IPT - updated anti-cheat scripts?

**ares** · 15.05.10, 01:43

Here is an announcement made by the IPT staff a couple minutes ago:

Dear Users

Recently we are seeing more and more instances of 'suspect' information sent to our tracker.
We believe this is due to an increased usage of modified torrent clients.

These modified clients have been changed with the specific intention of sending false information to trackers in an attempt to inflate the upload amount recorded and increase the users ratio.
Whilst it is possible to use these modified clients without cheating, the fact that you have a modified client means you have the ability to cheat should you so choose.

We have updated our 'Anti Cheater' routines to identify all instances of modifed client useage.

Any user found to be using a modified torrent client will have their account suspended without notice.

We highly recommend if you have any doubt about the authenticity of your torrent client you cease all seeding / leeching until you have verified you are not using a modified client.
Please download an approved version from the links on the IPT Home Page

Once your account is disabled for cheating, we will not enter into discussion about how our routines are wrong, once disabled it is permanent.

Regards
IPT Staff

What do you think about this? Do you think they really updated, or are just scaring us? Anyone dares to cheat?

/discuss

**caballero** · 15.05.10, 01:56

In my opinion, they only wrote this to scare people off and even if they updated their scripts, they won't catch people using strong modified clients.

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I can see why they did this. I go to IPT top list frequently and over there, I see "fascinating" numbers eg. fastest uploader has (had) a speed of 570 GB/s and many others are like this guy.

**Instab** · 15.05.10, 01:58

dösn't matter what they did or not did. just follow the tips from the ipt cheating thread and you're fine.

that's just the usual scary-tactic. if they would have major improvements they wouldn't tell at all of course because telling about it makes people more careful hence they catch less cheaters

**C3PO** · 15.05.10, 02:08

Why would someone with 33 week old acc will do somtheing stupid like faking 10,440,164.848 TB

**saebrtooth** · 15.05.10, 02:18

This announcement i think is like a tracker "respect/honour" thing where oh wow your have such a nice tracker and behaved members so if the rumour mill get out about the "quality" of the tracker and anti-cheat scripts the staff at IPT may think oh this doesnt look good for our rep.

But the more members they have the more activity they have, look at demonoid, Im sure they make mountains of cash from the activity of those mountains of members.