is there a possibility that the use of torrents may cause computer problems?
550859
possibly.. they may tend to use up your cpu once in awhile, evidently leading to crashes.. so far, i've got no problems with my torrent program but the thing that i often use to download files more quicker would be this p2p network, "limewire." it's really good.. you oughta try it for your self. i had the pro version. and dang does it work wonders not only in terms of fast searches but in superb sources...
848940
i have the same problem and it seems that seeders after finishing downloading remover the file from  u torrent
1010104
yeah, you can download games/files/songs/videos, etc.  and I'm sure some of them will have viruses.  But they're free!
502663
It is extremely difficult for anyone to know what you have downloaded, as the torrents are sent in encrypted bits (thus, bittorent).  Rather than downloading a file from one individual person, you are downloading bits of the file from numerous people who have the file.  As you are collecting enough pieces for the program to put the file together, you are also sharing bits with other users.\n\nIt is the safest method of downloading music, movies, and programs available.\n\nThere is a potential for someone to be sending a file with a virus.  Because of this, it is important to run a virus scan on any files downloaded.  I have never found an infected file, and have downloaded numerous files.  All legal, but of course!
293468
No. If you had a network set up and used something like Norton Ghost you could do that. But a bad virus would wipe the hard drive including the images.
1066155
Use uTorrent instead of Bittorrent and make sure the health of the torrent is good. I mean there should be a good number of seeders and peers... and also limit the download and upload to unlimited (default value will be '0').
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Yes, if u r writing at 52x or lower. A higher speed can cause errors on your disc, and ur windows may hang or can crash too. Its better not 2 make ur computer do multiple tasking during CD-burning as it slows down the burning and as well as the application u r working on. And specially, avoid surfing the net at that time because too much download puts pressure on ur pc, and it can hang. Its happened 2 me lots of times, so I dont mail or surf when I'm writing onto my CD.
825066
Yes, unless you have a good antivirus program installed.\nHere you have some free antivirus programs:\nhttp://askcomputerexpert.ws43.com/download/
16838
A torrent is like an AVI file, only much much larger, and it takes a MUCH longer time to download. (2-3 days etc) Even with a DSL computer. Torrents are mainly used for downloading movies and TV episodes, and a BiTorrent program is required to view it. (It's kinda like P2P)
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go to http://bitspyder.net but make sure you are firewalled and antivirused first! Fantastic and fun site! You have to have a torrent client and you have to register but it's free. There is really alot there for all kinds of computer stuff you can download.
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If you have a router, make sure port numbers are mapped correctly. I use uTorrent and never had any problems.
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I use it sometimes.  For Large files I use a bittorrent application such as torrent spy or piratebay.org
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Some certainly do.  Some viruses are intended to "take over" your machine and use it to do things like Denial of Service Attacks: basically every infected machine starts sending bogus queries to a targeted machine at the same time.  Other viruses open up your computer for the virus writer or those who know how the virus works to snoop around on your computer.  Others just try to spread themselves using your internet connection.\n\nAny of the above will use some of your bandwidth.  Most of them not a lot.  If you're experiencing slow connections, the culprit is most likely something else.  There are traffic monitoring applications that can tell you how much data is going in and out over your connection.  If data is being sent or recieved when you're not doing anything, then start to pay more attention.\n\nGood luck.
258359
You should see if you can find another torrent file just like it. That file might be corrupted, or not working properly. Email me at crazy4kawasaki@yahoo.com Good luck.
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I would run my system tools - ScanDisk, Disk Cleanup, and Defragging.\nAlso, you may have a browser conflict and Hijack This might help resolve this.\nYou said it often happens when you are watching movies. I think this is common when watching video files as the bytes are received in packets and even with ADSL, the videos are erratic.\nGood Luck
30631
Ever try torrents?\nNo spyware
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- If you're already downloading music from sources such as LimeWire or Morpheus, you're already being 'illegal' (ie. distributing copyrighted material)\n\n- 'www.torrentreactor.net' is not a program, just a site with 'torrent links'. No, the site itself doesn't contain any viruses (but surely 'ad-cookies', etc.) On the other hand, some of the downloads you might make through it, might do, as they're not 'creations' of the site itself.\n\nPS. Any of the 'free download programs' you use, might give you a hard time. There are programs like KaZaA, which are bad for your PC right from the beginning (they bomb it with spyware/adware). But even for the programs that don't (ex. LimeWire, or most torrent-clients), there's a high chance of you downloading a file that another user has 'infected' with a virus.