Thursday, January 31, 2013

Are programs like utorrent safe and where do i get them?

Q. I want to download the program utorrent. Is that safe for my computer or could it mess my computer up? Also, is it hard to install or is it simple?

A. uTorrent is safe as far as I know, and you can install if you wish. And torrents are NOT illegal unless of course you are distributing pirated content. A lot of legal files, like Linux distributions are distributed through torrents to reduce server slowdowns and bandwidth problems, like openSuSE or Fedora. You can find many other legitimate, safe torrents as well. To this day I have never found a fake file that may have caused trouble on my computer. Just make sure you are using torrents in the safe place. The clients themselves, like uTorrent, don't cause problems with my system at all. If you want, use trackers that are known to handle only open source or freeware files. If you want to find legal torrents, as in Creative Commans licensed material ment to be free, you can find those at sites, and also public domain torrents, that once used to be commercial, but are now for the public to use at their own will. Check out the list below:

Where does uTorrent Server save downloaded files?
Q. I just downloaded a torrent in linux through uTorrent server. How do I access the downloaded file?

A. If you are on Windows, right-click the torrent in uTorrent and select "Open Containing Folder"-this will reveal the content.

You can set the directory for downloads at Options>Preferences>Directories so you know where for the future.

Recommend a Windows BitTorrent client that will auto-start torrents dropped into a certain folder?
Q. I've seen this feature in a few Linux clients... Can anyone recommend a *Windows* based BitTorrent client that will periodically scan a certain folder for new torrent files and start downloading them if they show up?

A. Both Vuze and uTorrent will do that.

Info for Vuze (under "Best Way"):
http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/What_to_do_now

In uTorrent, at Options>Preferences>Directories - "Automatically load torrents from"
http://www.utorrent.com/faq.php#How_can_I_make_.C2.B5Torrent_auto-load_torrents_from_a_specified_folder.3F

Links to downloads and setup guides for both clients are here:
Best Free BitTorrent Client
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-bittorrent-client.htm



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