BitComet is a BitTorrent / HTTP / FTP download management tool, which is powerful, fast and very easy-to-use. It contains many advanced features for BitTorrent download and extends its leading BitTorrent technology to HTTP/FTP to accelerate downloading up to 5 - 10 times faster, or more.
BitComet's chief features include an embedded Internet Explorer window for the purpose of allowing users to search for torrents within the program. Along with the features typical of contemporary BitTorrent clients, it supports UPnP gateway configuration, bandwidth scheduling, Webseeding, selecting downloads inside a torrent package, and NAT traversal.
When downloading, BitComet prioritizes the first and last portions of media files so that files may be previewed before they are completely downloaded. BitComet also allows users to share their torrent files on a searchable P2P network.
BitComet uses the Kademlia (mainline) DHT to operate even when the tracker is offline. BitComet is capable of downloading files over HTTP and FTP as well as bittorrent, and it includes download plugins for Firefox, Internet Explorer, CometBird and Maxthon.

What's New in This Release:
· GUI Improved: display prompt message when UI no response while writing piece_part file
· GUI Improved: new option in advance page of BitTorrent task properties dialog: Bypass task seeding rules, keeps active
· GUI Improved: change the health value of task displayed on the right of availability graph in task summary to the availability value
· GUI Improved: display the download size/rate from VIP Acceleration in the tooltip of task summary
· GUI Improved: after click the prompt balloon of task finish, the corresponding task will be highlighted in the list
· GUI Bugfix: task list failed to sort by download/upload size
· GUI Bugfix: tracker setting not saved after remove a tracker from the context menu of tracker list
· Core Improve: Web seeding supports HTTP servers which do not accept range request
· Core Improve: improve connection request algorithm, decrease unnecessary connection number
· Core Improve: disable eMule plugin for Anonymous Download
· Core Improve: support Firefox 6
· Core Bugfi...

Reasons why this program is marked as ad-supported:
· Displays ad banners or other types of advertising material during its runtime
· Offers to change the homepage for web browsers installed in the system
· Offers to download or install software or components (Google Toolbar, MPCStar) that the program does not require to fully function
· At program startup/shutdown, opens web pages featuring advertising or similar income generating content