ShareReactor did not host any files; instead, the links it contained were accessible through an eDonkey network and BitTorrent client.

The site was taken down by Swiss Police on March 10, 2004, due to the suspicion of breach of copyright and trademark laws.

In January 2002, it was announced that Gowenna had died in a car accident due to icy road conditions.

ShareReactor was taken down by the local police in the Canton of Thurgau, Switzerland on March 10, 2004, due to the suspicion of breach of copyright and trademark laws.

The investigation was reportedly initiated by complaints from the Swiss Anti-Piracy-Federation (SAFE) at the request of several large corporations, one of them presumably being Columbia Tri-Star Inc. ShareReactor came back online after nearly two years and six months of being offline.

However the difference was all the sections of the forum that featured eD2k links were closed due to the request they received a few months before.

ShareReactor was back although things were a bit different: the site was under new ownership, had a new design, and featured better controls within the website.

In February 2008 a Swiss district court finally sentenced the prior owner of Sharereactor to a fine of 2,000 CHF ( US$1,827.11 ) nearly four years after the website was first shut down by the authorities.