Comments on: uTorrent and WinZip New Targets of BitTorrent Malware https://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/ Breaking File-sharing, Copyright and Privacy News Wed, 29 Oct 2014 02:35:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 By: an anonymous person /utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/#comment-765701 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 09:45:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/#comment-765701 Too bad we can’t… you know… hack into Wakenet’s wonderful websites and change all their download links to legitimate programs. ;) Too bad I’m not that clever.

How do so many rip off sites stay on the web? For instance, go to http://www.spybotsearchanddestroy.com I typed it into my address bar looking for the real Spybot program (which is legit) but the web site redirected to http://www.spy-bot.com, a really spiffy-looking site that offers a download for Antispyware 2010 (Now 2011). I downloaded it and, even though it didn’t do anything harmful, it found no errors and asked me to “register” the program to fix it. The registration page is vague and no doubt, leads to a page where you have to pay. Suspicious, I did some research, removed the program, and downloaded the REAL Spybot: Search and Destroy.

Really, these crap sites are all over… and considering so many people write about them, you’d wonder why no one has ever tried to take action to remove the sites. Isn’t there a law against fraud?

(Hey, Swedish law is good with companies such as ThePirateBay, but Sweden has to do something about Wakenet. Thanks Jalla for Johan Anders Christian Wennberg’s info. He deserves a good many complaint emails about his evil company.)

]]> By: kiko /utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/#comment-523469 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:57:51 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/#comment-523469 use BitChe – check seeders and leechers – low stats= crap ( usually – not always on off the wall stuff) – allows login to private trackers as well ( demonoid is open right now)…then Utorrent – preview files….good about 97.5% of the time

]]> By: The Movie Post » Blog Archive » BitTorrent Rip Off Sites, and How to Avoid Them /utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/#comment-473442 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:10:35 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/#comment-473442 [...] to find out that they require a special media player to play it, or others, which are bundled with malware to infect their PC when they install [...]

]]> By: Dramacydal /utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/#comment-457481 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:59:19 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/#comment-457481 hi, AM a noob at the torrent thing,am using utorrent, i download a movie hancock and it dosent play (use vlc player)its say rar file,
plz help some one. dont no how 2 decompress files, nothing,
can some1 help step by stef plzzz

send me at player384@hotmail.com
ty :)

]]> By: these bozos /utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/#comment-457070 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:01:32 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/#comment-457070 I am an owner of a well known torrent site that has been around for 5+ years now. C4DL Media contacted me to try to get me to show banner ads for their torrent client, and media player on my site. I would of course never do this as we don’t do ads, especially with crooks like this bunch, but watch out as the new crop of untrustworthy and greedy torrent site owners may take up their offers, at their members expense.

]]> By: Controlfreq /utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/#comment-349055 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:37:20 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/#comment-349055 I have just been introduced to the torrent phenominom about 3 days ago..i have been learning as i go, but i am in fear of getting my comp messed up. I continuisly read threads to get my knowledge up. From what i have learned is the aXXo has some good movies, so what i did was use mininova and used his name in the user search. so now i only download from his torrents. Is what im doing stupid, or over cautios??

]]> By: Chandler /utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/#comment-314860 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:29:20 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/#comment-314860 basically every fuckin’ dl of Never Back Down is this bullshit… anyone got a clean dl?

]]> By: BitTorrent Rip Off Sites, and How to Avoid Them | Bittorrent News /utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/#comment-311449 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:54:54 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/#comment-311449 [...] to find out that they require a special media player to play it, or others, which are bundled with malware to infect their PC when they install [...]

]]> By: Новый обман пользователей BitTorrent - как этого избежать « Ktulkhu’s Weblog /utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/#comment-307233 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:06:12 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/#comment-307233 [...] якобы. увеличивающих скорость закачки, но на деле заражающих компьютер пользователя [...]

]]> By: BitTorrent Rip Off Sites, and How to Avoid Them at IDTorrent Blog /utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/#comment-303990 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:48:16 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-and-winzip-new-targets-of-bittorrent-malware/#comment-303990 [...] to find out that they require a special media player to play it, or others, which are bundled with malware to infect their PC when they install [...]

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