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A friend of mine is determined to download music illegally despite the
fact I've told her it's illegal and there are a ton of viruses &
Torjans out there using things such as KaZaa and other P2P software
like Limewire. Then it was suggested to me by someone else that I set
her up with a program like bitTorrent and show her how to use this to
search for CDs and/or songs she wants.

Never having used bitTorrent I don't know what to say. So since some
here have suggested using Torrents in the past to people looking for
software, is that the "new way" to download? And is it safer than P2P
programs?

Thanks!

"Sens Fan Happy In OH" <> wrote in message
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>A friend of mine is determined to download music illegally despite the
> fact I've told her it's illegal and there are a ton of viruses &
> Torjans out there using things such as KaZaa and other P2P software
> like Limewire. Then it was suggested to me by someone else that I set
> her up with a program like bitTorrent and show her how to use this to
> search for CDs and/or songs she wants.
>
> Never having used bitTorrent I don't know what to say. So since some
> here have suggested using Torrents in the past to people looking for
> software, is that the "new way" to download? And is it safer than P2P
> programs?
>
> Thanks!

BitTorrent is a file sharing protocol, it is P2P!
There are simple rules to being online - have uptodate functioning
anti-virus, a bi-directional firewall, and malware removal tools, that
applies to everything you do online.
With P2P, a "guarded" folder is created on each users HDD, no access
allowed anywhere else, so users access files in such a folder only.
So when your friend grabs a file from anothers folder online, she can
only download it into the secure folder on her HDD, it cannot infect
elsewhere on her PC. Then it is for her to scan downloaded files in
the secure folder before she moves them out.
And you posted via googlegroups, did it not occur to you to type
into google search the term: "BitTorrent"
There are plenty of results telling you everything you need to know.

On 4/8/2008 2:30 PM, Lookout after much thought,came up with this jewel:
> On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:07:19 -0700 (PDT), Sens Fan Happy In OH
> <> wrote:
>
>> A friend of mine is determined to download music illegally despite the
>> fact I've told her it's illegal and there are a ton of viruses &
>> Torjans out there using things such as KaZaa and other P2P software
>> like Limewire. Then it was suggested to me by someone else that I set
>> her up with a program like bitTorrent and show her how to use this to
>> search for CDs and/or songs she wants.
>>
>> Never having used bitTorrent I don't know what to say. So since some
>> here have suggested using Torrents in the past to people looking for
>> software, is that the "new way" to download? And is it safer than P2P
>> programs?
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> Newsgroups. You can find whatever you want and you can't be traced for
> downloading as you can with P2P. You also can't get a virus or trojan
> from an MP3.

Ignore that-all files downloaded must be scanned.
You'll find that some mp3 files are not really sound files at all.

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"ded" <> wrote:

>With P2P, a "guarded" folder is created on each users HDD, no access
>allowed anywhere else, so users access files in such a folder only.
>So when your friend grabs a file from anothers folder online, she can
>only download it into the secure folder on her HDD,

This isn't how a torrent works.
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wrote:

>This isn't how a torrent works.

sorry, missread the subject. message canceled but you know how that
works.
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On Apr 8, 2:25 pm, "ded" <with...@invalid.witheld> wrote:
> "Sens Fan Happy In OH" <sensfan_luvsl...@yahoo.ca> wrote in messagenews:735cf4e5-c20c-451a-9a14-...
>
> >A friend of mine is determined to download music illegally despite the
> > fact I've told her it's illegal and there are a ton of viruses &
> > Torjans out there using things such as KaZaa and other P2P software
> > like Limewire. Then it was suggested to me by someone else that I set
> > her up with a program like bitTorrent and show her how to use this to
> > search for CDs and/or songs she wants.
>
> > Never having used bitTorrent I don't know what to say. So since some
> > here have suggested using Torrents in the past to people looking for
> > software, is that the "new way" to download? And is it safer than P2P
> > programs?
>
> > Thanks!
>
> BitTorrent is a file sharing protocol, it is P2P!
> There are simple rules to being online - have uptodate functioning
> anti-virus, a bi-directional firewall, and malware removal tools, that
> applies to everything you do online.
> With P2P, a "guarded" folder is created on each users HDD, no access
> allowed anywhere else, so users access files in such a folder only.
> So when your friend grabs a file from anothers folder online, she can
> only download it into the secure folder on her HDD, it cannot infect
> elsewhere on her PC. Then it is for her to scan downloaded files in
> the secure folder before she moves them out.
> And you posted via googlegroups, did it not occur to you to type
> into google search the term: "BitTorrent"
> There are plenty of results telling you everything you need to know.

Yes I did do a Google search - but I typically listen to the
"opinions" here more than a bunch of unknowns from some message board.
Pennywise, for example, is one voice that I trust in here and
typically listen to the advice from people like Pennywise.

