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 Apr 23 2009, 09:17 PM
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I understand how it works, but I would never download anything unless I knew for sure that it didnt have viruses.
I saw torrent links for linux distros but didnt understand what it meant, so I tried it and its a ton faster! Can I still get a virus even though I trust the site?! Like can the connection be altered. O and are some torrent client things faster then others? Im just using the one built into opera. |
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Apr 23 2009, 09:36 PM
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But i mean is it possible to get a virus if im downloading
A distro? Cause I obviously trust opensuse and they want there files to be clean but is it a possibility that Ill get a virus by downloading it? And ill scan it with avg. |
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Apr 23 2009, 10:50 PM
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QUOTE(jcp @ Apr 23 2009, 10:36 PM)  But i mean is it possible to get a virus if im downloading A distro? Cause I obviously trust opensuse and they want there files to be clean but is it a possibility that Ill get a virus by downloading it? And ill scan it with avg. A distro.. or the file itself being an .ISO is nothing more but .RAR or .ZIP. So... someone could easily zip a distro or operating system and riddle it with viruses, malware, trojans, etc.. The phony Windows 7 have a file called, "WINDOWS.exe"... Ya that's a virus that will be installed as a normal update before you even log into Windows 7 for the first time. |
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jcp Torrents? Apr 23 2009, 09:17 PM
illriginal Typically what I do is if I'm not sure and it... Apr 23 2009, 09:34 PM Gigi I would just check the comments of the torrent to ... Apr 23 2009, 09:47 PM jcp Its not a site that has a ton of torrent links.
It... Apr 23 2009, 09:50 PM Gigi 'kay, chances are, if the company itself is gi... Apr 23 2009, 09:52 PM jcp haha, I just didnt know how it works! haha.
Y... Apr 23 2009, 10:29 PM
mipadi QUOTE(jcp @ Apr 23 2009, 11:29 PM) Your s... Apr 23 2009, 10:38 PM six as long as you download it off of opensuse.org it ... Apr 24 2009, 12:06 AM Beenly ^ Sue, brian? lol. i bet a lot of people would hav... May 2 2009, 06:19 PM |
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