Privacy has always been a major concern for BitTorrent users and there are only a few ways to remain anonymous. By using a secure connection, as the new TorrentPrivacy tool offers, you can bypass almost every firewall or traffic shaping application, while making sure that nobody can see what you're downloading.
… BitTorrent, but one day in September is extra special. Avast mateys, today is Talk Like a Pirate Day so wear your eye patches and Arrr …
… confusion, developer 0verflow are reporting that users of Avast! anti-virus software receive a false-positive warning (Win32: Trojan-gen) …
… Have a look round, you might like to offer more; Avast! That still leaves a 142,000 kronor tax debt, so who knows what the …
… until needed. Update: Users of the anti-virus program Avast report that TPB has been blacklisted as a malicious site after the site …
… and we hope they will be able to be heard there. Avast …
… wrong with uTorrent. The application somehow got listed in Avast‘s list of trojans, resulting in a false positive. uTorrent 1.7.7 was … It didn’t take long before the issue was reported to Avast, and after approximately 5 hours the problem was fixed. Earlier this …
Arrrrr! There are rumours that the Swedish government was indirectly acting on behalf of the U.S. MPAA in shutting down the site. Do you feel that your government is beholden to U.S. interests? Oh, the MPAA said so themselves in a press release …
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Left Quote“The Pirate Bay has been one of the most important movements in Sweden for freedom of speech, working against corruption and censorship.
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