torrents, bad the good and ugly.

[squall_01]

I heard that torrents are okay for the most part.  The thing is that I know you can get back hacked cause you open a port.  So are they real bad or anything, from what I hear.

[Helpmeh]

I heard that torrents are okay for the most part.  The thing is that I know you can get back hacked cause you open a port.  So are they real bad or anything, from what I hear.

The good that I've heard is that as long as the original file is clean, then if you have uTorrent, you won't be infected by seeders.

[Geek-9pm]

All torrents are bad. 

[Helpmeh]

All torrents are bad. 

That's just being biased. Why do you think ALL torrents are bad?

[computeruler]

If the torrents clean your fine.  Make shure to read the torrent comments because they will tell you if there is a virus and what not.  If theres no comments try to look elsewhere

[Geek-9pm]

I have never found a torrent I liked.
Yes, I have used them. Later came to dislike it altogether. J
Just too much risk.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

To answer the question about opening ports, you can choose whether or not to open a port. And even if you do open a port, the chance of someone hacking you is VERY unlikely, near impossible.....unless you download a trojan that allows an attacker to gain access of your computer....

[evilfantasy]

A good read on p2p dangers.

P2P file sharing: Anticipate the risks before you download your first file

File Sharing, otherwise known as Peer To Peer. (P2P).

[squall_01]

so its not a toldy bad thing.  I dont know were most of mine came from an I tried not to do torrents if I dint have to.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Didn't have to what?