Torrents....Good for downloading or NOT

Philippines
May 1, 2007 10:34am CST
i've been using lots of torrent based downloading programs but i don't realy know if its good to use or it's giving us lots of viruses....what's you think guys???
7 responses
• India
1 May 07
I have also downloaded a lot using torrents Torrents are the best and fastest way of downloadin anything from internet. Some torrents contain viruses.Thats a truth! Be careful of that torrents! Usually that torrents may be having size unsuitable to ur file or chances of viruses in compressed files are more like which are in rar or zip format.
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• Philippines
1 May 07
Ya right but how does a newbie knows that,that torrent file is corrupt or have virus...it's hard for me having 128mbps internet connection.it give me 3 days to download 1gb.and its 24 hours open....is that fast?
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• India
2 May 07
I think thats a pretty reasonable fast for 128mbs connection. Generally the speed depends upon the number of people who are uploading it i.e. seeders! If they are more number of seeders the speed will increase!
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• Philippines
4 May 07
wow new info thanks........and thanks for a nice comment
• Philippines
4 May 07
I've been downloading torrents for 5 years now and never have I gotten a virus from any of it. I've gotten viruses from P2P software like Kazaa, Limewire, etc. But torrents are safer for me. One thing is that you can check out the file list before downloading. If any of it looks suspicious, don't download it. If there are .exe (executable programs) in there, do not run it. Other than that, torrents are the safest way. Get a good anti-virus like McAfee or AVG anti-virus which you can download for free, just search for it. This is just to be sure. Anyway, the best torrent site I know so far is Btjunkie.com. It's the most complete site without you having to sign up. Demonoid.com is good too but they don't allow non-members to download older stuff and they stopped membership for awhile now. Thepiratebay.org is okay too, and Isohunt.com. Just pick the one with the most number of seeders. It's gonna be the fastest. If your speed is 128, that will take a pretty long time, but you just have to be patient. What I do is I leave the computer on overnight. For a single movie that has a good deal of seeders, that will be more than enough. Sometimes it only takes 6 hours or so. But if you're downloading whole seasons of TV series, it usually takes me a week or two.
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• Philippines
5 May 07
im using torrentz.com and bittorent.com may be their not good torrent sites thats why i have lots of viruses in my computer...im using nod32 anti virus but im not satisfied..for me downloading 1.5G capacity takes 2 days to download..sooo slow.......but thanks for your comment
• Philippines
6 May 07
That's okay. Sometimes torrents with a really few seeders can take 2 days. Would you believe that I'm downloading some movies and it takes me A WEEK just to get them? It's because they're not that well known or they're kinda old. But if you really want that file, just be patient. :) Trust me, your speed isn't that bad. I've had times when I had to wait a full month for something. :)Try getting Flashget, really. It cuts the downloading time in half.
@jeanena (2198)
• Bucklin, Kansas
4 May 07
Voice of experiance here. I used torrents to download and sometimes they are tracked . Well my server was contacted by the copywrite people our net was shut down for 2 days.I wont be doing that again anytime soon. I will find a cheap place i can buy the movies and download . Just be very careful.
• Philippines
5 May 07
wooo thats shocking they even track you...so it's better not to download any toent file.....thanks fo your vey useful comment
• United States
2 May 07
The first time I downloaded a torrent, I got a virus. I never downloaded any of them again. Many torrents are illegal, anyway. At the time, I did not know anything about them, I just wanted to download some of the TV shows that I missed. But, I will never download them again.
• Philippines
4 May 07
ya right downloading illegal files may corrupt your system and put you to jail....how sad...thanks your comment.maybe you'll find a way downloading your favorite videos free but not illegal.
@djmarion (4898)
• Philippines
5 May 07
torrents? whats that? its my 1st time to hear that...lol
• Philippines
9 May 07
torrent files are compact files connected to clients or other computer(with the same file)thus having torrent file downloading is faster unlike other ways of downloading because it gives/detect whether other the same file are online/connected.....simply torrents are shared files using peer to peer computer network.......hope this help you...thanks for your comment
@tim_un (354)
• Malaysia
3 May 07
Yes,it is good for downloading for large files like movie or big program.The speed is faster than the method that not using torrent.Although sometime can bring virus, but you have to scan the files with antivirus.
• Philippines
4 May 07
so thats why if we have this downloader we must use a strong ant-virus...any idea of some strong anti viruses?.......thanks for such nice comment
@richux (119)
• Lithuania
19 May 07
I think Bit Torrent network is best way of downloading and sharing files. If you don't want to download files infected with viruses, trojans or others you must become a member of any trusted Torrent Tracker, where only picked uploaders upload files and they ensure that files are in good condition.