I've never had any problems with the kind of torrents we talk about
here either. It's good practise to be careful, and if you don't know
what you are doing you are probably better off not doing it, so
there's been many good advices on this topic here in this list.
I just want to make one thing clear here: There are no mp3 files
with virus in them, simply cause there are no technical reason to
insert a virus into them. There is nothing in an mp3 file that are
executed, or "run". Those files are only read, so a virus inserted
in a mp3 file would just cause a huge amount of noise when played
and that's it. No program can ever start from within a mp3 file.
So downloading mp3 files are, simply put, completely harmless.
The kind of files you all need to be careful with are software,
programs you run. With "software" I mean everything from a pirated
copy of Windows to MS Office, Photoshop, all those kind of software
and tools to "crack" them. That's where you find virus, trojans,
spyware and so forth. Stay away from those, and you are pretty much
safe when it comes to torrents.
I *almost* dare to personally guarantee you all that there does not
exist a single torrent containing Just A Minute recordings anywhere
on the Internet that pose any risk at all. The torrent technology is
well worth getting to know, it's an excellent technology. Just use a
serious torrent site (several are mentioned already) and only
download the collections that gives you direct access to the mp3
files (no "zip/rar" compressed files) and you are
On 06. mai 2012 19:22, Don Judge wrote:
Agree with all/most of that, "caveat emptor" applies Big Time on
t'Internet, there's a lot of nasty people out there.
However, you can
negate most of that by sticking to Torrent sites which
you have to register to join - I do.
These include UKNova, The Box, Radioarchive, TV
Torrents and more....
I've been a member of those, and more, for many years
and have never had an issue with any of them.