so i got utorrent and i would like to know what would be a good antivirus program i can use to screen the downloads? also if there are anything else i should get to prevent something going bad.
ty in advnace
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umm... well i like NOD32 and avira...
but because you are asking this question, i can't help but to think you are planning on pirateing (since you are specifying scanning the downloads)...
So, that is wrong (hurts business) and against forum rules.
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If you want to know how to have decent and free security for any kind of files (not specific to torrent files), check my post on my signature.
As for help with torrents, as said, this forum does not approve of pirateing and therefore you will get little help here (and yes, I know that torrents can be used for legit downloads such as Linux distributions). -
Any anti-virus would be sufficient, you don't need to do anything special. For media files you don't need to worry, some software you might have to. Just be smart.
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You know, there is a sub-forum dedicated to anti-virus programs. I'm guessing you haven't read any of those thread yet, hmmmmm?
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Read the stickies, d-amnit.
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"hay guyz halp me coz i kno u kno what i know im gunna use utorrent four! i need antivirus asap coz i miyt git an virus on my puter. anybodie know a gud one so i can evun download it using utorrent itself! hehe! i win!"
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"hay guyz halp me coz i kno u kno what i know im gunna use utorrent four! i need antivirus asap coz i miyt git an virus on my puter. anybodie know a gud one so i can evun download it using utorrent itself! hehe! i win!"
lol j/k
In all seriousness, get a paid one like kaspersky...I love how it's an all in one kind of deal... with firewall, ect... but then again..Comodo is the bomb! -
Whatever you do, don't trying downloading Kaspersky off the torrents... or worse, Comodo! lmao
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Like already mentioned, there are a lot of stickies; threads with information considered usefull.
So next time, first read a stickie on a certain subject.
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hahaha, $10 says that he downloads a antivirus off of a torrent, then gets a virus or keylogger
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If your going to download a torrent, make sure to get the torrent of a website where people are allowed to rate and comment on the torrent. Usually if there's a virus quite a few people will mention it in the comments. If it's only one or two people they might just be doing it to screw around with the downloaders, but to be on the safe side, scan the file after you finish downloading it.
There are a few free AV programs, any of them should do.
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Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Sodium, Oct 5, 2008.