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Thanks for the update. I use ApexDC++ daily, it's always been my favorite client.

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of 1.6.2. This update fixes an exploit that allowed users to send malicious search requests to a hub, causing a large flood of UDP traffic to a specified IP address.
OpenCandy, the recommendation engine behind sponsored programs in the installer, has now been removed. You should no longer be offered any additional software when running the setup file. They were terrible at responding and it wasn't worth the compromise.
WIndows XP binaries have been removed from the setup files and are included as a separate download. More information can be found in the forum post.
We're looking to include some minor improvements on the next version, so stay tuned for that.
Download: ApexDC++ 1.6.2

Not that interesting: we missed it due to our hiatus. Another reason to migrate to the ADC protocol. 
We'll add the fix in the next version. Thanks for the heads up!
 

It's been too long since our last version - nearly two years!
We're pleased to announce 1.6.1 has been released and is available for immediate download. In this new version, we've focused on updating libs such as OpenSSL 1.0.2h (lots of security fixes), Inno Setup, Boost and MSVC 2015 Update 2. 
Furthermore, we hope to have finally fixed the connectivity issues with encrypted connections and a rare crash when removing hubs from favourites. We no longer automatically add any hubs to favourites, as this has been removed in 1.6.1.
A full list of changes are available on here.
As 1.6.0 is so old, we strongly recommend upgrading to 1.6.1 as soon as possible.
Download: ApexDC++ 1.6.1
Update: The binary only slim package uploaded to SourceForge seems to have been corrupt, this has now been remedied. It might take some time for the new file to populate on all the mirrors, sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

We have released 1.6.0 to address some security issues regarding hub hijacking and upgraded to the latest OpenSSL 1.0.1i. The ADC-Fun.com hub domain was hijacked recently and therefore we have blocked this to prevent users connecting to this fraudulent hub. We have also changed the behaviour of the security settings page to ensure this won't happen again. Therefore, we highly recommend you upgrade to 1.6.0 as soon as possible.
 
Anybody experiencing connection issues on the previous versions using the adcs:// protocol should see this finally fixed in 1.6.0; thanks for your patience on this one. 
 
Hope everyone's having a good Summer. 
 
Download: ApexDC++ 1.6.0

Back up your apexdc++ Settings folder or folder of apexdc++ from Documents and Settings (depends where you chose to store your settings). You should be able to verify it by opening file Favorites.xml where your favorite hubs with logins/passwords are stored. Then you can upgrade and after the upgrade, replace the files with the files you stored in backup.

So after some reports of hanging on the 1.4.0 release that was announced earlier last week, we have pushed out a new update to fix these remaining issues. Thanks to all who reported these issues so we could resolve them quickly (especially FlopP, Mek and Old Indain).

Please check out what new features 1.4 brings by reading our previous announcement.

Download: ApexDC++ 1.4.1

We have released 1.6.0 to address some security issues regarding hub hijacking and upgraded to the latest OpenSSL 1.0.1i. The ADC-Fun.com hub domain was hijacked recently and therefore we have blocked this to prevent users connecting to this fraudulent hub. We have also changed the behaviour of the security settings page to ensure this won't happen again. Therefore, we highly recommend you upgrade to 1.6.0 as soon as possible.
 
Anybody experiencing connection issues on the previous versions using the adcs:// protocol should see this finally fixed in 1.6.0; thanks for your patience on this one. 
 
Hope everyone's having a good Summer. 
 
Download: ApexDC++ 1.6.0

How to enable emoticons (smilies)


This guide shows you the simple step to enable your emoticon pack once installed into the ApexDC++/EmoPacks directory. You can use the customisation page to download the pack you wish and then extract the contents to that folder.
Open the main chat or private message window
Right click on the emoticon displayed right of the input message box
Select the emoticon pack you wish to use

For all those who haven't been granted access yet... we are going to open up development fairly shortly so you can take a peek yourselves.
 
Stay tuned for an update.

Just in time for the holidays we have reached 11 million worldwide downloads recorded by SourceForge.
 
We have had plenty going on this year including >opening up 2.0 development for Mac OS X and continuing to maintain our 1.x branch. We plan to release 1.5.9 shortly with a new protocol extension to help migrate users from an existing NMDC hub to the ADC protocol. You can already check out the latest >1.5.9 Beta on our forums.
 
In the mean time enjoy the snow and have some fun with the family - Happy Holidays! :)

So after some reports of hanging on the 1.4.0 release that was announced earlier last week, we have pushed out a new update to fix these remaining issues. Thanks to all who reported these issues so we could resolve them quickly (especially FlopP, Mek and Old Indain).

Please check out what new features 1.4 brings by reading our previous announcement.

Download: ApexDC++ 1.4.1

We are pleased to announce 1.5.6 to the public, fixing a security vulnerability related to the Magnet URI handler and merging to ADC 1.0.2 protocol. A few other additions include tidying up the plugin menu (it's now located in File > Plugins menu and actually works) and synchronising with DC++'s speed limiter code. We have also updated the OpenSSL library bringing with it a few security fixes aswell.
 
Crise has posted some fine words on the recent changes to the Plugin API, so check it out here.
 
As you can see there are a few security updates in this release and therefore we are making this a mandatory upgrade. You can check out the full changelog or download it straight away on our website.

We are celebrating our 1,000th commit to our development repository by giving you the chance to test 1.5.0 before it is officially announced. This beta release is designed to show off the latest core changes when merging to the DC++ library. You can read further details on this in the release topic.

