Author Topic: Anyone get into torrent sites (Read 4843 times)

Spikeybike · « **on:** January 26, 2009, 05:59:09 PM »

not encouraging anyone to so , .........but if you already are, share with me

i use BTJunkie , mininova, and sometimes Isohunt , i've gotten viruses from isohunt (more then once)

any other ones that you guys would like to share with the class

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #1 on:** January 26, 2009, 06:18:03 PM »

Downloading porn eh spikey....

Mick

Spikeybike · « **Reply #2 on:** January 26, 2009, 06:39:37 PM »

mostly music ...... and uhh software

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #3 on:** January 26, 2009, 06:44:11 PM »

I tend to steer clear of torrent sites, too many viruses....

Mick

fuzzybutt · « **Reply #4 on:** January 26, 2009, 07:01:29 PM »

i use share reactor and pirate bay

HavocTurbo · « **Reply #5 on:** January 26, 2009, 07:04:52 PM »

isohunt.com and piratebay.org

Spikeybike · « **Reply #6 on:** January 26, 2009, 07:07:21 PM »

never heard of share reactor , do you use Azureus/Vuse

or something else

fuzzybutt · « **Reply #7 on:** January 26, 2009, 07:09:16 PM »

bittorrent

billybobobrain · « **Reply #8 on:** January 26, 2009, 07:10:42 PM »

I stopped downloading a few years back viruses are a pain in the you know were!

Spikeybike · « **Reply #9 on:** January 26, 2009, 07:12:49 PM »

i just got a new ipod to fill

really i'm just trying to find this one damn album,

Spikeybike · « **Reply #10 on:** January 26, 2009, 07:14:20 PM »

and so far all the sites named in this thread, have nothing from the Riverboat Gamblers

and as far as viruses , if you know what to avoid it's fine , mostly mainstream music and porn is where the viruses are , so as long as your taste in music doesn't suck , and you get your porn elsewhere , you'll be A Ok

fuzzybutt · « **Reply #11 on:** January 26, 2009, 07:17:59 PM »

i just found some of their stuff on limewire. you have to be REAL careful about what files you try to download though.

Spikeybike · « **Reply #12 on:** January 26, 2009, 07:20:25 PM »

damn, i knew i shouldn't have deleted limewire

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #13 on:** January 26, 2009, 07:22:39 PM »

Its called "frostwire" now spikey same thing different name.

Mick

billybobobrain · « **Reply #14 on:** January 26, 2009, 09:41:30 PM »

I bought an iPod on eBay it came with 1500 songs. I liked about 800 but its the fastest way to get a lot of songs that I've ever done. A lot safer to I was careful when I downloaded I like all kinds of music so I guess downloading isn't for me to risky.

DammitDan · « **Reply #15 on:** January 26, 2009, 09:57:28 PM »

Hey guys,

If you're running torrents and downloading content with "questionable" copyrights, be sure you're running a P2P Guardian in the background.

I use PeerGuardian 2 (http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/). It's free and automatically updates, maintains and blocks lists of IPs which are known anti-p2p and anti-piracy sources.

Just to make yourself a little bit safer (though I can't help you out with the viruses!)

tramp · « **Reply #16 on:** January 27, 2009, 07:39:05 AM »

what the hell is a torrent site?

Spikeybike · « **Reply #17 on:** January 27, 2009, 07:42:03 AM »

it's a way to download , on a much bigger scale

i.e. instead of downloading one song , your downloading 3 albums at once

bender01 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 27, 2009, 08:07:19 AM »

I use azureus. Stopped bittorent/tornado years ago. Azureus will start uploading /downloading where you left off if you shut the computer off. My favorite sites are
http://bt.etree.org/

http://www.thetradersden.org/

http://www.dimeadozen.org/
Dime only lets in 100k members so keep joining everyday til you get in. These are mostly live recordings of whole shows. some video. E tree has lots of recordings from last night/week and such. Good stuff. Ive never had a virus problem.Good luck.

EdB · « **Reply #19 on:** January 27, 2009, 08:11:52 AM »

i would be careful with piratebay. they had a problem recently in the past so you never know "who" is watching them.

Blasbo · « **Reply #20 on:** January 27, 2009, 08:16:52 AM »

I usually google "torrent" and "artist name" and get what I want.

Frankenkit · « **Reply #21 on:** January 27, 2009, 09:07:03 AM »

I use btjunkie with Transmission. They tend to work well, but the music I like is often too obscure to find.

rbmgf7 · « **Reply #22 on:** January 27, 2009, 09:11:41 AM »

Quote from: tramp on January 27, 2009, 07:39:05 AM

what the hell is a torrent site?

i had no idea what this stuff was a couple years ago but a buddy of mine finally explained it all to me. first you need a torrent downloading program like "utorrent" (as is the greek letter "mu"). after you installed it, then go to a searching website like "isohunt" and search for whatever. download the file and it'll ask you what you want to open it with: select the torrent downloading software. after the file is done, boom. you have downloaded the file.

i use to do this for music but my school had a subscription to Ruckus and it was free for me. If you want free music, try pandora.com. it's like an internet jukebox and it's free without the worries of downloading viruses.

i think torrents work by downloading from numerous people instead of one specific person like p2p (old school napster). it's like playing hot potato with a file without the potato ever being dropped while people can come and go

martino1972 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 27, 2009, 10:33:20 AM »

I mostly use isohunt......and have bitcomet as a torrent program......seems to work okay,al though download speed isn't always impressive ,azurus had lot's of trouble with my router and for some reason could never get over 10kb/sec. download.....bitcomet iv'e seen at 300kb/sec but on average it's around 50kb/sec. so far no virusses ,but then again I get my porn live out of the bar......

flybox1 · « **Reply #24 on:** January 27, 2009, 12:23:05 PM »

nothing but good luck with torrents from mininova dot org
download the bittorrent program from their site.
run peerguardian in the background.

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