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Anti-piracy groups and malware spreaders have been seeding fake files on BitTorrent for a long time now. They use a mix of open and public BitTorrent trackers and some also decide to set up their own trackers. Here we’ll be looking at the easiest way to find out more information about them.

As you may have been aware we’ve covered a few pieces on how malware and fake files are spread through torrent. We have showed how they get users to install programs such as DomPlayer.

After receiving an email yesterday from a user of ours who pointed out a problem with a torrent for the “Wolfman DVD rip” we decided to check it out and dig a little deeper into this obvious fake torrent. When looking at the file we discovered it was tracked using many trackers but one caught our attention straight away. ...

It is common knowledge that torrents are used for downloading pirate movies, music, games and much more. Despite this BitTorrent wants to make the world aware that they are not involved in any of the above.

Their vice president Matt Mason wrote a blog post last week stating that their open-source, peer to peer technology is used to share content, but they do not endorse any form of piracy whatsoever.

"We don't host infringing content. We don't point to it. It's literally impossible to 'illegally download something on BitTorrent,'" Mason wrote. "To pirate stuff, you need more than a protocol. You need search, a pirate content site, and a content manager. We offer none of those things. If you're using BitTorrent for piracy, you're doing it wrong." ...

France has finally revoked a legislation it put in place years ago after many debates and opposition. The new decree will now ensure file-sharers will not have their internet connection terminated for copyright infringement. Now, if they are caught by copyright holders they will face a system of automated fines.
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Rather funny thing happened to VLC player. Not so long time ago HBO sent a copyright removal request to Google where they included a download link for VLC player located on domain torrentportal.com.

VideoLan is one of the most popular video players today for viewing of all types of files from PC without additional codecs needed. The software doesn't store any real files somewhere on their servers or offer any features to access copyrighted content.

Mentioned takedown notice is more a false reporting as planned action against the player. It shows well that Google seems not to check reported URLs after they were submitted. On the other side it's understandable that Google is not able to check every link. Monthly about 15 million will be reported, which is a very huge amount for manual check. ...

Undoubtedly, the pirates are faster as Ferrary Spider on the German roads without limits. It can take no longer as just few hours after release to crack the software and spread it all over the world using such share technologies like Bittorrent, Peer-2-Peer or Usenet networks. Me personally knew a guy who was able to crack any art of software programs in minutes, not depending if it were Windows or other software companies and which security mechanisms they use to protect their digital products. ...

Bittorrent protocol is one of the most used technologies to share files online. Millions of users use it daily to upload and download content between peers. Using torrents is very simple and doesn't require any special computer knowlegde. All you need is a Bittorrent download client and a source with provided .torrent files.

Below is a list of most popular and convenient clients for Windows PC and Mac OS: ...