I've never used any version of BearShare above 5. But if you wish to know the story behind BearShare: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/open-d...sabotaged.html & also Shareaza • View topic - The Story: Shareaza, iMesh, RIAA, and Recent Events gives more details. We generally recommend using the BS 5 beta but it does mean using a time-fix program. And you would also need fresh connection cache: First post of http://www.gnutellaforums.com/host-c...nutella-5.html page with the link & following post explaining how to set to force ultrapeer mode.