Get into Private BitTorrent Sites with Tracker Checker 2

Written by enigmax on July 25, 2007 

Constantly checking private trackers for open signups can be a drawn out task. Some open only briefly and by the time one gets a tipoff, all the places have gone and registrations are closed again. Tracker Checker 2 automatically checks chosen sites for open signups, getting you into those elusive private sites with a minimum of effort.

The Tracker Checker 2 installer is small at just under 130kb. Needing the .NET framework to run, it installs pain-free in seconds and with a click of the shortcut, it’s ready to find those elusive no-invitation-required open signups on private trackers.

The software has a clear interface and comes with around 20 trackers pre-configured and ready to check. It can sit in your system tray silently checking for open signups and alerting you when they become available.

As you can see from the screenshot below, several sites are open for registration.

Tracker Checker 2

By simply clicking on the site in the list you wish to signup to, followed by the globe icon, an instance of your web browser is launched and you are taken directly to the new account page and you are ready to signup.

Although it’ll take some time to exhaust the content available on the pre-configured trackers, it’s inevitable that at some point you’ll wish to add new sites for the software to check and fortunately, this is fairly straightforward. Clicking the ‘Add’ icon brings up a box where one can enter various details;

Tracker Checker2b

Simply enter the tracker name for reference, followed by the site’s signup URL (commonly http://www.sitename.com/signup.php) followed by a text search string. On certain sites where one signs up to a forum, ‘Desired Username’ appears on the page when signups are open, so entering this into the ‘Find String’ box produces the desired results when the ‘Positive’ match button is clicked.

If for example the signup page currently says “signups are closed’, by entering this same text into the ‘Find String’ section but selecting ‘Negative’ match, you will notified when this text does not appear - i.e when signups are open.

By using a modified trackers.xml such as that created by PyroniC, the number of trackers that can be checked is increased to around 70.

The public preview of Tracker Checker 2 is available for free download from stamcar.com (backup here). Don’t forget to leave some feedback for the author.

If any reader knows the signup urls for any usually closed sites, why not post them in the comments? I’m sure that the trackers.xml file can grow much bigger……

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33 Responses

1 Jul 25, 2007 at 15:41 by n33raj

thanks TF>
it sounds like a very nice idea for software, definately going to be downloaded by a lot of people
thanks for the coverage

x

2 Jul 25, 2007 at 16:34 by chobits

does it work with torrentbytes.net?

i once had an account with them, back when i was a noob and just leeched like a bitch, and got kicked for bad ratio….. but i have learnt the error of my ways and that was a long time ago. b4 i learnt p2p etiquette. can anyone help?

3 Jul 25, 2007 at 17:20 by Marko

Update: 25. 7. 2007 at 18:11 (Important trackers.xml compatibility fix!)

4 Jul 25, 2007 at 17:31 by geysergeezer

I don’t know if I like this though. More exposure means more…

5 Jul 25, 2007 at 17:48 by Richie

You’re an idiot geysergeezer. BitTorrent can’t get any more exposed than it already is.

6 Jul 25, 2007 at 18:40 by Axel

This is perfect.. for the antipiracy organisations. Really nice with all the crap bottraffic to the trackers. Why do you even promote programs like this here? (Richie, use your brain)

7 Jul 25, 2007 at 20:42 by Marko

Since I know TBsource quite well, I can assure you that checking signup.php every now and then, even by - let’s say - 1000 users - doesn’t stress the server nearly as much as the announce script. Also, most so-called private trackers open registrations from time to time, have ads on their websites and accept “donations” via PayPal - wouldn’t you say that’s quite a lot of exposure for a “private” community?

8 Jul 25, 2007 at 21:14 by Marko

But it might be better, all things considered, not to include a populated tracker list with the program. There are forums and blogs where you can get it, so no worries there ;-)

9 Jul 25, 2007 at 21:46 by Agent Smith, FBI

Thanks TorrentFreak! Now we can get into private sites, and launch a small DDOS on them at the same time!

10 Jul 25, 2007 at 21:47 by Mariquita

is there a mac version of this?

11 Jul 25, 2007 at 22:05 by Marko

The tracker list is no longer bundled with the program.

12 Jul 25, 2007 at 23:03 by Matt

Yeah this is not cool at all. There’s a reason private trackers are private or invite only. If you know about a private tracker and want in you had better cozy up to some one who’s already a member.

