bit torrent risks

[chef]

to avoid plod ive been advised that peerguardian is a very useful tool, fortunately ive never had such a need to use such a tool

.. by tool i mean the application, i wasnt referring to Wilmslow

[Jubber]

My friend's not too worried about a visit from PC plod, but he might be bothered about an outbreak of virus type nastiness on his/her mac.

.... and has no particular aversion to being bummed to death in the shower?

[voodooflux]

A friend of mine who was also concerned about the risk of infecting his machines decided that a standalone cheapo downloader machine was the best way to acquire these types of files.

It seems he could check the files before they made their way to the main computer.

My friend says your friend is very sensible, and also suggests downloading within a Virtual PC/VMWare session.

[PRC1964]

A friend of mine who was also concerned about the risk of infecting his machines decided that a standalone cheapo downloader machine was the best way to acquire these types of files.

It seems he could check the files before they made their way to the main computer.

[voodooflux]

Unfortunately not - it seems to be about the least popular thing around at present - or so he says - so he hasn't been able to find any comments (only 2 seeds). I guess it's like what Branson said when he started Virgin Atlantic with one plane "we'll either have the best or worst safety record"

Thanks (from my friend) for the tip by the way, he hadn't thought of that.

That's OK - I'll pass your friends thanks on to my friend.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Is the torrent well seeded (i.e. popular) at the moment? A friend of mine tells me that he takes a look at the comments for the torrent on whichever index site he's using - they usually give a good indication of the reliability. He says.

Unfortunately not - it seems to be about the least popular thing around at present - or so he says - so he hasn't been able to find any comments (only 2 seeds). I guess it's like what Branson said when he started Virgin Atlantic with one plane "we'll either have the best or worst safety record"

Thanks (from my friend) for the tip by the way, he hadn't thought of that.

[voodooflux]

No - the torrent client's on a linux box and the destination of the file is a mac.

Is the torrent well seeded (i.e. popular) at the moment? A friend of mine tells me that he takes a look at the comments for the torrent on whichever index site he's using - they usually give a good indication of the reliability. He says.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Does your friend have an up-to-date virus scanner?

No - the torrent client's on a linux box and the destination of the file is a mac.

[voodooflux]

My friend's not too worried about a visit from PC plod, but he might be bothered about an outbreak of virus type nastiness on his/her mac.

Does your friend have an up-to-date virus scanner?

[Peoplesoft bloke]

My friend's not too worried about a visit from PC plod, but he might be bothered about an outbreak of virus type nastiness on his/her mac.

[Bob Dalek]

You already know the possibilities, but here they are anyway:

1. Nothing bad will happen.
2. Plod will do a dawn raid, arrest you, confiscate your PC, find Glitter-ish stuff on your HDD you never knew was there, bang you up, then you get bummed to death in the shower.
3. Something else.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Ahem, if I hypothetically had a friend (I know but just suppose) who needed to download Appleworks (there is no quick legal way to get hold of it) from a bit torrent source what is the worst that could happen (setting aside Apple gettting bent out of shape about a piece of software they don't sell or support any longer). No-one much bothers to write viruses and trojans for Mac do they? I......er I mean my friend would be installing on OS X - not sure which one till I, er I mean he, gets there.