Networks

Gnutella Networking was developed in the late 1999 by Nullsoft, the same developers of the popular media player Winamp, after it was acquired by AOL. Ranked as the second most popular file-sharing network, Gnutella hosts 1.8 million users on the average. After Napster's demise due to legal issues, Gnutella grew in popularity.

Some of the more frequently used peer-to-peer clients such as Limewire and Morpheus are both under Gnutella's network. One notable advantage of Gnutella and its clients over its competitors is that the spyware and adware threats are minimized. If a file is corrupted, a window will pop up asking the user if he wishes to continue the download or discard the file.