Question for the group: is it safe to use Isohunt? Let me give you some background for my question. I used to use Isohunt pretty regularly to get TV shows my wife and I missed (before we had On Demand) or to get Doctor Who episodes (as we don't get BBC America). Then a few months ago, every single time I would go to the site, I would end up with a virus on my machine. Not from a file I downloaded, but from a trojan on the site itself (I am guessing in the advertising). I mean, every single time. So I simply stopped going to the site.
Thanks to a conversation with Shag off-group, I find myself wanting to get a torrent file I used to have but apparently deleted. But obviously I am leery. At the time this started I was using McAffee Anti-Virus 2010 which was up-to-date. Now I am using Microsoft Essentials, as McAffee 2010 was just horrible. I was constantly dealing with viruses and whatnot, and it got to the point where it couldn't fix my machine anymore -- problems which Essentials fixed the first time I ran it. So, will I be safe to log on to Isohunt? Is there a safer alternative? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