13 Jul 25, 2007 at 23:19 by John

chobits, don’t worry about torrentbytes. They suck nowadays. I’ve just erased my bookmark and will let my account die. Torrentleech FTW!

14 Jul 25, 2007 at 23:56 by catkiller

Try this instead - http://www.btracs.com

15 Jul 26, 2007 at 04:09 by c

thanks catkiller - I like that better

16 Jul 26, 2007 at 05:57 by low_dirt

nice *_*

getting a few false positives though…

tweak the .xml maybe?

17 Jul 26, 2007 at 13:44 by Marko

catkiller: That’s a totally different thing - many trackers only open registrations for a minute or so (when an unused / leecher account gets pruned) - how are you going to monitor that with a website remains a mystery…

18 Jul 26, 2007 at 17:55 by Pax

[quote comment="137224"]does it work with torrentbytes.net?

i once had an account with them, back when i was a noob and just leeched like a bitch, and got kicked for bad ratio….. but i have learnt the error of my ways and that was a long time ago. b4 i learnt p2p etiquette. can anyone help?[/quote]

Haha and now that you’re not a noob you want to get a new accout this way?! Head on, that’s really p2p etiquette!! I whish I could invite you now that you’re fully learned..

19 Jul 26, 2007 at 18:25 by Johan

1. Chobits is a lame show
2. The Scene does not appreciate public OR private trackers!
3. I’ve been using Tracker Checker 1, why should I update? What’s the difference?

20 Jul 26, 2007 at 20:33 by Marko

3. Many things. It doesn’t cost you a dime to try it :-P

21 Jul 26, 2007 at 21:52 by gamehack

Just to let everyone know that there is a mac version and it’s going to get released in the next few days… Stay tuned!

22 Jul 26, 2007 at 22:20 by Marko

You can use Tracker Checker 2 on Linux/MacOSX with this: http://www.mono-project.com/

23 Jul 27, 2007 at 01:33 by catkiller

@ Marko I am assuming they use software similar to Tracker Checker to verify open registrations. I know they update the site list every 10 minutes, so chances are good a site is still open. I have registered with several sites this way.
How often is Tracker Checker updating the site list? Although I’m sure it doesnt use many resources, I prefer to have as little running as possible.

24 Jul 27, 2007 at 04:54 by Jimi J.

Thanks T.F. for the most thoughtful and wonderful app. Downloading now.

25 Jul 28, 2007 at 17:13 by system

I occasionally drop a few signup IPs into the firewall just because the hundreds of signup attempts in the logs are extremely annoying when trying to find other things.

We’ve been on the list for a long time, and not once in that time have we opened signups. We have no plans to open signups, ever.

We’re a small tracker and sometimes see signup attempts running at 5 times the amount of hits from legitimate traffic.

I also know tbsource pretty well, and pushing a decade of php experience. Hitting signup may be lighter than the announce, but it is not cost free. Simply connecting to the database without issuing queries has an overhead. The time taken to connect is almost the same as the time taken to connect and run a couple of simple queries.

TBSource also requires the inclusion of 2 large files to do pretty much anything. Not the fault of this program, but a relevant consideration.

Pointless hits can also tie up valuable mysql connections (which are limited) on larger sites, as well as reducing the time between apache child/fcgi reloads (which consume more processor time).

26 Jul 29, 2007 at 04:14 by Daiwana

Anyone got invite to oink? :)
send it to Daiwana@hotmail.com

27 Jul 29, 2007 at 16:41 by dan

i hear they are planning to put an rss feed on http://www.btracs.com this is gonna be great!

28 Jul 29, 2007 at 17:38 by ST

my PeerGuardian 2 blocks my access……so NO

29 Jul 30, 2007 at 18:55 by ural

[quote comment="137728"]You can use Tracker Checker 2 on Linux/MacOSX with this: http://www.mono-project.com//quote
Thanks

30 Aug 01, 2007 at 19:56 by Marko

The tracker list is once again bundled with the software: http://www.stamcar.com/datoteke/TrackerChecker202ainst.exe

31 Aug 02, 2007 at 01:59 by wcnlbjm jrckfx

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32 Aug 19, 2007 at 18:47 by me

Hi,

I have invites for:

araditracker
demonoid

email me at rearguardhelp@gmail.com and i’ll send them to you

33 Jan 25, 2009 at 05:21 by Korean

Oops!! Any URL site does not open in the i.e, do you know http://www.waffles.fmsite?? I would like to signup that sites but I don't know how to sign up that sites. Please teach to me how can I use it well.

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