Sens Fan Happy In OH <> wrote:

>A friend of mine is determined to download music illegally despite the
>fact I've told her it's illegal and there are a ton of viruses &
>Torjans out there using things such as KaZaa and other P2P software
>like Limewire. Then it was suggested to me by someone else that I set
>her up with a program like bitTorrent and show her how to use this to
>search for CDs and/or songs she wants.
>
>Never having used bitTorrent I don't know what to say. So since some
>here have suggested using Torrents in the past to people looking for
>software, is that the "new way" to download? And is it safer than P2P
>programs?

http://thepiratebay.org/help they get paid to suggest azureus,
www.Utorrent.com is a much better program.

Tracking and throttling are two problems with torrents. If your ISP
catches you downloading a torrent your can bandwidth be reduced;
Comcast is a problem ISP for this/

As for tracking you can use Peer Guardian http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/
it helps a bit.

A torrent file is all about sharing the bandwidth, If someone has a
1gig file they can upload it allow others to pass it on, relieving the
originator of everybody who wants the file to download it from him and
the bandwith cost.
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On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:08:41 -0700, wrote:

>sorry, missread the subject. message canceled but you know how that
>works.

Umm.. it doesn't?
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"Sens Fan Happy In OH" <> wrote in message
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> On Apr 8, 2:25 pm, "ded" <with...@invalid.witheld> wrote:
>> "Sens Fan Happy In OH" <sensfan_luvsl...@yahoo.ca> wrote in
>> messagenews:735cf4e5-c20c-451a-9a14-...
>>
>> >A friend of mine is determined to download music illegally despite the
>> > fact I've told her it's illegal and there are a ton of viruses &
>> > Torjans out there using things such as KaZaa and other P2P software
>> > like Limewire. Then it was suggested to me by someone else that I set
>> > her up with a program like bitTorrent and show her how to use this to
>> > search for CDs and/or songs she wants.
>>
>> > Never having used bitTorrent I don't know what to say. So since some
>> > here have suggested using Torrents in the past to people looking for
>> > software, is that the "new way" to download? And is it safer than P2P
>> > programs?
>>
>> > Thanks!
>>
>> BitTorrent is a file sharing protocol, it is P2P!
>> There are simple rules to being online - have uptodate functioning
>> anti-virus, a bi-directional firewall, and malware removal tools, that
>> applies to everything you do online.
>> With P2P, a "guarded" folder is created on each users HDD, no access
>> allowed anywhere else, so users access files in such a folder only.
>> So when your friend grabs a file from anothers folder online, she can
>> only download it into the secure folder on her HDD, it cannot infect
>> elsewhere on her PC. Then it is for her to scan downloaded files in
>> the secure folder before she moves them out.
>> And you posted via googlegroups, did it not occur to you to type
>> into google search the term: "BitTorrent"
>> There are plenty of results telling you everything you need to know.
>
> Yes I did do a Google search - but I typically listen to the
> "opinions" here more than a bunch of unknowns from some message board.
> Pennywise, for example, is one voice that I trust in here and
> typically listen to the advice from people like Pennywise.

Indeed, but your issue was with security for a friend who wants to
download pirated audio and the worry of infection - the same safety
and caution with any file whatever the protocol applies across the board.
A firewall scans the DL into a secure folder, and don't execute until
scanned by uptodate anti-virus. That applies whatever the protocol.

"Lookout" <> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:39:28 -0400, What's in a Name?
> <> wrote:
>
>>
>>On 4/8/2008 2:30 PM, Lookout after much thought,came up with this jewel:
>>> On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:07:19 -0700 (PDT), Sens Fan Happy In OH
>>> <> wrote:
>>>
>>>> A friend of mine is determined to download music illegally despite the
>>>> fact I've told her it's illegal and there are a ton of viruses &
>>>> Torjans out there using things such as KaZaa and other P2P software
>>>> like Limewire. Then it was suggested to me by someone else that I set
>>>> her up with a program like bitTorrent and show her how to use this to
>>>> search for CDs and/or songs she wants.
>>>>
>>>> Never having used bitTorrent I don't know what to say. So since some
>>>> here have suggested using Torrents in the past to people looking for
>>>> software, is that the "new way" to download? And is it safer than P2P
>>>> programs?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Newsgroups. You can find whatever you want and you can't be traced for
>>> downloading as you can with P2P. You also can't get a virus or trojan
>>> from an MP3.
>>
>>Ignore that-all files downloaded must be scanned.
>>You'll find that some mp3 files are not really sound files at all.
>>
>>max
>
> Bullshit. If it says MP3 it's an MP3

That is just not true, totally inaccurate. An MP3 is not an actual audio
format, but a data file. Now try this, got an old executable stored in a
folder? Right click on it and select rename, and just add .mp3
Yep, thats right it will now seemingly have a valid extension of an
MP3, but it ain't, it's still an executable.


> or it won't play with the
> associated program. You have no ****ing idea what you're talking
> about.

No, you have no idea what you are talking about.