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Old 08-15-2010, 06:19 PM     Post subject: downloading stuff? #1 (permalink)  
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so whats the best way to download stuff, ive been using torrents still through utorrent. is there any safer/better way?
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Old 08-15-2010, 06:34 PM #2 (permalink)  
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so whats the best way to download stuff, ive been using torrents still through utorrent. is there any safer/better way?
same here, but a private server is better or even a private torrent site.
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Also download and use a program called PeerBlock. It keeps a blacklist of IPs that supposedly belong to anti-P2P groups and doesn't allow a connection so that you don't upload anything to them.
 
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Old 08-15-2010, 06:52 PM #5 (permalink)  
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Also download and use a program called PeerBlock. It keeps a blacklist of IPs that supposedly belong to anti-P2P groups and doesn't allow a connection so that you don't upload anything to them.
I've heard of it, but never used it. Guess I might as well start using it now!
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Old 08-15-2010, 07:02 PM #6 (permalink)  
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I use emule, torrents are a lot easier and you seem to find stuff easier. Are there any sites now to get torrents?
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I use emule, torrents are a lot easier and you seem to find stuff easier. Are there any sites now to get torrents?
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Old 08-15-2010, 07:06 PM #8 (permalink)  
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Is PeerBlock easier to use than PeerGuardian was back in the day?

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PeerBlock is a fork of PeerGuardian, the same but still actively developed.
 
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