I have some idea on whose torrents to avoid but still if you have a good list please share.
- Pulp ( @Pulp@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English13•1 year ago
Join private trackers and you dont have to worry about this
- webghost0101 ( @webghost0101@lemmy.fmhy.ml ) English12•1 year ago
I am a simple man. I check if the fitgirl site i am on is the real one and thats about it.
For rare music files il try any torrent that promises to have what i am looking for. I have yet to actually catch sm malicious.
For games, I mostly use ova and for music, I just use a Spotify downloader or yt-dlp. For movies I do what you do lol.
- CraigeryTheKid ( @CraigeryTheKid@beehaw.org ) English6•1 year ago
On topic, can someone clarify if/why IGG is bad?
They seem to have quite the following and popular on 1337x. Not a joke/troll, genuinely curious.
- yoichi ( @yoichi@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English5•1 year ago
IGG has been known to include all kinds of weird shit with their installers
- Cevilia (she/they/…) ( @Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English5•1 year ago
From the old Megathread: “These are not recommended on this subreddit as trusted sites for various reasons, but the main reasons why igg-games is not recommended is due to their history of shady behavior”
They have put miners, keyloggers and bunch of weird shit in their installations in the past, if what I have heard is to be believed. Also them spamming multiple links of the same shit seems sketchy a.f.