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You ought to send you readers to http://www.squidoo.com/torrents/ .

Posted by: Taylor at February 20, 2006 7:38 PM

Aren't most of the BitTorrent client infected with spyware?

Posted by: Ronny at February 21, 2006 1:29 PM

"Most"? I have no idea. I do know that I downloaded my client from a reputable source, and have had zero problems.

There are definitely spyware infested clients out there, especially in some of the other peer-to-peer filesharing services, so caution is definitely appropriate. But with appropriate caution and downloading only software you trust from sources you trust, you can stay safe.

Posted by: Leo at February 21, 2006 1:33 PM

please explain about how to set up torrents so that others can download from your own files,
all the wording for how to use torrents over my head, like seeding, trackers and how to allow others to download, i have managed to download but not sure if other are able to thanks

Posted by: lorraine argyros at February 28, 2006 1:56 PM

try this has some good info on torrents
http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/prive/romeria/howto1.htm

Posted by: mush at February 28, 2006 6:24 PM

hi. what`s a peer?
i just started downloading files usin azureus but the little face is red and it says "you are not connected to any peer while downloading"
thanks

Posted by: johnny at August 30, 2006 6:34 PM

A peer is another user like yourself that is either hosting, or downloading, the same file.

Posted by: Leo Notenboom at September 7, 2006 3:34 PM

i downloaded a .torrent file but it wont work for any of my players (meaning iTunes, Windows Media Player, Quicktime, etc). What do i do?

Posted by: joey at January 22, 2008 5:05 PM

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Torrents don't play directly in players. You might want to
re-read the article, and you'll see it says "You download
the ".torrent" file, and open it in your BitTorrent client."

Thanks,

Leo

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Posted by: Leo A. Notenboom at January 24, 2008 12:30 PM

Is it a separate tool or component?, how to implement in .Net application?
Am a biginner in this topic please give some example if possible.

Posted by: Shan at March 21, 2008 9:43 PM

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