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[TcM]

Do you use P2P software to download mp3 and DVDs? or you are against this?

[dirkfirst]

I use areas (I think that is spelled right). What do you use?

[TcM]

Limewire Ares Piolet and some others that I deleted like morpheus!

[Jimbo]

I use azureus, only really download things I cant legally purchase such as TV shows and DJ sets

[DevilsCharm]

Limewire, but then my friend gave me this link to get Limewire Pro, so I have Limewire Pro. My dad paid like $20 one-time to get this other kind of P2P, safe-share, but you can also download like $500 programs (like Flash) on it, so it's exactly like other P2Ps except you have to pay and there's less stuff. I don't use it.

[Jimbo]

Doesnt paying for P2P software kind of defeat the object?!

[PC101]

If you're going to use any type of P2P software you've got to be very careful about the malware that comes with the files you're downloading. They are not always infected but it's a very common way for malware to end on your computer. :(

Lyte

[Jimbo]

Thats one of the advantages of bittorrent, if a download has anything wrong with it, it will quickly get nuked, i've been using torrents for nearly 2 years and have never managed to get any virus/adware etc from it

[TcM]

Hmm, its not the same as I heared! I heared that its more likely to get a virus from torrents! like BitLord and BitTorrent, utorrent etc..

[Jimbo]

Tcm9669 said:

Hmm, its not the same as I heared! I heared that its more likely to get a virus from torrents! like BitLord and BitTorrent, utorrent etc..

Not at all, with other P2P software, everyone downloads off one single source, so if that source is infected, everyone gets it and there's no way of knowing until its been downloaded.
With torrents, if a file is compromised, the torrent will be nuked and the seeders will quickly drop off making it impossible to download

[TcM]

Hmm good to hear that! @ least now I know that its safer! wew