(Jan 18, 2014 06:30 AM)Αidan Wrote:  uTorrent is trustworthy, but what you download may or may not be trustworthy. Just be careful when downloading torrents off the internet.

• I'd like to inform you of the risks of such actions and choices. Although there are legal torrents, more often than not P2P programs are used for illegal downloads and often times have very high risks.
  • A very large portion of common infections are spread through the downloading of torrents or other illegally downloaded digital items.
    
  
  
  • Although the P2P programs are not directly responsible for any of the infections, we highly recommend your remove them or use them very carefully.
    
    With that being said I'd like to point you to two articles that discuss the risks of P2P or file-sharing technologies in more detail, in which I hope you take the time to review before making the decision to keep or uninstall the P2P software from your machine.
    
    1. P2P file sharing: Know the risks (From Microsoft)
       
    
    
    2. Risks of File-Sharing Technology (From US Computer Emergency Readiness Team or US-CERT for short)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  
  WARNING: Illegal Downloads & Software
  • It is also one of the most common ways for malware to spread and infect machines. Key/serial generators or cracks are some of the most common items to have malicious software embedded into them, as they often pop false positives even if they have no malicious intent or items. So when they do come up as infected, they are often ignored or allowed anyway. To find out more, you can review the following links for more specific details:
    • Using pirated software? Swashbuckling with risk!
      
    
    
    • Net providers begin warning of illegal downloads
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

(Jan 18, 2014 06:34 AM)Gasp Wrote:  I was just wondering. I've used it before on my old computer but it never bought any issues although my brother seems to have convinced himself that its malicious.

Thanks for the replies.

(Jan 18, 2014 06:55 AM)Corso Wrote:  This exactly. A lot of torrents are packaged with viruses, however the uTorrent program itself is safe and legitimate.

WARNING: Person-To-Person Programs

• I'd like to inform you of the risks of such actions and choices. Although there are legal torrents, more often than not P2P programs are used for illegal downloads and often times have very high risks.
  • A very large portion of common infections are spread through the downloading of torrents or other illegally downloaded digital items.
    
  
  
  • Although the P2P programs are not directly responsible for any of the infections, we highly recommend your remove them or use them very carefully.
    
    With that being said I'd like to point you to two articles that discuss the risks of P2P or file-sharing technologies in more detail, in which I hope you take the time to review before making the decision to keep or uninstall the P2P software from your machine.
    
    1. P2P file sharing: Know the risks (From Microsoft)
       
    
    
    2. Risks of File-Sharing Technology (From US Computer Emergency Readiness Team or US-CERT for short)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  
  WARNING: Illegal Downloads & Software
  • It is also one of the most common ways for malware to spread and infect machines. Key/serial generators or cracks are some of the most common items to have malicious software embedded into them, as they often pop false positives even if they have no malicious intent or items. So when they do come up as infected, they are often ignored or allowed anyway. To find out more, you can review the following links for more specific details:
    • Using pirated software? Swashbuckling with risk!
      
    
    
    • Net providers begin warning of illegal downloads
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

(Jan 18, 2014 07:49 AM)KingOfHunt3rs Wrote:  This is the best answer you'll get.
Think if it's really worth to use uTorrent before starting a download.

(Jan 18, 2014 10:12 AM)Aurа Wrote:  As Corso says, uTorrent is a trustable torrent client. The only danger using it, is the torrents you download. So if you use your brain and Common Sense 2k14, you won't get infected when download torrents.