Azureus description
A free Java based BitTorrent client
Azureus is a Java based BitTorrent client that offers multiple torrent downloads, queuing/priority systems (on torrents and files), start/stop seeding options and instant access to numerous pieces of information about your torrents.

Azureus is a BitTorrent client with multiple torrent downloads and instant access to information.

Azureus also features an embedded tracker that is easily set up and ready to use.

Here are some key features of "Azureus":

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Multiple torrent downloads
· Upload and download speed limiting, both globally and per torrent
· Advanced seeding rules
· Adjustable disk cache
· Only uses one port for all the torrents
· UPnP sets the forward on your router
· Can use a proxy, for both tracker and peer communications
· Fast resume
· Can set a default download dir and move completed files
· Can import torrents automatically from a set dir
· Highly customizable interface
· IRC plugin included for quick help
· Embedded tracker, host your own torrents, automate your shares (periodic scanning of a dir)...
· Distributed Hash Table: host on it a completely decentralised torrent and/or benefit from it when the tracker is offline.

Requirements:

· Java Runtime Environment


What's New in This Release:

· New Features:
· UIv3 | Ability to rate directly from rating reminder activity entry
· UIv3 | Added progress spinner animation for the LightBox
· Changes:
· Core | Don't auto-UDP probe on initial announce if tracker not known to support UDP - hit on second and remember outcome
· Core | Improve startup times by taking various torrent-load operations off main thread
· Core | Add reason-messages for update check failures
· Core | Use derived password to protect private key to allow us to persist password
· Core | Get plugin update URL from version server to support potential future switch
· UI | Run explicit tracker scrapes off UI thread to prevent blocking
· UI | Allow UI initialisation to proceed before plugin init complete
· UIv3 | Always start on "Dashboard" tab (unless Advanced UI chosen), instead of sometimes starting on "On Vuze" tab
· Plug | Ensure that DHT republish events are scheduled using absolute time so recover correctly from computer suspend
· Corrected bugs:
· Core | Handle some badly formed torrents more gracefully (corrupt announce-lists)
· Core | Handle multiple SSL certs from same URL
· Core | URLDecode torrent filenames
· Core | Fix non-crypto fallback outgoing connections
· Core | Better (esp for Vista) detection of and setting of Azureus' .torrent file association
· UI | Fix broken per-torrent upload speed setting via options tab
· UI | Fix alternating bg color not updating after changing in config