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Poisoned Torrents Plague Mybittorrent

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the five-bucks-says-it's-the-mpaa dept.

jambarama writes "One of the biggest problems with the Fasttrack network has been poisoning. This is the practice of sharing a file on a P2P network that looks like the real thing, but isn't. Bittorrent until recently has been largely immune to this. Now a new type of torrent is tricking bittorrent sites to rising to the top of the download lists." From the article: "According to Rex, about 50 new torrents have been released from what he calls "fake" trackers (~31 in total.) These trackers are seemingly part of an elaborate plot to infiltrate the BitTorrent community with intentionally corrupt files. These movie and film titles are specifically designed to report false information to trackers, thereby gaining artificially inflated popularity."

19 of 542 comments (clear)

  1. EULA by wall0159 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Simple. Bittorrent needs an EULA so that people are forced to post legitimate pirated files. Damned liars - spoiling it for all us honest freeloaders.

  2. Enforcement by minginqunt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why won't people leave me to break the law in peace, dammit!?

    I mean, what did I ever do to them? Oh, wait...

    Martin

  3. do you remember the time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    when the "poisoners" just tricked you by putting porn in place of the movie? that was always my favorite poison. that's why i drank a small dose of it everyday until i became immune.

  4. Their choice of words... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    ...is apparently poisoned, too. Fifth paragraph in the article:
    Those who download these torrents are unable to complete a full download, as the file transfer stops at approximately 97%-98%.
    Hover your mouse over the link and read.
  5. Re:Poison! by minginqunt · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Otherwise you'll turn it into "all your base" and we saw where that went.

    To Us?

  6. YEA! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hate poisoned files!
    I try to download a game... and what do I get? A french version!
    DELETED!

    I try to download another game... and what do I get? A polish version!
    DELETED!

    A friend of mine tried to download some real good lesbian porn and what did he get? No... worse than what you think....... a britney spears clip!
    UGH. DELETED!

    1. Re:YEA! by fixinah · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah I remember that lesbian clip of Britney kissing that old lady, oh the horror.

  7. Re:Law breakers only fall for poisonous files by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    (e.g. get the latest britney spears song when it's really just static)

    When you say that, ....

  8. Well... by msormune · · Score: 1, Funny

    If you feel that someone has caused you enough grief with bogus torrents in your seek for copyrighted movies and music, why don't you go and sue someone about it?

  9. Re:Law breakers only fall for poisonous files by JohhnyTHM · · Score: 5, Funny

    get the latest britney spears song when it's really just static

    I thought they were sounding better than usual...

  10. Next Week On Slashdot... by gowen · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Locks Plague Burglars"
    "Mace Plagues Rapists"
    "Speed Cameras Plague Speeding Motorists"
    "Forensic Science Plagues Careless Criminals"
    "Crazy Frog Ringtone Plagues Absolutely Everyone..."

    --
    Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
    1. Re:Next Week On Slashdot... by justforaday · · Score: 3, Funny

      Plague Plagues Plaguevictims?

      --
      I'll turn into a supernova and burn up everything. Well I'll turn into a black little hole and you'll turn into string.
    2. Re:Next Week On Slashdot... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Yeah. Pirating DVDs is way worse.
      </MPAA executive impression>

  11. Pot. Kettle. Black by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    "but out here in Australia making a joke is anything BUT serious."

    So sayeth the man who in the other story got all non-jokey about humor on wikipedia.

    Pot. Kettle. Black.

  12. Gee I wonder if... by Boomshanka · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder if they can corrupt "battlefield earth" in such a way that it would be actually watchable....

  13. Re:Poison! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, jokes responsibly use you!

  14. Re:Law breakers only fall for poisonous files by maxwell+demon · · Score: 2, Funny
    would anything M$ would do or think of surprise any of us anymore?

    Yes. If MS would release Windows under the GPL, I'd honestly be surprised. Not that I'd expect that ... but then, if I'd expect it, I'd not be surprised if it happened!
    --
    The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
  15. Writ in! by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm writing my Congressman today. We need a law to make it illegal for copyright holders to offer fake movies when I wanna download the real one without paying! God almighty, can't Congress work for the people?!?!?

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    (-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.
  16. Re:Answer me this. by quantum+bit · · Score: 2, Funny

    Being a Devil's Advocate on slashdot puts me in a scary place.

    The BSD section?