BitTorrent 3.4.2

• Editor's Rating:

  5.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.5 stars (out of 533 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  14,890,601

• Operating Systems:

  Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  April 16, 2004

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version BitTorrent 6.1.2 BitTorrent 6.0.2 build 8388 BitTorrent 6.0.1 build 7859 BitTorrent 6.0 BitTorrent 5.0.8 BitTorrent 5.0.7 BitTorrent 5.0.6 BitTorrent 4.26 BitTorrent 5.0.5 BitTorrent 4.22.4 BitTorrent 4.26 BitTorrent 4.22.4 BitTorrent 4.20.9 BitTorrent 4.20.7 BitTorrent 4.20.4 BitTorrent 4.20.1 BitTorrent 4.4.1 BitTorrent 4.0.1 BitTorrent 3.4.2 BitTorrent 3.3 BitTorrent 3.2.1

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Publisher's description of BitTorrent 3.4.2

BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer protocol designed to transfer files. Users connect directly to send and receive portions of a file, while a central tracker coordinates the action of all peers and manages connections without knowledge of the contents of the files being distributed. With BitTorrent, users upload at the same time they download, so network bandwidth is managed as efficiently as possible. BitTorrent is designed to work better than other file-transfer protocols as the number of people interested in a certain file increases.

Editor's review of BitTorrent 3.4.2

• 5.0 stars

• "A shot of uTorrent for BT"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: BitTorrent 3.4.2

BitTorrent hadn't seen a major update in about two years, but that was before it bought out uTorrent. Now, adopting its new sibling's interface has completely reinvigorated the original BitTorrent client.

Previously, BT had lacked features that other torrent innovators had spent time testing and investing in. Now, in one fell swoop, BT has access to everything it lacked. You can pick which files in a torrent you want to download, throttle your Internet connection to suit your whims, muck about with the Web UI and, basically, do everything that uTorrent can do.

There's an RSS tracker and search bar, just like in uTorrent, but there's where we encounter one key difference. Where uTorrent's search takes you to the MiniNova torrent site, BitTorrent's goes to BitTorrent.com, a pay-for-most-content site. There's also a menu bar item in the BitTorrent client called Get Stuff, with links to Movies, TV, Music, and Games at the BitTorrent content site.

Without a doubt, BitTorrent has taken drastic steps to reverse course and unsink its sinking ship. Although BT still eats more memory than its new sibling, it's hogging significantly less than before. The install file reflects the new code, shrinking from nearly 6MB for version 5 to less than 1MB for version 6.

BT also comes with a small piece of software called DNA. The BT site calls it protocol for "Delivery Network Acceleration," but beyond a nebulous description, it's hard to tell what exactly it does.

User reviews of BitTorrent 3.4.2

• Average user rating: 3.6 stars out of 533 votes
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• 1 stars

  0 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: BitTorrent 3.4.2

  "huh?"

  by lob on March 24, 2005

  Pros: dunno

  Cons: this is the 2nd time ive tried the torrent means of downloading.Im fairly savvy with p2p and stuff and fairly comp. literate but nothing ever,ever,happens for me with this torrent thing!!I'll stick with regular p2p i think

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• 5 stars

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

  Version: BitTorrent 3.4.2

  "effective piece of software"

  by komkat on March 15, 2005

  Pros: BitTorrent 3.4.2 is a very useful yet simple program to download torrent files. However, If you are thinking of getting this version, dont, as you should get bittorrent version 4 instead. It has more options and a better interface. There is also no spyware or adware that is bundled with this software. Overall a fantastic piece of software

  Cons: No search option for files, however, you can go to bittorrent search engine sites like novatina.com to find the files you want.

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• 3 stars

  Version: BitTorrent 3.4.2

  "This is a great program, with a lot of software to download but unknown upload"

  by Nightwolf1983 on March 10, 2005

  Pros: Had an huge selection of files to download, it's fast depending on the peers of you are downloading.

  Cons: You don't control what are you sharing to others, it's a program without any options, you can share your personal files to others without knowing.

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• 3 stars

  Version: BitTorrent 3.4.2

  "No frills, easy to use but no options"

  by bill15129 on February 6, 2005

  Pros: Very simple design yet elegent in concept. It works.

  Cons: No options. Actual performance will be based on very complex factors. Very little documentation. Will require specific settings (probably manual) on most firewalls. It gives very few statistics about inbound and outbound connections.

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• 4 stars

  Version: BitTorrent 3.4.2

  "this is great"

  by jibanez on January 30, 2005

  Pros: lots of option

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