decide that it’s not for you, then cest la vie; there are plenty of other file sharing applications out there that might suit you better. These awards do give a sense of legitimacy to the feeling of joy that so many people get when they start up their computers every morning.