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Comment from Manaswin on 2007-09-15

2007-09-15T17:54:06Z

Jack, Pick a hammer and destroy his computer. Simple! :)

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Comment from Jack on 2007-02-05

2007-02-06T07:59:28Z

Hi i want to destroy someones computer they have really given me a problem. They refused to pay my money. so I kindly ask you to assist me out i already have a backup of all his files as soon as he pays will return his computer normal

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Comment from ejonesss on 2006-11-02

2006-11-02T12:48:47Z

no it wont harm because the only way to get a virus us for the contents downloaded from the torrent to be packed with a virus.

torrents are not like gnutella,napster or limewire where you share directly.

a torrent you have to pack the files and assign a hash to the files .

and even if someone packs a virus it will be caught by someone and then reported to the tracker and they will remove the torrent and possibly ban the poster

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Comment from Peter Abslong on 2006-11-01

2006-11-01T19:22:28Z

The viruses/spyware myth is perpetuated by organisations who want to control what you can and can't do with your pc and everything on it.
(MPAA, RIAA and others)

If you have installed a good
- Antivirus (eg Bitdefender/kapersky)
- Firewall (not just windows xp firewall)
- Anti-spyware (eg Webroot Spysweeper)
then any potential harm is minimised.

In 10 years of downloading everything from p2p, I have had less than 5 viruses and 25 spyware. All of them detected and removed automatically within seconds my software before anything happens.

The trick is not to be stupid, read other peoples comments where possible to avoid downloading something already flagged as bad.

If retards supported and authorised by the MPAA/RIAA would stop posting fake/corrupt/spyware ridden programs on p2p then the world would be a better place. ;)

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2006-11-01

2006-11-01T16:44:23Z

I would consider it roughly equivalent. It depends somewhat on the anti-virus program's architecture and configuration. There's a theoretical hole if a virus spans two different pieces that are downloaded separately. It's a low probability to begin with, and some virus scanners may handle it anyway.

Anti-spyware scans typically kick in when (or after) you've actually run the downloaded file, so that's after the download's done regardless of how you got the file.

Firewall doesn't actually apply in this situation.

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Comment from Mary on 2006-11-01

2006-11-01T14:00:34Z

If the receiving computer has a current and active firewall, antivirus, antispyware, etc. is the risk of becoming infected greater because more pieces have to be scanned? How does this compare to scanning an entire file from a single source?

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