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Graelwyn
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24 May 2007, 12:17 pm

I have downloaded utorrent having been told by a pc guy that it torrent files are less prone to viruses than those off programmes like limewire and kazaa...is this true? I note there is no inbuilt virus scanner on utorrent, but I want to download, without risk of viruses.

Anyone else use bit torrent etc?



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24 May 2007, 12:20 pm

Yeah but as always it is better to scan things and the guy who made bit torrent is a aspie.



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24 May 2007, 12:40 pm

I have also heard that bit torrent is safer than the traditional file sharing programs, but it can take longer if the file you are trying to download is not very popular. It's like the more people who have the file you are downloading the faster it will download for you.



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24 May 2007, 1:42 pm

It may be true that there are fewer viruses. But any download could have a virus. Many of these programs put a heavy load on your OS and can have some nasty spy ware included. Torrent clients typically don't.



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24 May 2007, 1:54 pm

you will be able to get hold of mozart& the whale now grel
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24 May 2007, 2:40 pm

I prefer bittorrent over things like limewire any day as it much safer than limewire and related software

I normally block limewire (and similar)on my network IF I suspect it running anywhere


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24 May 2007, 3:12 pm

I never had any problems with limewire.


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24 May 2007, 3:34 pm

0_equals_true wrote:
It may be true that there are fewer viruses. But any download could have a virus. Many of these programs put a heavy load on your OS and can have some nasty spy ware included. Torrent clients typically don't.


Opera has intergrated a Bitorrent client since version 9.0



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24 May 2007, 4:31 pm

TheMachine1 wrote:
0_equals_true wrote:
It may be true that there are fewer viruses. But any download could have a virus. Many of these programs put a heavy load on your OS and can have some nasty spy ware included. Torrent clients typically don't.


Opera has intergrated a Bitorrent client since version 9.0

Opera should get their priorities straight. They were behind on many things like AJAX.



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24 May 2007, 10:01 pm

Kosmonaut wrote:
you will be able to get hold of mozart& the whale now grel
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Probably take weeks.
I started downloading a music album and that said about 11-15 hours. :?



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24 May 2007, 10:02 pm

TheMachine1 wrote:
0_equals_true wrote:
It may be true that there are fewer viruses. But any download could have a virus. Many of these programs put a heavy load on your OS and can have some nasty spy ware included. Torrent clients typically don't.


Opera has intergrated a Bitorrent client since version 9.0


I had no idea about that.
I already had Opera on here...



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24 May 2007, 10:18 pm

Kosmonaut wrote:
you will be able to get hold of mozart& the whale now grel
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I could seed it if you want, but I am behind external firewall so I don't know if could work



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24 May 2007, 10:49 pm

It is a film I am wanting to see...



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25 May 2007, 3:47 am

well i leave my machine on overnight, that's all i have to say



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25 May 2007, 4:51 am

greenblue wrote:
Kosmonaut wrote:
you will be able to get hold of mozart& the whale now grel
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I could seed it if you want, but I am behind external firewall so I don't know if could work


just forward a port for your bit torrent client and it'll seed fine.



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25 May 2007, 6:23 am

I thought seed was a typo for send... :oops:
What does seed mean?

As to leaving on overnight, I shall have to do that.
Will it just start up again if the connection to the net glitches or gets disrupted?