The solutions reffered to in the links involve a replacement client and atm this is in Alpha testing stage, the existing client has none of the fixes in it as the developers dont have the original src code to make such changes I hope that explains the major time delay on delivering a fix, work is still continuing to make the new client releasable after Beta testing, atm it is as I said at the Alpha testing stage and we are working with some testers who are finding bugs and holes that require fixing and when they are done we will open the testing to a larger group, as you can appreciate its of value to no one to release something thats not up to the job .
The best advice atm is to use the open nap side of Winmx to hunt for files or alternatively hit one of the chat rooms and browse folks , you can then download files from those sharing them.