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Torrents can sometimes turn harmful
Most of us are familiar with the Peer to Peer file sharing technology, which is now commonly used to share
large files through the internet.As every other technology, torrents are also prone to various risks. Torrents are very much vulnerable to viruses and other malwares. The chances of getting infected while downloading a torrent is 2 in 10 times, which means it is pretty much high to be concerned.
You can easily find your favorite games, movies, books, music and software via a torrent site. But have you ever wondered the risks involved while you download torrents. Besides the copyright risks, there are risks of getting infected with unwanted viruses and malwares. Only after downloading the file completely, you will notice viruses in it. Incomplete downloads cannot identify viruses. And torrents are usually large files and only once you complete downloading the file, you would be able to identify the risks. But mostly by the time, you would be infected!
4. If you download a .rar file or other compressed file, before extracting, see what's in the .rar file first.
5. If a torrent includes an .exe file and a .txt file containing a product serial number: Only download the .txt from the torrent. Download a trial version of the program from the product website or 3rd party internet site. Then use the downloaded serial number to unlock the program. This ensures that no potentially harmful .exe files are downloaded.
You can easily find your favorite games, movies, books, music and software via a torrent site. But have you ever wondered the risks involved while you download torrents. Besides the copyright risks, there are risks of getting infected with unwanted viruses and malwares. Only after downloading the file completely, you will notice viruses in it. Incomplete downloads cannot identify viruses. And torrents are usually large files and only once you complete downloading the file, you would be able to identify the risks. But mostly by the time, you would be infected!
Here are some precautions that can be taken, even though a complete protection is impossible:
1. Download only from recognized and established torrent providers.
2. Always read the comments before downloading a torrent. Usually comments would give you a warning regarding the risks involved in downloading the particular file.
3. Only use clients that allow you to choose specific files to download, and not automatically download everything contained in the torrent. (Good ones to use include uTorrent, BitTorrent, and Bitcomet).
4. If you download a .rar file or other compressed file, before extracting, see what's in the .rar file first.
5. If a torrent includes an .exe file and a .txt file containing a product serial number: Only download the .txt from the torrent. Download a trial version of the program from the product website or 3rd party internet site. Then use the downloaded serial number to unlock the program. This ensures that no potentially harmful .exe files are downloaded.
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we need to take into consideration the credibility of trackers....demonii is a good choice
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