Thread: Mass BitTorrent Lawsuits Now Target Private Trackers

Originally Posted by pedrolefty

everyone should always be careful when they download something its a risk we all take

Nah. PeerBlock, yo. They can't touch you.

Originally Posted by Flagg

This is why even on private trackers I use a huge ipfilter.dat blocklist with my uTorrent.

There are many sources for the file, but I prefer the highly paranoid one - 'emule pawcio ipfilter' from sourceforge. Just google 'emule pawcio ipfilter' to find it. His file is huge, and blocks all the MPAA/RIAA/etc networks, plus a whole host of other networks known to be a source of problems and or trouble. Compare the 18 meg ipfiter.dat from him to the other ~3 meg files that block far fewer networks and you'll understand why I use it. I know it works, and I have even helped friends who were getting letters on public sites install it and they never received another notice again.

Nothing is perfect as any security person knows, but I won't torrent without that file plugged in to uTorrent.

I hope this doesn't set a trend of going after private sites. Wow.

I am new to these kind of stuff,so I need a little help.
I got scared after reading all these.So I have added the ipfiter.dat to utorrent and it's working as far as I can tell.But is there a way to update that list through an application or do I have to download the new list and replace it with the old one?