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Seebreeze
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 Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:50 pm Post subject: note sent to my mail box; viruses on my machine |
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I recently recieved a note from somebody on here, saying that in the past few days my machine has been sending out viruses. I have run complete scans on my torrent files and the whole system. No viruses. The writer wanted me to click on a link, which I did NOT do for fear it was some kind of trap.  Advice?
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jeffw
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That message is a scam. Ignore it.
That person is not affiliated with this site.
We are looking in to ways to stop this in the future. |
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Seebreeze
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| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:29 pm Post subject: message about virus on my computer |
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Hey, thanks for taking the time to reply. I was hopint it was a scam. I scanned and rescanned that drive, and the few torrents I have on it. I did NOT go to the guys site.
Thank you again.
How often do torrents carry viruses? Can you connect me to a link where I can get more information on the subject.
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jeffw
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| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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It is actually pretty rare for a torrent download to contain a virus.
Most of the malware in P2P downloads comes with the Gnutella or similar networks.
Malware in a torrent download can be easily avoided by only downloading a torrent where the comments and/or ratings indicate it is clean and real. There are also a number of sites that offer torrents that have been "verified" to be clean and real.
Once a torrent is uploaded its contents can not be altered, so when a torrent has good ratings/comments it is almost certainly OK.
Some sites with good comment/rating systems are listed here:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/searching-torrents.htm
This TorrentFreak article has some good info also:
http://torrentfreak.com/stop-downloading-fakes-and-junk-torrents-071204/ |
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Seebreeze
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| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 2:18 pm Post subject: viruses and torrents |
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thanks again JW. I appreciate your vigilance.
BTJunkie, which I have used, does include indicators of a torrents health. That's why I was surprised to recieve that guys post.
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jeffw
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| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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btjunkie is my favorite.
It lists quickly and you can see the green or red for good or bad ratings immediately.
isoHunt has more options for verifying, but I find that btjunkie finds me a clean copy of what I want almost always. |
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