Richard asks…
What happens if you accidentally download a torrent?
Im 16 and own a macbook air. Im not so good when it comes to what is okay to click and stuff. But I got onto this website for streaming videos. I heard it was okay to stream but bad to download. I entered one of the videos and clicked play, only to have something downloaded on it. I use google chrome and knew immediately that something had been downloaded.
I was wondering if we could get rid of it totally.
Again, I use a macbook air and im not accustomed to the controls and stuff. I was trynna find the file and its just so confusing.
Will I get tracked? Im really scared.
What can I do????? I dont know what I just did and what I just got myself into.
The website is movie2k.
admin answers:
Well, first, to download a torrent you have to have a torrent client installed. So unless you first installed that, or the laptop/computer came with one pre-installed (like utorrent, for example), I don’t think you’ve actually downloaded one. Plus they’re hella complicated when you’re first learning how to do them, & take quite awhile (seeders, leechers, etc.), so if it “downloaded right away”, then it isn’t a torrent.
If you think you downloaded a regular movie file (an avi/mp4/mkv/divx/etc), then it MIGHT have been faster, but instant is pretty far fetched.
Also, those pages for instant downloading/streaming are FULL of adverts that say things like “download now”, “premium download” “ultra fast download”- there are even ones with counters & crap that are designed to look exactly like the button you need to download the movie with. Until you’re familiar with that host site, you might want to consider getting firefox, then the no script ad blocker, to take some of the confusion out for you.
Most likely, you’ve downloaded some sort of adware/malware/software/binary program. They would be a fairly quick download .
Do you recall anything saying “run” or “save”? If so, then it’s a program. You can go into “control panel” on your start menu, then choose “uninstall a program”. It will take you to a list of programs currently installed on your computer. From there, look for the column that shows the date the programs were installed on. Click the word “date installed (or something similar) at the top of the column, & it should organize the list by the dates, & you’ll see whatever was installed today. If it isn’t something you recognize downloading today, then you can choose to “uninstall”. If you’re not 100% sure what it is you might want to google the name, just to be sure it isn’t something important that your computer updated.
Once you uninstall it, it’s basically gone.
If it’s not a program & just some sort of file, it should be in whichever folder/location you saved it in. Try your “downloads” folders. Not there? Then it’s probably in one of your libraries (documents, picture, music, video). If you can’t find it, & can’t remember where you might have saved it, you can go online & try to save a photo (any photo), by right clicking & choosing “save photo”. When you click that, it will open that window again that asks you to name it & where to save it- look at the folder it’s already in, ready to save to, not one you choose- 99% of the time, that folder is the one you saved your last thing to. So for example, if you accidentally saved the file to a folder you named “monday”, when you try to save another file/photo, it’ll open up to save in that one automatically, unless you change it. You don’t actually have to save this photo, just hit cancel- the reason you did it was to find out what the last folder you saved something in was. Now you can go to that folder yourself, & look through the files, to see if this questionable file did indeed get saved to your computer.
Also, do you have a antiviral program installed? If so, you should run a scan. That way it can clean it for you- do a full system scan. This can take upwards of an hour, but you want to be safe.
If you don’t already have something like it, you might also want to try downloading Malware Bytes. Then run a scan with that- they’ll pick up on anything your anti-virus program didn’t.
If you’re still stuck, & can’t find anything, head over to a website called GeekPolice. It’s a volunteer based forum of people who will help walk you through removing any bad stuff or viruses- you’ll have to set up an account/register. Then start a thread asking for help, & explain what you explained to us here. They will assign someone to you, & that person will help you run some scans that you’ll copy & paste the results of into a forum post, which will all look like gibberish, but will actually be something the person can read & diagnose issues through.
Now… Will you get tracked?
Nah. First, they’re not out there looking for kids who accidentally downloaded a few files. They’re looking for people who are uploading, & trying to make a profit off doing so.
If you’re not sure about something, you can drop me an email & I’ll try to walk you through it. You can email me through my yahoo page.
Hope this has helped 🙂
Donna asks…
What are some websites I can use to download torrents using uTorrent?
Besides Piratebay.org and isohunt. I’m looking for the movie Eight Below so I can put it on my Zune and I can’t find it.
admin answers:
The best website for torrents is www.torrentz.com. It searches every site that has what ever you were searching. It is also the safest. I use it everyday. Hope this helps (of course it will)!
Donald asks…
How and were could you download all the sims 2 expansion packs for free?
plz help me i want to download the expansion packs of the sims 2 for free. Tell me the name of the website and what i have to and also if it safe
steps of what i have to do
admin answers:
Ok I tell you where to download for free,but you must have a virus Protector.
Here the link http://www.torrentz.com/search?q=the+sims+2
you can find and download from there. And to download a torrent you need utorrent download utorrent first
http://www.utorrent.com/
Trust me I download all the time from that site you can download Music movies software other computer games play station game xbox games psp games. So ya it is a cool site
AND WHO CARES IF IT SI ILLEGAL IT ISN’T LIKE THEY GONNA FIND YOU AND IT ISN’T LIKE THERE IS ONLY 7 PEOPLE WHO DO THAT 100 OF MILLION PEOPLE DOWNLOAD.
THANKS HOPE i HELPED.
Susan asks…
Whats a good music download program other than limewire?
I got limewire, and it gave me viruses, whats a good place to download free music like limewire?
admin answers:
There are quite a number of site able to help you to do so.. Like limewire and bearshare, which is free but it is illegal and lot of virus on the song downloaded, which will crash your system easily.
As for some membership site, i.e. Mp3 rockets, which is only exclusive to member only, which is definitely the choice you will want to consider. They allow you to download unlimited mp3 music, video and movie. It is safe and they also provide 24x 7 hours support to member.
Get a review for mp3 rockets, Klite, limewire and more before you make your choice.
Http://musictoolreview.com/mp3-download/
Maria asks…
Does anyone know if the website ‘btjunkie’ is safe for downloading movies?
I just need to know if its safe and OK for downloading movies? I am in the uk and none of the other suggested sites seem to be available in the uk. Any advice re: sites to download or simply watch movies would be greatly appreciated.
admin answers:
I’ve downloaded lots of movies from btjunkie and never had any problems with any of them.you can usually read comments to find out what type of quality the movie is before you download it.great site in my opinion
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