An add-on for LimeWire to boost its overall downloading performance.

Pros: The EZ Booster is a an add-on that significantly improves the download performance of LimeWire. It is compatible with all versions of LimeWire up to and including 4.10. The interface is very simple and easy to use and all a user needs to do is to use the “ACCELERATE!” button and that’s it. From then on they will see an improvement in download performance. The program sits in the system tray like LimeWire and consumes negligible computer resources. Some the reasons for the programs improved speed is that it utilizes all available bandwidth whenever the connection is not being used for any other purpose (unlike LimeWire which has an upper limit on downloading speed). Moreover, most users will experience LimeWire occasionally reducing download speed on a particular file to almost zero before going up again – no such thing happens when the EZ booster is in place and functioning. It also searches for more peers that have the file and this is done more frequently that LimeWire does it and so there is a reduction in the overall download time as and when new peers are found. Searches are improved because it sends the search to more peers than LimeWire does. Improvement is seen even for broadband users.

Cons: A simple interface that is easy to use but has no customization possible. Average users will not mind this as they don’t intend to do anything more. Power users will find this a severe limitation. Graphs do not provide any useful information as this is already available in Windows Task manager.

Overall: 4 stars. Works very well. No customization.