Due to the ease of usage and capabilities of sharing large sized files, P2P (Peer to Peer) networks are in wide usage today. Through these networks, users share many small and large files like songs, movies, videos, documents etc. For facilitated usage of these networks, there are a number of P2P client applications for sharing files over these networks. These client applications are used by end users for searching, downloading and sharing files among the peers. TruxShare v.4.2.3 is one such application.

TruxShare is a freeware program for Windows operating system based PCs, by which users can search and download files over P2P networks directly from the application. The interface of the program contains a search toolbar on the top of the window. Below this toolbar, you have various buttons for viewing active network connections, incoming and outgoing transfers of files and other buttons for different searches. It shows the relevant contents pertaining to these functions in a display window, and in a column format. With the help of it’s powerful search feature supporting complex boolean searches, the user can find and download all kinds of files including audio files (mp3, wav, aac, ogg, rm etc.), video files (avi, wmv, mpeg, 3gp etc.), image files ( jpg, jpeg, gif etc) and a number of other files in doc, txt, htm, asf, pdf, swf formats. It supports file sharing over some of the popular P2P networks like Source Exchange, Kad and ED2K. It also features verification of files while being downloaded so that the user does not end up downloading some corrupt file, and an intelligent mechanism for automated rectification of corrupt parts of the files. Apart from this, it has a nice file previewing feature where users can preview the files before they are actually downloaded.

To sum it up, TruxShare v.4.2.3 is a powerful application to search, download and upload files over supported P2P networks. Being a simple and freeware application, it can be downloaded and used by user of any computer skill level with ease. Hence, it receives a score of four rating points on the scale of five.