immy Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 I'm aware I can't say to much on this subject for legal reasons but I just wanted to ask if on the whole are torrents quite safe. I mean legally (ie not getting sued) and also virus's. I'm running windows vista and norten 360 if that helps. thanks for all the help
thirtynine. Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 Torrents are 100% legal, as long as you dont download anything illigal on them. Viruses, I run Avast which is pretty amazing, but unless you download crap from random sites your probally safe just scan everything first.
Guest Jordan Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 As long as you're not a complete fucking tool... then yes. Basically don't download "BRITNEY SPEARS NAKED!!!11.EXE" and you'll be fine. Oh and get rid of Norton, jeeze. That thing is like a virus in itself.
immy Posted April 13, 2007 Author Posted April 13, 2007 As long as you're not a complete fucking tool... then yes.Basically don't download "BRITNEY SPEARS NAKED!!!11.EXE" and you'll be fine. Oh and get rid of Norton, jeeze. That thing is like a virus in itself. Alright no porn got it. O and norton is thanks to my dad, I'm pretty much stuck with it.
Guest Jordan Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 Alright no porn got it. O and norton is thanks to my dad, I'm pretty much stuck with it. Oh no, feel free to download porn. Just not stupid ones that end in .exe. Basically, as long as you get the right release groups (check nForce.nl, totally legal, just has nfo files showing what is out etc.) you'll be fine.
immy Posted April 13, 2007 Author Posted April 13, 2007 Oh no, feel free to download porn. Just not stupid ones that end in .exe. Basically, as long as you get the right release groups (check nForce.nl, totally legal, just has nfo files showing what is out etc.) you'll be fine. .exe. I'v never seen that before, where exactly should I be looking so as to check the file dosn't end in exe. thanks for all the help again.
AshMat Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 I use AVG Free, and always scan something as soon as i've downloaded it to be sure. Never had any viruses from torrents.
Nintenchris Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 I use AVG Free, and always scan something as soon as i've downloaded it to be sure. Never had any viruses from torrents. Thats exactly what i do aswell, and you cant go wrong doing it that way... well as long as AVG has the latest updates that is... which it should have because it does it automaticly.
Shorty Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 .exe. I'v never seen that before, where exactly should I be looking so as to check the file dosn't end in exe. thanks for all the help again. You've er... never seen an exe before? Every program you have on Windows will launched with an exe file Torrents are fine as long as you're sensible about it, I mean for starters, if it's got a tonne of seeds, its not likely to be anything dangerous, because if it was a virus people wouldn't keep it
|Laguna| Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 A good rule of the thumb for your porn torrents is to have sure they end in .avi .exe means executable which is a program which is bad and .wma can also have licenses embedded in them, so you open up your file and it says "you need a certain license, go here to obtain it (costs money) or install this (a virus)" Oh, and why download porn when you can just stream it. Far safer and faster.
Ramar Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 .exe. I'v never seen that before, where exactly should I be looking so as to check the file dosn't end in exe. thanks for all the help again. Stay away from the torrents.
immy Posted April 13, 2007 Author Posted April 13, 2007 A good rule of the thumb for your porn torrents is to have sure they end in .avi .exe means executable which is a program which is bad and .wma can also have licenses embedded in them, so you open up your file and it says "you need a certain license, go here to obtain it (costs money) or install this (a virus)" Oh, and why download porn when you can just stream it. Far safer and faster. where from (you can just pm)
Fierce_LiNk Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 Oh no, feel free to download porn. Basically, as long as you get the right release groups (check nForce.nl, totally legal, just has nfo files showing what is out etc.) you'll be fine. Haha, you stud. Jordan, King of Pr0n. Go a little easy on the guy, we've all been there at some point where somebody says "dot eee exx eee" and we're all like "doubleyoo teee efff?" Teach the boy. He does not know your ways.
Shino Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 Torrents are only avaible as long as there's people downloading/seeding it, so the more seeds/peers it has, the less probable it is a virus. In sites such as *BLEEP* there's a comment section for each torrent, go there and see if someone has complained about it.
immy Posted April 13, 2007 Author Posted April 13, 2007 Torrents are only avaible as long as there's people downloading/seeding it, so the more seeds/peers it has, the less probable it is a virus. In sites such as *BLEEP* there's a comment section for each torrent, go there and see if someone has complained about it. good idea thanks!
Blackfox Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 You guys are facilitating a 12 year old download porno! Jeesh!
darksnowman Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 Its ok BlackFox, he has a Muse avatar, he can handle it.
immy Posted April 13, 2007 Author Posted April 13, 2007 You guys are facilitating a 12 year old download porno! Jeesh! I'm 15 :wink:
|Laguna| Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 I'm 15 :wink: Don't go crazy now :awesome: you wouldn't want to "break your joystick"
Slaggis Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 Don't go crazy now :awesome: you wouldn't want to "break your joystick" I almost fell off my chair when I read that
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