Using torrents

Hey,

Here's a post for all you torrent users. Torrents are files you download from a torrent client; Limewire, Frostwire, Ares, Bearshare, BitTorrent, BitCommet etc, these files are downloaded illegally and you can be charged for downloading them and re-uploading them, yup, you can. You can spend jail-time and hefty fines. You can also throw you're computer down the shitter using torrents, anything you get for free online that you'd normally pay upwards of $20CA for in-store and legally you're going to have a huge chance of getting ripped off or a virus, both are very bad.

I personally don't do illegal downloads for the reason I don't have the money or the time to give-up for being charged, for you people that do here's a guide how to stay safe as possible with torrents:

- Download Avast! Free Edition (Full time protection covering you're whole computers including IM)
- Download torrent client of your choice, the most recent version
- Install the anti-virus first and then install you're torrent client
- After that, re-start you're computer
- Start downloading but don't download anything that doesn't fit file size, below are the average size for each file & make sure that you NEVER shut off your virus protection or leave the client open during the day when you're not using it.

Music: 3-5MB (3,500KB-5,500KB)
Vidoes: 100-700MB (1,000KB-7,000KB)

This should help you, there are files in the client systems that have some "inapropriate" content and ID3 Tags, ignore them, they ARE viruses!

After you're done your download, shut-off the client and run a scan.