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Third of Content On Popular BT Portals Are Fake

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that-sounds-optimistic dept.

siliconbits writes "A study published by a group of researchers, most of them based in Europe, analysed the publishers of content on two major BitTorrent portals, Pirate Bay and MiniNova, and found out that almost a third of all files on the two sites were fake."

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  1. Re:gREEtingse by HermMunster · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Let's hope that those suffering in other countries work their way toward that land which is "greater" than America for a better chance at life. /s

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    You can lead a man with reason but you can't make him think.
  2. hmm by nomadic · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I've never gotten a fake or malware-infected file; oh wait, I actually pay for the software, music, and movies that I want to watch. Maybe that's why.