How to Tell If a Movie Torrent File Is Fake

[Suhel]

How to Tell If a Movie Torrent File Is Fake

1. Confirm Both the Torrent and the Movie Release Date
For brand new movie torrents, take a minute to visit these two sites:

www.imdb.com to check release dates
www.VCDQ.com to confirm that the new movie exists as a torrent

If the torrent does not exist at VCDQ.com, and/or is released before the actual movie date, then do not trust it.

2. Avoid Using the Following Software
These torrent software clients have earned a bad reputation for seeding malware, fradulent codec downloaders, keyloggers and trojans. Avoid using any of the following:

BitLord
BitThief
Get-Torrent
TorrentQ
Torrent101
Bitroll

3. Trust .AVI and .MKV Files; Avoid .WMA and .WMV Files
For the most part, true movie files are either .avi (audio video interleave) or .mkv (Matroska files) format. Conversely, the great majority of .wma and .wmv files are fake. While there are some authentic examples, most .wma and .wmv files will link to other sites to get paid codecs or malware downloads.

4. Password Instructions, Special Instructions, or Exe Files Are Included
If you see a file in the movie/music torrent that says 'password', 'special instructions', 'codec instructions', 'unrar instructions, 'important read me first', 'download instructions here', then the torrent is quite likely a scam fake. These suspicious files are telltale signs that someone is trying to sneak malware onto your computer! Futhermore: if there is an exe executable file included, then avoid that download! For movies and music, there is no need for an executable file to be present, nor should there be any passwords or any special download instructions.

5. Check for 'Verified' Status on the Torrent
Sites like Isohunt and Torrentbox will actually employ a committee of core users to confirm and 'verify' torrents. While these verified files are small in number, they are very likely true torrents that can be trusted. Keep your Avira antivirus updated and active, and 'verified' files should be safe to download.

6. Read the Comments, Always
Some torrent sites like Isohunt.com will capture user comments. Like eBay feedback on other eBay users, these comments can give you a sense of how legit the file is. If you see no comments on a file, be suspicious. If you see any negative comments on the file, then move on and find a better torrent.

7. A Disportionate Number of Thousands of Seeds, but No Comments
Abusive uploaders will falsify the number of seeds and peers. By using software tools like BTSeedInflator, abusers will make their torrents look like 10,000+ users are sharing it. If you see these massively large seed/peer numbers, but there are no user comments on the file, then avoid the file! Any true torrent that has more than a few thousand seeds should also have positive user comments.

8. Distrust .RAR, .TAR, .ACE Files
Yes, while there are legit uploaders who use .rar archives to share files, but for movies and music, the majority of rar and archive files are fake. Abusers use the rar format to conceal trojans and codec scam files. Video is already compressed, so there is no need to compress further.

If you see an attractive torrent movie file that is in .rar, .tar, or .ace format, distrust it and examine its listed file contents before you download. If there is no list of the contents, do not trust it. If the file list is disclosed, but the file list includes an .exe executable file, or text files with the words 'password' or 'download instructions', do not trust it.

9. Trackers that Can't Be Found on Google
Open the published torrent details, and copy-paste the tracker names into Google. If a tracker is legitimate, you will see many Google hits where many torrent sites point to the copy-pasted tracker. If the tracker is false, you will find many unrelated hits at Google, often with the words 'fake' as P2P users post warnings on that fake tracker.

10. Only Use the Following Media Players
These are the trusted movie and music players of 2010. Anything other than these products is a candidate for being a trojan or malware tool.

WinAmp
Windows Media Player
VLC Media Plyer
GMPlayer
KMPlayer

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Hope this help

Suhel Reviewed by Suhel on 24th Jul 2011. How to Tell If a Movie Torrent File Is Fake How to Tell If a Movie Torrent File Is Fake 1. Confirm Both the Torrent and the Movie Release Date For brand new movie torrents, take a minute to visit these two sites: www.imdb.com to check release dates www.VCDQ.com to confirm that the new movie exists as a torrent If the torrent does not exist at VCDQ.com, and/or is released before the actual movie date, then do not trust it. Rating: 5

[Loonycgb2]

Thats to much stuff to know if its fake or not..
Its easy to know if its fake...

1. Its either not on private sites yet..
2. Public releases should not be rar'd unless comments say its real...
3. Even avi can have hidden media player redirects so back to number 1
4. Always check comments.. If none then don't download unless you want to try

[thecompgame]

I know a lot of files that are in .rar format that doesn't mean its a virus or something, and another tip to check the release of a movie is going on something like rlslog.net and checking for the release on there as sometimes movies and music are leaked.