How safe download from Torrent

@buncaila (263)
India
September 2, 2009 1:27pm CST
i normally download applications and tutorials from torrent. lots of threats coming on my computer. are these threats from torrent? how safe use of torrent? plz help.
7 responses
@justdoitz (129)
• India
2 Sep 09
Downloading from torrent is not safe until you care few points. 1. First of all you need a better program for torrent i suggest you UTORRENT. It is one of the best one available in the net and very light and easy to use. 2. Secondly you need a better website who provides torrents file. I suggest you some best sites like torrentz, isohunt, mininova, demonoid. These are the very famous websites for torrents file. 3. Do not forget to check comments from other users before downloading the torrent file. By this you can actually know that the torrent is original and safe or it is fake or infected with some virus. 4. Lastly, you must have a best antivirus in your pc and updated. Some of them are Nod32, Mc Afee, Avast I hope this info will be useful to you if you need some more info then do not hesitate to message me. Enjoy
@buncaila (263)
• India
3 Sep 09
thanks for your good suggestion. im now using kaspersky internet security 2010 so im feeling totally secure. thanks once again
• India
6 Sep 09
Downloading from Torrents is never safe when you are trying to download the .exe file extentions as they are the mediums through which the viruses and infections are passed on
• India
3 Sep 09
I agree that there is harm using torrent as the files that uploaded are all not verified. So there are chances of some viruses getting on to the system through these downloaded files. Torrent is safe when you download it from a verified source that is you can see a tick mark when you search for something on torrent. If you download something from a verified source then there is no issue with it. I think those viruses that are been detected might from some sites they might have come while you were browsing.
@k4karthik (439)
• India
2 Sep 09
Torrents spread virus some times. But many torrents have verified feature. With that feature you can expect 99% virus free products. Also if you have good anti virus software nothing to worry. Viruses, Malware or any thing which is harmful to your computer will disabled or removed from anti virus software.
@Archie0 (5652)
2 Sep 09
Yes as far as i have seen torrent is safe because all my friends use torrent to download movies and other things.they said that torrent is ttally virus and scam free site for downloading.
• Canada
3 Sep 09
Torrents are the safest thing to use for downloading, As long as you are smart about it. Unless you downloaded something that was supposed to be a 100MB file but instead it was like 1 kb, then you are screwed.
• Estonia
2 Sep 09
I haven't gotten any viruses from torrents yet. It's all about doing little research before starting download. Check the comments to see what other people are thinking about the torrent, check the ratings and if there are enough seeders, download.