Considering an Ares Free Download

So I’ve been thinking about getting a file sharing program. What can I say? I’m tired of paying for music, tired of the limited selection of music you can buy here in town, and tired of having to rip music off CDs and then having to put them on my IPod. Some of my friends have the Ares free download, and I’ve been thinking about getting it too. It works really well for them, and they haven’t had any problems so far. But I’m a little worried, just because I don’t want my computer getting hurt. So I’ll do a little bit of research before doing it.