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TorrentSpam: Report Fake and Malware Ridden Torrents

Postby LANjackal » Sun Aug 05, 2007 4:49 am

Story : http://torrentfreak.com/torrentspam-report-fake-and-malware-ridden-torrents/

The popularity of BitTorrent also has its downsides. Over the past months we reported about fake torrents, torrents that force you to download malware, and torrents that spy on your download behavior. TorrentSpam is a new service that allows you to report such scams, and clean up BitTorrent sites, bit by bit.
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Re: TorrentSpam: Report Fake and Malware Ridden Torrents

Postby Toasty » Sun Aug 05, 2007 4:05 pm

It's a neat idea, but I can see it being abused my various unscrupulous individuals. *Cough*MPAA*cough*...
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