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Re: Don't visit ISOHunt using IE...

They're hosting the Media-Motor parasite, which is
associated with CDT/180 Solutions. There's a write-up
on their shady install practices just posted by Eric Howes
in the Security Forum. I found this SpywareInfo thread on
Media-Motor, in case anyone visits isoHunt and gets infected:

»forums.spywareinfo.com/lofiversi···736.html

I did not get infected by Media-Motor, nor Cydoor, which
is apparently being bundled with the torrent files and CD
covers from the site. Both the cjt1.net and media-motor
domains are in the MVPS hosts file, which I use. But there
were calls to them in my ad blocker's HTTP headers.

This is all the more reason to avoid them.
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"Kayura or Badamon, whichever you are, you should know that I will never give up this battle. By the will of the Ancient, I shall succeed!" - Shuten (Anubis) from the Ronin Warriors.To RIAA/MPAA - You can sue but you can't catch everyone!
IH1

join:2003-07-11
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Re: Don't visit ISOHunt using IE...

We don't allow installers and/or spyware in ads, but I have a hard time tracking from where do they originate. I've received many reports on Media Motor installers, but I've never seen them first hand. If possible, I'll have them removed from the ad networks. But then, if you care enough about spyware, why are you still using IE when there's Firefox and Opera?

As to other comments on which torrent site/search engine is best, isoHunt currently indexes close 160,000 active torrents with 100 TB worth of files inside. I honestly don't see any other site with this amount of resource. Also we've just moved our servers to a new host with upgraded hardware, so it's faster than ever. I'm still tuning the database which have periodic lockup issues, but otherwise it's fast. Faster than Google actually

Also if you are interested, here's my interview with Slyck:
»www.slyck.com/news.php?story=679
Talks about legal issues and using Google for torrents.

As for Torrentbox, I'll do my best in enhancing it with isoHunt features and integrating the 2 communities.

Cheers
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isoHunt - IRC and BitTorrent search engine
IH1

join:2003-07-11
463d5

Re: Don't visit ISOHunt using IE...

Just an update, the source of the spyware in ads was found and been removed.
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