Thread: Fake Trackers

pretty interesting is a list of trackers which could be found at:

http://fenopy.com/fakefinder/fake.php?cmd=tracker

This is a list of trackers that are actually fake and set up by MPAA/RIAA.
As it is based on the data users send, even real & trusted trackers can appear on the list such as demonoid and revtt.
This happens because for someone who's downloading a file and can't connect to a certain private tracker (not having an account there) will get a connection error (invalid passkey) and therefore think the tracker is a fake one, as for him it'd behave as such.

greetz

Originally Posted by Aurion

damn those MPAA & RIAA won't leave us in piece

They won't... -_-
When I have to download something from public trackers, I add the torrent as stopped to check the tracker list first. You can never know...
...not to mention the torrent could be bundled with trojans and general malware, another thing you have to take care about.

AHUh!!!!

see!!

I finally caught you guys.

I don't understand something: There are listed the announce URL's for TPB along with other torrent sites.

I think that those announce URLs are genuine, not something that is made up by the RIAA.

I'd be curious to know if those are genuine URL's or not b/c TPB is 'thepiratebay.org'...the same as what is listed in one or 2 of those listed in that list there.

Guys, vDD+wR made that clear...

As it is based on the data users send, even real & trusted trackers can appear on the list such as demonoid and revtt.

I'd like to ask something here about the aforementioned list and the Hosts file.

could one use the links, at least the ones that are targeted by the RIAA and the MPAA to potential persons mistakenly using a link that could be listed there, and have those links added to one's Hosts file??

Would this effort even be worth it, to begin with??

Is it even necessary for oneself to be concerned about having such links added to the Hosts file??

Originally Posted by Aurion

Well,first of all,clicking on links doesn't leave any traces on your PC other than those left behind as Coockies or temp files...That only thing that might mess up with your HOSTS file is a Spy Ware /Trojan that leaves it's traces to be activated by it's virtual server in order to launch attacks on you....

Moreover,about your last question question,eventually as I mentioned not everything you click or use adds traces or servers ports/ips to the HOSTS file....however,you still can check your HOSTS file just to make sure nothing bad is stuck in there...

to get to your HOSTS file just :

Go to Drive C > Windows Dir > System32 Dir > drivers > etc > hosts then view it using notepad...

No. thats not what I was asking. What I was asking is, would it be prudent or wise to add those links to the hosts file??

I know about the cookie thing. I know about the spyware thing, too.

I just wanted to know if it would be smart to add those links to the Hosts file??

If that was done, then I would get an OpenDNS page page telling me that basically the page could not be found. In other words, I would not be led to that page even thought the site like TPB does really exist.

But since those are links that lead to genuine sites like TPB and others, are the links that are there in the above listed website any different than the ones that could be in the HOsts file??