Lphant

Lphant is a multi-network client, capable of searching for files by connecting to ed2k servers or through the emule source exchange and the kad network. Files can be downloaded simultaneously using the ed2k and BitTorrent protocols. Lphant supports various experimental ed2k features such as Protocol obfuscation, endgame althorithm and webcache, some of which are only found in eMule mods. However, some emule modders consider Lphant a leeching application and have therefore created algorithms which emulate their mods to Lphant when connecting to an Lphant client.{{cite web|title=emulate lphant feature| publisher=Sourceforge/ScarAngel| url=http://scarangel.sourceforge.net/eng_faq.html | accessdate = 2009-04-10}} "Most other clients in the eD2k network prefere sharing with clients of their own kind."

On March 9, 2009, Discordia Ltd, a Cyprus-based company,{{cite web|title=Software Company Discordia Ltd from Cyprus|publisher=software-companies-list.com|url=http://www.software-companies-list.com/cyprus/discordia-ltd.htm|access-date=2009-04-11|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910221548/http://www.software-companies-list.com/cyprus/discordia-ltd.htm|archive-date=2012-09-10|url-status=dead}} acquired the home page and the advertisement server of the original application, respectively lphant.com and adliveserver.com domains.

Instead of advertisements, current versions of the original application may display a message suggesting to users they should upgrade Lphant by installing an executable package named LphantV6.exe. Installing this package will result in removal of the original application and loss of eDonkey and BitTorrent connectivity.{{cite web|title=Discordia Takes Over 'Lphant' P2P Domain|publisher=FileShareFreak|url=http://filesharefreak.com/2009/03/05/discordia-takes-over-lphant-p2p-domain-now-owns-4-including-shareaza-bearshare-imesh/|access-date=2009-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306220913/http://filesharefreak.com/2009/03/05/discordia-takes-over-lphant-p2p-domain-now-owns-4-including-shareaza-bearshare-imesh/|archive-date=2009-03-06|url-status=dead}}"it connects neither to BitTorrent nor to eDonkey/Kad but to its own, centralized and filtered network"{{cite web|title=Lphant under the Control of Record Labels|url=http://www.p2pon.com/2009/03/06/lphant-under-the-control-of-record-labels-other-big-p2p-names-subjected-are-shareaza-bearshare-and-imesh-com|publisher=p2pon|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103231129/http://www.p2pon.com/2009/03/06/lphant-under-the-control-of-record-labels-other-big-p2p-names-subjected-are-shareaza-bearshare-and-imesh-com/|archive-date=2013-11-03}}"we wouldn’t recommend since it doesn’t connect either to BitTorrent or to eDonkey/Kad. Instead, it connects to a centralized network of its own which again means that only a limited file types are allowed, video files can only be 15 minute-long" Users of the original Lphant application can prevent the display of such messages by blocking the ad.adliveserver.com domain using a hosts file or a firewall.

The web site has been redesigned using the same elephant-like logo of the original application. The similarity of names and graphics may have caused some download services to falsely advertise the eDonkey and BitTorrent connectivity of the original client while providing the non-original program for download.{{cite web| url= http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/lphant/1071210461/1| title=lphant is an eDonkey client | publisher= betanews}} Despite offering a screenshot of the original application, the provided software is not an eDonkey client as Betanews claim{{cite web| url=http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/File-Sharing/lphant.shtml| title=compatible with emule/edonkey| publisher=Softpedia| access-date=2009-04-11| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130111255/http://softpedia.com/get/Internet/File-Sharing/lphant.shtml| archive-date=2009-01-30| url-status=dead}} The provided software is not compatible with emule/edonkey{{cite web| url=http://www.filecluster.com/Network-Tools/File-Sharing/Download-lphant.html| title=compatible with emule/edonkey protocol| publisher=File Cluster}} The provided software is not compatible with the ed2k protocol{{cite web| url=http://download.cnet.com/lphant/3000-2196_4-78192.html?tag=mncol| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710173335/http://download.cnet.com/lphant/3000-2196_4-78192.html?tag=mncol| url-status=dead| archive-date=July 10, 2012| title=compatible with emule/edonkey| publisher=download.com}} Although Download.com claims to offer the original 3.51 version, the provided link redirects to Discordia's domain which offers the non-original LphantV6.exe client

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