Will downloading torrents give you spyware/malware? - page 2.

Kimowa

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Quote from: Xiaoxiao on July 12, 2014, 06:18:49 PM

Such as movies from the popular torrent sites like piratebay and others. I make sure it is only the .mp3 or .wmv etc files and no other files are downloaded.

Using a software like utorrent, is it safe to do that and also mess with bitcoin and other financial stuff? I mean i'm dearly afraid of some keylogger (as we all are). Am I being paranoid?

No if the download file it self is not a virus..

Sydboy

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You will get a virus if the file has a virus, same as if you downloaded it via browser.
Try to avoid rar files if you can.

I have found over the years porn sites seem to be where you pickup a lot of virus and malware.

Ad block plus blocks ad popups and other annoying things of that nature.

Also don't download any thing from emails you get about bitcoin if it sounds to good to be true. Such as a company sending you ANY amount of bitcoins. There are a crap load of these about!

CEG5952

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Buy and sell bitcoins,

If you're careful, you will probably be fine, but as a general rule, anything bitcoin-related (including hot wallets) are on a separate computer. I just don't need those sorts of worries. But if you are careful about file types, and download only from trusted uploaders, you should be fine.

robbyd86

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a lot of sites have a way of marking files or members that are "trusted", whether it be a skull or a crown or something. If you stick with those you should be fine. As another precaution, read the comments if there are any, usually someone will flag it.

Xiaoxiao

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Quote from: protokol on July 12, 2014, 06:28:51 PM

Avoid any sort of executable files/zip archives etc. and you should be OK. Also avoid pdfs.

One thing I would be wary of are dodgy ads/popups and Java stuff on the actual torrent site itself, basically just don't click anything and have adblock plus installed.

If you have a wallet file on the computer however, I would move it to an offline computer to be safe. I personally use paper wallets, with a small amount in a blockchain.info hot wallet with 2FA. Can't be taking any chances!

What about a pdf file that a friend (who doesn't know about computers too well) sends you over gmail? You know how u can open via gmail w/o downloading it, does it mean gmail recognize it as legit pdf and therefore ok to d/l?

BTW- what is adblock plus? that works for a program such as utorrent? or just internet browsers

protokol

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Avoid any sort of executable files/zip archives etc. and you should be OK. Also avoid pdfs.

One thing I would be wary of are dodgy ads/popups and Java stuff on the actual torrent site itself, basically just don't click anything and have adblock plus installed.

If you have a wallet file on the computer however, I would move it to an offline computer to be safe. I personally use paper wallets, with a small amount in a blockchain.info hot wallet with 2FA. Can't be taking any chances!

Xiaoxiao

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The Golden Rule Rules

Such as movies from the popular torrent sites like piratebay and others. I make sure it is only the .mp3 or .wmv etc files and no other files are downloaded.

Using a software like utorrent, is it safe to do that and also mess with bitcoin and other financial stuff? I mean i'm dearly afraid of some keylogger (as we all are). Am I being paranoid?

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