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Ares version 1.9.3

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Ares 1.9.3 Installer
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Ares 1.9.4 is out!

Changes:
* Added Bittorrent Support
* Added uploads auto-clear Idle feature (popup menu)
* Fixed transfer view direct chat button
* Fixed resizing bug in upload window

To use torrents via Ares you must:
1) Download the torrent file
2) Select the torrent file
3) 2nd mouse click the file
4) Select Open With
5) Find "Ares" on the list or add it by clicking browse and going to your Ares.exe
6) Select the tick box "Always use the selected program to open this type of file"

Note:
You only need to do this process 1 time, then when using torrents you can simply click "open" rather then saving.

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Ares Torrent Mod:
This small little mod will automatically make Ares your torrent down loader.
Click here to download.

Note:
Simply run the file inside, the torrent icon *should* change after your next pc restart.
The Torrent Mod was created by a Ares user called N.Devil.
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Ares 1.9.5.3041 Out now!!

Changes:
* Added 'make Ares my default torrent client' option in control panel.
* Bittorrent default download folder is now called 'My Torrents' (within My shared folder) and can be changed.
* Fixed skinning bug when creating a new search window.
* Add auto join chatroom channel options to favorites.
* Added a tick box in control panel to "auto add channels to favorites".
* Blocked keyword filter now works with chatroom PMs.
* When banning chatroom users Ares keeps track of user's GUID.

Sourceforge mirror download page for Ares 1.9.5.3041.
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Ares 1.9.7 is out!

Changes:
Added experimental Internet Radio support (Shoutcast) using DShow filter by Martin Offenwanger (see README file)
* Added plaintext hashlinks (eg. arlnk://Chatroom:127.x.x.x:x|Roomname )
* Fixed a bug in Chatroom Client that caused LAN/Internal chatroom's IP to be ignored.
* Previewed files are played without copying them to a temp directory (except .avi files)

The Shoutcast addition is the biggest thing to change here, this could mean you could host a room and a Shoutcast server and chat to your users and play some music.

Sourceforge download page for Ares 1.9.7.
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Update: Ares 1.9.8.3017

sourceforge download page for Ares 1.9.8.3017.

Changes:
* Fixed several bugs in .avi files preview code (Ares retrieves first part of downloaded .avi file and seeks for idx1 data in it in order to rebuild and preview it)
* Improved fullscreen window (cursor hides automatically, added setvolume menu item)
* Changed appearance of media player's volume control
* Moved some tags from chatroom's name field to topic field (eg [ASAX], [AE] etc) as an attempt to make list easier to read
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Update: Ares 1.9.9.3019

Changes:
* Fixed bug in bittorrent core related to large file's seeking
* Added msn 'what I'm listening to' feature
* Improved performance of radio buffering code
* Fixed bugs in Avi previewer (can rebuild without idx1)
* Fixed fullscreen bug (toggle fullscreen didn't work when video ended)

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Update: Ares 2.0.0

Changes:
* Updated skin engine and UI (removed browser, changed aspect of playlist, main window, tabs, etc)
* Updated asyncEx core
* Fixed utf8 parsing error in chat /url command

Before installing change your current Ares's theme to general, or Ares will fail to load!

Download:
Ares 2.0.0.zip
Ares 2.0.0.exe
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Ares 2.0.1.3021

Changes:
* Fixed win98&ME SetFilePointerEx issue
* Added chatroom taskbar button
* Added web/homepage label in control panel
* Included another set of blocked keywords in chatroom PMs
* MSN 'What I'm listening to' has an option in control panel
* Adopted a better memory manager fastMM (http://fastmm.sourceforge.net)
* Changed default skin loading behaviour (works with older skins)
* Playlist menu pops up even without items in the list
* Included latest arabic translation


Download:
Ares v2.0.1 installer.exe
Ares v2.0.1 .zip
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Ares 2.0.2

Changes:
* Fixed preview transfer bug
* Chatserver thread removed (chatserver is now a NT service to allow background running)

Download:
Ares 2.0.2.zip
Ares 2.0.2.exe
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Ares 2.0.3 January 23, 2007

Changes:
* Fixed system menu on skinned frame windows
* PM's tab is again child of channel's tab
* Fixed chatroom server's antiflood filter (public msgs and emotes)
* From now on chat server's code is available as a separate release

Download Ares 2.0.3:
Ares 2.0.3 installer.exe
Ares 2.0.3.zip

Download Ares Chat Server:
Ares Chat Server 2.0.2
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Ares 2.0.4 January 29, 2007

Changes:
* Updates in chatroom core (serverside)
* Added chat client user commands (logout,reconnect)
* Added Dansk.txt translation file

Download:
Ares 2.0.4 installer.exe
Ares 2.0.4.zip

Ares Chat Server 2.0.4.zip
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Ares 2.0.5.3026 2nd Edition February 3, 2007

Changes:
* Minor updates in ChatClient (added 'block emotes' checkbox and fixed a redirect GUI issue)
* ChatServer updated

Ares 2.0.5.3026 Installer
Ares 2.0.5.3026.zip
Ares Chat Server 2.0.5
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Ares 2.0.6.3027 Feb.11, 2007

Changes:
* Fixed bittorrent 0 byte file error
* Removed high bitrates (>320kbps) from advanced search
* Added support for AAC+ radio streams on windows XP

Download:
Ares 2.0.6.exe
Ares 2.0.6.zip
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Ares 2.0.6.3027 4th edition Feb.12, 2007

Changes:
* Fixed bittorrent 0 byte file error
* Removed high bitrates (>320kbps) from advanced search
* Added support for AAC+ radio streams on windows XP
* Fixed volume control bug (left channel balance)
* Fixed parse error in some .pls file ([playlist] field position!=1)
* Fixed parse error in AsyncEx ParseUrl()

Not mentioned in the changelog:
* Added "Preferences" button on Chat Control Panel.
* No longer stops the current audio/video file by opening another file type.
* Stop in system tray now works

Download:
Ares 2.0.6 Installer.exe
Ares 2.0.6.zip
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Ares 2.0.7.3028 , February 25, 2007.

Changes:
* Added 'OsThemes' skin (default skin under Vista)
* Fixed chat PMs' copy&paste menu items (#1661052)
* Fixed max_allowed_results_limit bug (#1667444)
* Updated NSIS installer

Download links:
Ares 2.0.7.exe
Ares 2.0.7.zip
Someone PMed me on here about Antivir detecting a trojan in Ares.
I found this thread on ares's forum.Virus detected on Ares.exe, is it true? I suspect it's a false positive result.
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