Virus Scan With Bitcomet version 0.73, you can scan virus upon download task is complete. To do so is really simple. First of all, you need to launch Bitcomet. Then click on Options->Preferences. A menu will pop up. On the left side of the menu is a navigation bar, select 'Virus Scan' from the bar. You will end up seeing something like below: ~click for larger image~ If you see this, select 'Scan Virus Upon Task Download Finish' , if you want to scan for virus. I highly recommend it, though it may not be the best method of preventing infections, but any precaution steps that could be taken is always good. Next what you need to do is, inform Bitcomet where the antivirus(AV) is located, there is an auto detect option available, but this may not always work (didn't detect my AV). You may do it manually, just click on the 'Browse' button, and browse to the location where your antivirus is located. ~Browse to the AV location, click for larger image~ When you have already found the AV folder, make sure you choose the right .exe file, just as a tip, normally the right .exe file that you should choose, is the file with the AV's name (e.g NOD32, the file name is nod32.exe) Half Open Connection (HOC) It is a bit of surprise to me that Bitcomet added the ability to edit the amount of HOC. It is a good surprise, not a bad one :-). Before this i have written a tutorial to do the same thing (to edit the amount of HOC), you may read more about HOC and the alternative method here : Read HOC. Basically, the more HOC you have, the better is the download speed. Since Bitcomet has included this new function, it makes it easier for you to change the amount of HOC you have. But i wouldn't suggest having more than 100 HOC, even 50 is already adequate. Because, if everyone starts to have really big numbers of HOC, then the p2p network will be more insecure than it is now :-) Anyway, i have tested the HOC editing function in Bitcomet, and from what i can tell, it is working as it should. You may also try it if you want by going to Options->Preferences in your Bitcomet, then choose 'TCP/IP Limit' from the navigation bar. A layout such as below should appear. ~click for bigger image~ Before you make any changes to the amount of your HOC, i really recommend that you set a restore point, if you are using windows 2000 and above. It is not that something bad is likely to happen, but just to take precaution steps. After that, you may change to the amount of HOC to any reasonable value (again, please keep it small :)). So, that are the two new features of Bitcomet that i wanna share with you guys. It is not necessary or compulsory for you to change to version 0.73. I just merely wanna show how to use the features, for the ones that has installed the new beta version :)