The Beta version is currently available to forum members only. If you don't have an account please register (it's free!) and we'll see you in the members only area.

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ADCPortal have started their annual voting of the ADC Client Application 2010. ApexDC++ has been nominated due to adopting the ADC protocol (Advanced Direct Connect) and utilising features such as transfer encryption - providing more security for your DC++ habits.

Voting is registration only, but it only takes a minute! Use this page to help you out with the registration questions.

VOTE NOW!

Drop by our forums and let us know you supported us. :)

We are offering you the chance to receive preview versions of 2.0 when you download the ApexDC Toolbar. The toolbar gives the team the opportunity to send messages when we're ready to show off the anticipated cross-platform ApexDC 2.0 version.









The benefits of the toolbar:


Receive messages pointing you to our 2.0 beta versions (watch out for these!) Search our website and community forums Launch ApexDC from the toolbar (1.4.0 and above) Stay in the loop with our RSS and Twitter feeds automatically You can uninstall the ApexDC Toolbar at any time By installing the toolbar you help fund our development costs towards 2.0 (programmers aren't cheap ) and accelerate the speed of which we can reach 2.0 final. If you'd prefer to donate instead of installing the toolbar, we have attached the link below:





(The whole team would like to personally thank past and future donations)

We have published a 1.5.8 Beta with the intention of making it final/stable if no show stopping bugs are reported. There's a new feature that shows you the correct percentage of a file an uploader is requesting off you, which helps determine their ETA to finish the download. Previously we displayed the upload chunk size and feel this is a more accurate approach. Please note that this will only take effect between 1.5.8 users and later - so get updating
 
Any mandatory updates now use the update check window to notify you and we have done further backend improvements.
 
Download: ApexDC++ 1.5.8

We have successfully moved to a new server located in Europe. It provides us with a dedicated 100mbit uplink to the data centre, more powerful processor and better response times. We are using Nginx alongside a few other tools to increase page loading performance and provide better stability under our peak times.

Please let us know if you have any feedback or issues while browsing the site or forums.

We are releasing a 1.5.2 maintenance update to fix numerous reports from our Tracker. Some of these include logging format, removing incomplete downloads from queue and some other welcome fixes. An undisclosed security vulnerability relating to the experimental KEYP extension has been fixed; as such, we strongly recommend you to upgrade as soon as possible.

Our next major update - 2.0 - will see an icon face lift ready for public testing. We shall announce more details when the time comes, but in the meantime enjoy the 1.5.2 update.

Download: ApexDC++ 1.5.2

We are pleased to announce 1.5.4 to the public. This is a routine maintenance release that includes bug fixes and a few updates. Although there are plugins fixes, you don't need to update them directly (the previous version for 1.5.3 will work).

You should be notified of the update in your client within the next few days or you can download it straight away from the link below.

Download: ApexDC++ 1.5.4

At peak times, apexdc.net can receive over 30,000 visitors a day and 12 requests per second.

This is why we're always monitoring and looking for ways to improve our server performance. Today the site will be moved to our newly built web server running the latest technology ready to handle future releases.

We have temporarily disabled any auto updates while the process is completed and I will add an update to this post as soon as my DNS updates on the new server.

Update: If you see this message you're on our new server (details inside).

Update: The voting period has ended, thank you for everyone who participated.

We have been, presumably randomly or based on recent activity, selected for the community choice vote for SourceForge May Project of the Month (fairly new thing they have been doing). If you have a SourceForge account look at the projects listed and vote as you will... or don't, it is really up to you. But it would be a shame for us not to say anything at all, considering this isn't likely to happen again any time soon. We have so far been a featured project (a weekly thing, for handful of projects at a time) twice within the last two or three years.

Direct Connect hasn't been prominently featured in any way in recent memory. It would be nice to make that happen, as well as an achievement for the project of course.

Yes we are alive and kicking!

This is a routine maintenance release that catches up to the latest plugin changes implemented in DC++ by Crise and a few other general fixes. While we're migrating over to using DC++ maintained plugins there are two plugin files offered for download. The traditional plugins are still available and the new LuaPlugin is renamed to ScriptPlugin; you can find both of them here.

A list of changes have been published and we are expanding our private testing group for 2.0. Expect to see another post regarding recruitment for this very soon.

Download 1.5.5

At peak times, apexdc.net can receive over 30,000 visitors a day and 12 requests per second.

This is why we're always monitoring and looking for ways to improve our server performance. Today the site will be moved to our newly built web server running the latest technology ready to handle future releases.

We have temporarily disabled any auto updates while the process is completed and I will add an update to this post as soon as my DNS updates on the new server.

Update: If you see this message you're on our new server (details inside).

We are pleased to announce our first featured update since 1.3 was first introduced. We have merged with StrongDC++ 2.42 to keep up with Big Muscle's improvements, introduced a more efficient installer using Inno, rewritten the webserver area that was initially planned for 2.0, and more!

1.4.0 follows StrongDC++'s decision to disable emulation by default on all hubs (please let your hub owners aware of this, otherwise they may be unknowingly blocking ApexDC users). This can be configured under favourite hub properties if you wish. Our new installer detects your system language and processor architecture (32bit or 64bit), has a cleaner uninstall and removes OpenCandy integration in favour of our own ApexDC Toolbar. You will still need to confirm the installation of the ApexDC Toolbar and it can be uninstalled at any time.

The webserver changes mean that you no longer use the templates on apexdc.net and load them locally. There are lots more changes so check out the page for more details.

Let us know what you think!

Download: ApexDC++ 1.4.0