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Other => Other => Topic started by: squall_01 on May 16, 2009, 05:10:08 PM

Title: torrents, bad the good and ugly.
Post by: squall_01 on May 16, 2009, 05:10:08 PM

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.

Title: Re: torrents, bad the good and ugly.
Post by: Helpmeh on May 16, 2009, 07:15:11 PM

Quote from: squall_01 on May 16, 2009, 05:10:08 PM

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.

Title: Re: torrents, bad the good and ugly.
Post by: Geek-9pm on May 16, 2009, 07:17:56 PM

All torrents are bad.  >:(

Title: Re: torrents, bad the good and ugly.
Post by: Helpmeh on May 16, 2009, 07:22:11 PM

Quote from: Geek-9pm on May 16, 2009, 07:17:56 PM

All torrents are bad.  >:(

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

Title: Re: torrents, bad the good and ugly.
Post by: computeruler on May 16, 2009, 07:54:31 PM

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

Title: Re: torrents, bad the good and ugly.
Post by: Geek-9pm on May 16, 2009, 08:06:15 PM

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

Title: Re: torrents, bad the good and ugly.
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on May 16, 2009, 08:17:42 PM

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....

Title: Re: torrents, bad the good and ugly.
Post by: evilfantasy on May 16, 2009, 08:28:19 PM

A good read on p2p dangers.

P2P file sharing: Anticipate the risks before you download your first file (http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/downloads/filesharing.mspx)

File Sharing, otherwise known as Peer To Peer. (P2P) (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=282).

Title: Re: torrents, bad the good and ugly.
Post by: squall_01 on May 17, 2009, 04:08:58 AM

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.

Title: Re: torrents, bad the good and ugly.
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on May 17, 2009, 04:10:47 AM

Didn't have to what?   ::)