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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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Typically what I do is if I'm not sure and it's the only source that might legitimately have what I'm looking for, I quickly back my system up, download the file and install in hopes it's the legitimate file that I've been lookin for. If it ends up being a Virus, I'll quickly unplug my external HDD's USB (better safe than sorry) then run a system restore
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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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![]() in a matter of time ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,151 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 191,357 ![]() |
I would just check the comments of the torrent to see if it's safe. So far I've never gotten a virus from a torrent.
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Its not a site that has a ton of torrent links.
Its a comany and under the options to download there product you can choose a torrent. Well i downloaded it and it came up spotless on avg. Is there a possibility its hiding? |
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![]() in a matter of time ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,151 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 191,357 ![]() |
'kay, chances are, if the company itself is giving you a link to download the torrent, then it's fine. You're essentially downloading a file so when you're done, you'll just have a file. You won't have set up a connection with the site or any nonsense like that. So no, you won't get a virus even if the site gets hacked or anything else you can imagine.
There MIGHT be a possibility that it's "hiding" but again, if you're downloading from the company itself, STOP WORRYING. You are such a girl. ![]() |
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haha, I just didnt know how it works! haha.
Your such a girl too ![]() |
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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. 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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as long as you download it off of opensuse.org it should be safe. if not, sue! :]
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^ Sue, brian? lol. i bet a lot of people would have already done that.
& i agree with gigi on reading the comments on torrent sites. you can always google search a review on a torrent site to see if it's reliable or not. |
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