not many search results..NO DOWNLOADS

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Just returned to WinMX after some time away....

I seem to be getting almost no search results - even when I search for a popular band name...

Much much fewer than I used to get.....

Initially I was getting no connection...
I've got a new router, and think I'm now sorted on port forwarding - i;ve got a Green on as a primary connection.

Then I got NO results at all
I then had to change my Spybot settings to relax the hosts file...

Now I get a few results, but not many....

Is there other things I might need to look at, or are there just less files/users about?

Thanks for any help/advice

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actually, not only do I only get a few search results nothing at all actually downloads....

Where do I go from here:

Windows XP SP3
WinMX v3.53
MXPIE V3.6
ISP is BT
Router is Netgear 834G (with usual ports forwarded - so I do get a primary connection)
Firewall is Zonealarm free version
Also running Spybot (but have disabled the host file lock)