How to Find Fake Torrents Uploaded by the MPAA and RIAA

[sonnydeejay]

The MPAA, RIAA and several anti-piracy organizations are constantly trying to trap people into downloading fake torrents (http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-caught-uploading-fake-torrents/). These torrents are hosted on trackers that are setup to collect IP addresses of all the ‘pirates’ who try to download these files.

http://torrentfreak.com//images/popular-fake-torrents.gif To make these traps more visible, Fenopy (http://fenopy.com/) just introduced the FakeFinder (http://fenopy.com/fakefinder/). The FakeFinder lists the most popular fake torrents and the latest fake trackers. It also allows you to search for fake torrents by keyword or infohash.
The actual .torrent links for these fake files are blocked, and FakeFinder serves an informational purpose only. It is actually quite amusing to browse through these fake files and trackers. The companies that host these anti-piracy trackers came up with some interesting hostnames like “dirtydevils.cyberbox.com.br (http://fenopy.com/tracker/view_4296.html)” and “bittorrent.isthebe.st (http://fenopy.com/tracker/view_4335.html)“.
Although most of the IPs of these fake trackers are already blocked by blocklist software like PeerGuardian (http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/), they still manage to collect the IP addresses of thousands of users who do fall for this trap. Most torrent site admins are aware of these fakes, and remove them as soon as they are uploaded. It is kind of a paradox. On the one hand anti-piracy organizations send thousands of takedown requests to torrent sites, while they upload fake files with similar titles themselves.
Some might argue that downloading a fake file is not really a criminal offense. And yes, it is doubtful if this evidence will hold up in court. However, the job of organizations like the MPAA is to scare people, and that is often enough for them. The first thing they will probably do is send a letter to your ISP saying that you tried to download so-and-so file. And even if they take it a step further, they try to settle before these things are played out in court.
FakeFinder (http://fenopy.com/fakefinder/) shows that BitTorrent site admins are trying to track down these fake torrents, and it’s a nice way to expose the darker side of anti-piracy organizations like the MPAA.

[Panther]

huh, didnt know these existed, thanks for the info

[buenoda]

Very good information, didn't know that

[aburyach]

Good that no such torrents exist on private sites:)

[Detale]

Great link! Very helpful! Good job!

[ElGatoo]

Thanks a lot for this info.

[direstraits]

Good that no such torrents exist on private sites:)

thanks God :)

[iStix]

I don't care piracy isn't illegal in my country... :yahoo: Thanks for the info though, maybe I will need it sometime in the future. ;)

[arkoaction]

Thanx sonnydeejay for info! It useful for all torrent members

[TYPE R]

thx 4 the info m8

[Ronit]

Thanx for the information

[j0ker]

thanks, had no idea.

[vipaar]

Nice work m8 Anti-Venom for their brand of Venom :)

[crossfade]

when I download a .torrent file i always look at the filename
it's pretty obvious to me that files released by MANiAC or LOADiNG, i.e. groups i never heard of before, are fake
also when you've been into bittorrent for a while, you get to know the tracker urls like tracker.prq, eztv.sladinki007, tpb.tracker or inferno.demonoid that are safe and reliable
if you pay a little attention on what you download on public trackers, you should be able to distinguish the fake from the real torrents

[creepingdeath]

Thanks for the information. :)

Fake Torrents are dangerous.Be careful.

[darkwave74]

Thanks mate

[Smith111]

Thanks

[aburyach]

Or if you see the latest movie with like 50,000 seeds (on a public tracker), you know its fake :lol:

[avidor]

I didn't know that there was such a thing like this.
Thank you very much!

[crossfade]

Or if you see the latest movie with like 50,000 seeds (on a public tracker), you know its fake :lol:

Exactly. If you're somewhat careful, you don't end up downloading fake content.

[ikdedinges]

i think i didn't even seen a fake torrent before :O

[bcpnikhil]

stick to private sites :-)

[Achilleskun]

thats really cool! i started using TVtad with tvrss feed from eztv so i dont get fakes (knock on wood) but always good to know :)

the enemy is out there.

[IntrepidVixen]

Thanks! important stuff to know. So if I use peerguardian, am I pretty much protected?

[teddytora]

Thanks for the heads-up

[duynghia]

Whatever fake or real files you leech/seed from trackers(some are safe/not safe), leechers and seeders know each other IP (showed by BT clients or even packet sniffers), if MPAA/RIAA is one of seeders/leechers, they can identify people who are downloading.

[Dragn]

Whatever fake or real files you leech/seed from trackers(some are safe/not safe), leechers and seeders know each other IP (showed by BT clients or even packet sniffers), if MPAA/RIAA is one of seeders/leechers, they can identify people who are downloading.

Yea, I agree. They don't even have to up to their own tracker. They could just as well up to Tspy or demonoid or piratebay. Or like vip said, they could even be a leecher. It sucks, but that'll give you some incentive to join private sites and SEED. But it'll only be time before the MPAA could send someone into a private site too. I know I'm sounding pretty pessimistic, but it's all true.

On the bright side, even IF the MPAA do find you, I don't think they'll care unless you've got a 1 TB or more download/upload history. More likely, they'll just take down the admins, the users on the top 100 list, and very active users. It also helps if you live in a country where downloading isn't illegal. :pinch:

[PsychoDude]

In the end they can do as much as you want, but truth is millions and millions of people are downloading. It is like sueing every single person which litters the streets, an unstoppable process.