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grove rat
06-11-2009, 11:52 PM
A.) safe to use if you have a good anitvirus/firewall/etc.

or

B.) stay the fuck away from those kind of sites





i've asked a few people and i can't get a good detailed awnser. i just got a new laptop and i don't wanna take a chance on fucking it up. i'm using Blink security from eEye.com if it matters

thanks
BottleRocket
06-12-2009, 02:16 PM
I stay the hell away. I'd much rather torrent. You can preview all of the files in a set, and it also has ratings from the community, so if another sucker before you downloaded it and it was a virus, there will more than likely be a post about it.
Tx Redneck
06-13-2009, 10:59 AM
I occasionally use limewire but not very often. I prefer torrents. Having said that, if you use one and dl a song, scan it w/ your AV first. If by chance when you go to open the song and WMP says "the .mp3 extension does not match the files extension and may not play..." you can be pretty sure it's a bug; or if your media player says it needs a codec to open the file, prolly a bug.

Hope that helps and use at your own risk.

Tx
Mach1Mike
06-13-2009, 12:56 PM
i use it all the time download thousands of things with no problems you just gotta look at the size of the file and make sure its not a ad or something else.
Nemo
06-13-2009, 02:11 PM
I use Vuze, it also gives you the option of running it completely from an external harddrive as well :), So i love torrents, prefer Mininova.org for searches.
90GT50
06-13-2009, 02:13 PM
What are you trying to dl specifically? Just use like a megaupload searcher, mediafire searcher, rapidshare searcher, sendspace searcher, etc.
grove rat
06-13-2009, 06:10 PM
What are you trying to dl specifically? Just use like a megaupload searcher, mediafire searcher, rapidshare searcher, sendspace searcher, etc.well to be honest i would LOVE to be able to download the sopranos series :D as in every episode, but i know that would take a looong ass time.

other than that it would just be music
JimD
06-13-2009, 06:26 PM
Pony up a descent connection + utorrent and The whole season 1-6 can be yours in xvid. 10.25 GB @ demonoid.
BottleRocket
06-13-2009, 06:34 PM
well to be honest i would LOVE to be able to download the sopranos series :D as in every episode, but i know that would take a looong ass time.

other than that it would just be music

If you wanna download stuff thats that big, I'd say go for torrents. I get most of my shows that aren't on Hulu from there
grove rat
06-13-2009, 06:54 PM
Pony up a descent connection + utorrent and The whole season 1-6 can be yours in xvid. 10.25 GB @ demonoid.pm sent
BottleRocket
06-13-2009, 07:28 PM
pm sent

Its true. I use uTorrent and it rocks. Just be sure to port forward and open the port that uTorrent uses. Also find a good torrent site like thepiratebay.org or btjunkie.org
jnobles06
06-15-2009, 09:32 PM
i use torrentpond.com it can search all the major torrent sites from one site.
5.0_CJ
06-15-2009, 09:34 PM
beware of public torrent sites and ANY p2p client, just don't use them at all. They store IP information which if they get sued (which they will, because they are a legal entity that is targetable) they will cough up. Torrents provide a faceless cloud of clients, unable to be targeted. Torrents are here to stay, every other type of file transfer has and will continue to fail.
Tangstang
06-16-2009, 12:07 AM
beware of public torrent sites and ANY p2p client, just don't use them at all. They store IP information which if they get sued (which they will, because they are a legal entity that is targetable) they will cough up. Torrents provide a faceless cloud of clients, unable to be targeted. Torrents are here to stay, every other type of file transfer has and will continue to fail.
actually that's changing....
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/06/ipredator/

according to the article, they will not be keeping any logs, but it is $7/mth, is it worth it? Up to you.
5.0_CJ
06-16-2009, 09:01 AM
actually that's changing....
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/06/ipredator/

according to the article, they will not be keeping any logs, but it is $7/mth, is it worth it? Up to you.

any centralized entity is targetable, they will be sued, shut down, and their logs seized, guaranteed.
habs4me
06-18-2009, 05:29 PM
Verdict in Kazaa trial.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31432024/ns/business-local_business/