[H]Using uTorrent

ilovezil

United States4143 Posts

April 03 2008 21:20 GMT

First of all, I'd like to say that, being a stream/http user, I'm very much a stranger to torrent technology. Making the transition to using torrents, I'd like to ask how to search for certain/safe torrents for those of you who are familiar with it.

For example, I'm searching right now for a manga series called Ai Yori Aoshi. First of all, I've heard that torrent has had its fair share of cases of catching viruses; how would I go about using it safely? Second, I have no idea on even where to start to look for that particular manga series. Please help me out! Thanks for your time~

distant_voice

Germany2521 Posts

April 03 2008 21:29 GMT

how can you catch a virus if you're downloading video files?

Pwntrucci[sR]

Canada1519 Posts

April 03 2008 21:35 GMT

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http://www.addict-help.com/

ilovezil

United States4143 Posts

April 03 2008 21:36 GMT

The file I want to download is a manga series. Are there significant differences to that? Sorry, I'm not very savy with these technical issues, so I honestly don't know if what I'm saying even makes any proper sense.

EDIT: ^_^ @ pwntrucci.

ChkChk.Boom

United States140 Posts

April 03 2008 21:38 GMT

Uhhhmm...the 2 sites I use are torrentz.com and isohunt.com. I think isohunt u would have a better chance of getting that series as I noticed when i searched for anime series, it also had some manga. sooo GL HF!

Binky1842

United States2599 Posts

April 03 2008 21:39 GMT

the thing i like about utorrent it hat you can see what files your'e going to be downloading before you start. + Show Spoiler +

so if you know the difference from a .avi or .exe file extension then you will be able to tell right away if it may or may not have a virus. i've never had any torrent have something in it that i didn't want, or didn't know what it was.

as far as search engines for torrents, i mainly use mininova, and btjunkie.

Falcynn

United States3597 Posts

April 03 2008 21:39 GMT

Generally I just get my torrents at piratebay and read the comments. Usually if a torrent contains a virus someone will try to make a comment asap to warn others, so if it's a new torrent I'll wait a week or so before downloading. Doing a quick search there shows a few hits for Ai Yori Aoshi, however there are like 5-7 seeders and 20~ leechers on each file so it'll probably go pretty slow. However they all seem clean from what I skimmed through.

ilovezil

United States4143 Posts

April 03 2008 21:43 GMT

Thanks so much for the helpful comments~ Searching through the different torrent engines right now.

thunk

United States6233 Posts

April 03 2008 21:49 GMT

http://www.youtorrent.com/

It's a torrent search engine site (I forget how it works) but it produces high quality torrents. Basically, if it has more than 20-30+ seeders/leechers It's probably safe.

Bittorrent itself does not execute files; you can download viruses without actually opening them, I think. If you're really nervous, scan with an anti-virus program like AVG. <http://free.grisoft.com/>
Freeware, and its highly rated.

Wala.Revolution

7584 Posts

April 03 2008 22:29 GMT

#10

This isn't about torrent, but if can't find the manga, try mangatraders.com as they have a large database. Hope you find it.

1t2t3t4t5taw

Andorra173 Posts

April 03 2008 23:12 GMT

#11

Just use a torrent site that includes comments, such as piratebay.org, or btjunkie.org (though this one is just a crawler and has a lot of private tracker/junk shit on it. I also use isohunt.com to search for torrents.

If you're downloading a movie/video file, a very common thing is for the package to have a .URL file in it. These are not real movies. When you open the file, it will say "go to www._____.com to get the codec to play this" and it's just a spyware infestation. Don't download those files. Even if it's just an .avi file it will occasionally be an empty movie with the same words. Don't do anything like what it tells you.

Also, the only way to check for viruses is to download the file and then run a virus check on it afterwards. Obviously, of course, if you're downloading a movie and the extension is .exe, don't do that.

Safest bet is just to look for comments.

dronebabo

10866 Posts

April 03 2008 23:56 GMT

#12

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micronesia

United States24753 Posts

April 04 2008 00:18 GMT

#13

IRC is a nice alternative if you are interested. A quick way to search for stuff might be to do a search at packetnews.com or debateroom.org iirc

BTW be especially careful on torrents since you have to download as well as upload. If you download from http/irc you are not typically breaking any laws (or they are less severe than uploading packets).

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