Where to get "stuff"
 

are there any sites similar to limewire or the pirate bay that wont kill my computer. Now that I know my blazing fast download sspeed I'm itching to download crap.........

There is no such thing as a safe place like that. Whatever you download, always scan for viruses (don't forget to keep up to date on the virus definitions!). What are you looking for? Music? Videos? Programs?

Ummm... videos............ahem.......

I might actually turn on my firewall if I used any of those programs... I use www.mp3search.ru if I only want one song. But it's like $1 for an album since it's already in mp3 format.

Probably not legal, but I use legalsounds.com for music (ironic isn't it?). Songs are $0.09 each, and they usually have higher quality mp3s (320). Sometimes, I'll go to esnips.com, listen to the song I want, and simply get it out of my browser cache. Probably a bit much for a non computer guy though.

For videos, I found that it wasn't worth the time. Bootlegs are low quality and half the time the movie you think you downloaded is actually a different movie renamed. I'm not even gonna suggest anything for the "other" type of videos you'd want to d/l, but there ARE places where they are free.

BTW, I renamed the thread so it looks a little better. :wink:

Hahaa now it sounds like we're asking for dealer referrals.

The Pirate bay and other torrent sites.

PM'd .. ya :]

I thought Lincpimp had all the stuff....:neutral:

torrents are DEFINITELY the way to go! i mean.... so i've heard. um... yeah. heh.

for movies, check out ipodtvnova (dot) com. you can watch them from your computer - doesn't necessarily need to be loaded to your ipod. but the crap is filtered out immediately - i've never (ahem - i mean, my FRIEND has never) downloaded anything that doesn't work. pretty low file sizes, too. and... i watched a working copy of x-men origins: wolverine 2 weeks ago!

I don't see whats wrong with thepiratebay... As was said Torrents are the ONLY way to go :)

You might want to try mininova.org for more regular stuff like tv shows and movies. Software and more piracy stuff go to piratebay.

Can't go wrong with files that have a lot of seeds and good comments, always read the comments before downloading a file. This will save you a LOT of time and viruses :)

assume any time you go to a site where its a shared download setup you there will be virus's and spayware along with what you want

a perk of using a mac. no viruses, no spyware. :na:

There are still people with hammers. :rofl:

isohunt.com is my favorite. mainly i just type AXXO or FXG those 2 groups do quality work

You probably wont find AxxO releases any more, Swedish police picked him up about 2 weeks ago..... Isohunt is great though.

Whattttttt
No way.

When did this happen!?

Any new article?

Demonoid.com is my favorite torrent site... it has very little problems with viruses, etc. because it is invitation only. check your PM box

Well you can download stuff off of youtube with special programs so there might be something that could download stuff off of other video websites...

Make sure you have an antivirus. I use antivir, which is free. It works really good for me and whenever It detects a virus it beeps and opens a window where I can deny acess, delete, etc.

Don't get a virus on that new computer!:rules:

Kaspersky, or NOD32 are probably the best.
Or AVG for detecting and getting rid of the viruses.

Vuze is a good one

mininova

Sucks about Axxo, he put out some good stuff.

Google on Operation carbonite
Seems to still be rumors that axxo is involed though so dont quote me on it.

WOW and now the pirate bay guys are going to jail in Sweden; this could get interesting

I've found more articles on how it's false, then it is true..
This is interesting...

FYI anything you type is logged, searchable/indexable by google etc and IP traceable...

Do you want this thread left?

yes.
I do

many of these websites also have legal content as well. Not only do pirates use torrent tracking websites, but those who need to distribute their own stuff(linux distros, for example) use torrents as an alternative to posting on a website and having huge amounts of bandwidth for the downloads

i found this at www.marcandangel.com