<s>
Lphant	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
peer-to-peer	O
file	O
sharing	O
client	O
for	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
which	O
supports	O
the	O
eDonkey	O
Network	O
and	O
the	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
and	O
logo	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Lphant	B-Protocol
application	O
has	O
been	O
replicated	O
in	O
a	O
program	O
called	O
"	O
Lphant	B-Protocol
6.0	O
"	O
(	O
see	O
Domain	O
Name	O
Acquisition	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lphant	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
multi-network	O
client	O
,	O
capable	O
of	O
searching	O
for	O
files	O
by	O
connecting	O
to	O
ed2k	O
servers	O
or	O
through	O
the	O
emule	B-Protocol
source	I-Protocol
exchange	I-Protocol
and	O
the	O
kad	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Files	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
simultaneously	O
using	O
the	O
ed2k	O
and	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
protocols	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lphant	B-Protocol
supports	O
various	O
experimental	O
ed2k	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
Protocol	O
obfuscation	O
,	O
endgame	O
althorithm	O
and	O
webcache	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
only	O
found	O
in	O
eMule	B-Protocol
mods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
some	O
emule	B-Protocol
modders	O
consider	O
Lphant	B-Protocol
a	O
leeching	O
application	O
and	O
have	O
therefore	O
created	O
algorithms	O
which	O
emulate	O
their	O
mods	O
to	O
Lphant	B-Protocol
when	O
connecting	O
to	O
an	O
Lphant	B-Protocol
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
9	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Discordia	O
Ltd	O
,	O
a	O
Cyprus-based	O
company	O
,	O
acquired	O
the	O
home	O
page	O
and	O
the	O
advertisement	O
server	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
application	O
,	O
respectively	O
lphant.com	O
and	O
adliveserver.com	O
domains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
advertisements	O
,	O
current	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
application	O
may	O
display	O
a	O
message	O
suggesting	O
to	O
users	O
they	O
should	O
upgrade	O
Lphant	B-Protocol
by	O
installing	O
an	O
executable	O
package	O
named	O
LphantV6.exe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Installing	O
this	O
package	O
will	O
result	O
in	O
removal	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
application	O
and	O
loss	O
of	O
eDonkey	O
and	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Lphant	B-Protocol
application	O
can	O
prevent	O
the	O
display	O
of	O
such	O
messages	O
by	O
blocking	O
the	O
ad.adliveserver.com	O
domain	O
using	O
a	O
hosts	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
or	O
a	O
firewall	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
similarity	O
of	O
names	O
and	O
graphics	O
may	O
have	O
caused	O
some	O
download	O
services	O
to	O
falsely	O
advertise	O
the	O
eDonkey	O
and	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
client	O
while	O
providing	O
the	O
non-original	O
program	O
for	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
