Torrent files are small files that contain information on how to download a larger file using BitTorrent protocol. The protocol, unlike HTTP/HTTPS, needs a torrent client for downloading the client.

The large majority of content found on BitTorrent is illegal, a new study out of the University of Ballarat in Australia has confirmed. Researchers from the university’s Internet Commerce Security ...

What is torrenting, and is it safe? Is it legal to torrent, and if not, what happens if you get caught? Here’s everything you need to know to before you start downloading torrents. Torrenting is a ...

One of the biggest potential drawbacks to file sharing is the potential for downloading a hidden virus or malware. Of the top two torrent sites, The Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents, is one safer than ...

The Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents are the two top file-sharing services in the world. Which one is safer to download from, and how can file sharers protect themselves from potentially downloading ...

Be careful with what you torrent. A new tool on the black market is helping hackers distribute malware through torrent files in exchange for a fee. On Tuesday, security researchers at InfoArmor said ...

Torrent sharing is a popular peer-to-peer file-sharing method used mainly to download files like music, movie, etc., from the internet. Basically, the user installs a BitTorrent client like uTorrent ...

BitTorrent today launched a new BitTorrent client: uTorrent Web. Not to be confused with uTorrent (stylized as µTorrent), and despite what its name might suggest, you still have to download and ...

Let’s say there’s a torrent online you would like to view. After all, torrents themselves are perfectly legal. Instead of downloading the torrent, paste the link to the torrent in Joker.org and watch ...

October 16, 2012 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google These are dark days for BitTorrent. Using it leaves you open to fake torrents, viruses, an ISP that throttles ...

The Pirate Bay is moving to magnet links today, no longer hosting torrent files for downloads with more than ten peers. The Pirate Bay is moving to magnet links today, no longer hosting torrent files ...

The PIrate Bay has made magnet links the default method of grabbing torrents, with plans to remove the links to torrent files this time next month. The PIrate Bay has made magnet links the default ...