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Title: Why BitTorrent Sites Are a Malware Cesspool
Post by: HCK on July 21, 2017, 04:05:11 pm
Why BitTorrent Sites Are a Malware Cesspool

BitTorrent is synonymous with "illegal" and "dangerous" for many people, yet it is a great system for sharing files, syncing files, and messaging; in fact, I use it myself every day. Still, BitTorrent sites in general have a bad rap, but why is that? One word: Malware. When software is downloaded from a BitTorrent website, typically said software is a paid product that […]

Source: Why BitTorrent Sites Are a Malware Cesspool (https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/why-bittorrent-sites-are-a-malware-cesspool/)