Get into Private BitTorrent Sites with Tracker Checker 2
Written by enigmax on July 25, 2007Constantly 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.
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;
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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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
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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?
Update: 25. 7. 2007 at 18:11 (Important trackers.xml compatibility fix!)
I don’t know if I like this though. More exposure means more…
You’re an idiot geysergeezer. BitTorrent can’t get any more exposed than it already is.
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)
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?
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 ;-)
Thanks TorrentFreak! Now we can get into private sites, and launch a small DDOS on them at the same time!
is there a mac version of this?
The tracker list is no longer bundled with the program.
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.
chobits, don’t worry about torrentbytes. They suck nowadays. I’ve just erased my bookmark and will let my account die. Torrentleech FTW!
Try this instead - http://www.btracs.com
thanks catkiller - I like that better
nice *_*
getting a few false positives though…
tweak the .xml maybe?
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…
[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..
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?
3. Many things. It doesn’t cost you a dime to try it :-P
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!
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