Comments on: Vertor Torrent Tracker Verifies Files Before You Download Them http://cybernetnews.com/vertor-torrent-tracker-verifies-files-before-you-download-them/ Technology News Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:26:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/vertor-torrent-tracker-verifies-files-before-you-download-them/comment-page-1/#comment-146510 Ryan Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:10:02 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16103#comment-146510 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-146392" rel="nofollow">Michael Dobrofsky wrote:</a><blockquote>good idea, but most of the time you can tell what’s real or fake with a bit of common sense.</blockquote></div> Very true, but I've downloaded some TV shows before and they ended up being a different show or episode. The screenshots can help verify this kind of stuff before you waste the time downloading it. Plus the antivirus scanning they do is kinda cool. Michael Dobrofsky wrote:
good idea, but most of the time you can tell what’s real or fake with a bit of common sense.

Very true, but I’ve downloaded some TV shows before and they ended up being a different show or episode. The screenshots can help verify this kind of stuff before you waste the time downloading it. Plus the antivirus scanning they do is kinda cool.

]]> By: XTEPZ » Vertor Verifies, Previews Torrents Before You Download Them [BitTorrent] http://cybernetnews.com/vertor-torrent-tracker-verifies-files-before-you-download-them/comment-page-1/#comment-146434 XTEPZ » Vertor Verifies, Previews Torrents Before You Download Them [BitTorrent] Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:42:14 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16103#comment-146434 [...] According to the Vertor stats, the tracker has processed 418,000 torrents in change. Of those 418k, 133,000 are verified, 2,930 were infected, 5,585 were password protected, and 257,000 contained some sort of download errors. Of course, you’ll never see the bum torrents on Vertor, which is the whole point. The site is brand new, and though it appears to be working through some growing pains—they’re updating their antivirus software for more accuracy, for example—it’s a great idea. Previously mentioned Seedpeer took a similar approach to eliminating bad torrents, but Vertor’s larger feature set looks promising. Vertor [via CyberNet] [...] [...] According to the Vertor stats, the tracker has processed 418,000 torrents in change. Of those 418k, 133,000 are verified, 2,930 were infected, 5,585 were password protected, and 257,000 contained some sort of download errors. Of course, you’ll never see the bum torrents on Vertor, which is the whole point. The site is brand new, and though it appears to be working through some growing pains—they’re updating their antivirus software for more accuracy, for example—it’s a great idea. Previously mentioned Seedpeer took a similar approach to eliminating bad torrents, but Vertor’s larger feature set looks promising. Vertor [via CyberNet] [...]

]]> By: Vertor Verifies, Previews Torrents Before You Download Them [BitTorrent] | Web Burning Blog http://cybernetnews.com/vertor-torrent-tracker-verifies-files-before-you-download-them/comment-page-1/#comment-146428 Vertor Verifies, Previews Torrents Before You Download Them [BitTorrent] | Web Burning Blog Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:37:17 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16103#comment-146428 [...] According to the Vertor stats, the tracker has processed 418,000 torrents in change. Of those 418k, 133,000 are verified, 2,930 were infected, 5,585 were password protected, and 257,000 contained some sort of download errors. Of course, you’ll never see the bum torrents on Vertor, which is the whole point. The site is brand new, and though it appears to be working through some growing pains—they’re updating their antivirus software for more accuracy, for example—it’s a great idea. Previously mentioned Seedpeer took a similar approach to eliminating bad torrents, but Vertor’s larger feature set looks promising. Vertor [via CyberNet] [...] [...] According to the Vertor stats, the tracker has processed 418,000 torrents in change. Of those 418k, 133,000 are verified, 2,930 were infected, 5,585 were password protected, and 257,000 contained some sort of download errors. Of course, you’ll never see the bum torrents on Vertor, which is the whole point. The site is brand new, and though it appears to be working through some growing pains—they’re updating their antivirus software for more accuracy, for example—it’s a great idea. Previously mentioned Seedpeer took a similar approach to eliminating bad torrents, but Vertor’s larger feature set looks promising. Vertor [via CyberNet] [...]

]]> By: Vertor Verifies, Previews Torrents Before You Download Them [BitTorrent] | Web Burning Blog http://cybernetnews.com/vertor-torrent-tracker-verifies-files-before-you-download-them/comment-page-1/#comment-146429 Vertor Verifies, Previews Torrents Before You Download Them [BitTorrent] | Web Burning Blog Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:37:17 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16103#comment-146429 [...] According to the Vertor stats, the tracker has processed 418,000 torrents in change. Of those 418k, 133,000 are verified, 2,930 were infected, 5,585 were password protected, and 257,000 contained some sort of download errors. Of course, you’ll never see the bum torrents on Vertor, which is the whole point. The site is brand new, and though it appears to be working through some growing pains—they’re updating their antivirus software for more accuracy, for example—it’s a great idea. Previously mentioned Seedpeer took a similar approach to eliminating bad torrents, but Vertor’s larger feature set looks promising. Vertor [via CyberNet] [...] [...] According to the Vertor stats, the tracker has processed 418,000 torrents in change. Of those 418k, 133,000 are verified, 2,930 were infected, 5,585 were password protected, and 257,000 contained some sort of download errors. Of course, you’ll never see the bum torrents on Vertor, which is the whole point. The site is brand new, and though it appears to be working through some growing pains—they’re updating their antivirus software for more accuracy, for example—it’s a great idea. Previously mentioned Seedpeer took a similar approach to eliminating bad torrents, but Vertor’s larger feature set looks promising. Vertor [via CyberNet] [...]

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]]> By: Michael Dobrofsky http://cybernetnews.com/vertor-torrent-tracker-verifies-files-before-you-download-them/comment-page-1/#comment-146392 Michael Dobrofsky Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:50:30 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16103#comment-146392 good idea, but most of the time you can tell what's real or fake with a bit of common sense. good idea, but most of the time you can tell what’s real or fake with a bit of common sense.

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/vertor-torrent-tracker-verifies-files-before-you-download-them/comment-page-1/#comment-146385 Ryan Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:15:28 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16103#comment-146385 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-146380" rel="nofollow">leland wrote:</a><blockquote>This sounds very interesting indeed Ryan. Definitely worth a look. Thanks.</blockquote></div> It's definitely going to be one of those sites that I check before downloading any torrents. If they can manage to get some active commenters I think they could become a leading contender for BitTorrent search engines. leland wrote:
This sounds very interesting indeed Ryan. Definitely worth a look. Thanks.

It’s definitely going to be one of those sites that I check before downloading any torrents. If they can manage to get some active commenters I think they could become a leading contender for BitTorrent search engines.

]]> By: Vertor Torrent Tracker Verifies Files Before You Download Them - Tactical Gamer http://cybernetnews.com/vertor-torrent-tracker-verifies-files-before-you-download-them/comment-page-1/#comment-146381 Vertor Torrent Tracker Verifies Files Before You Download Them - Tactical Gamer Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:41:24 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16103#comment-146381 [...] Not only because of what the service actually does, but because of the statistics it produced. Vertor Torrent Tracker Verifies Files Before You Download Them [...] [...] Not only because of what the service actually does, but because of the statistics it produced. Vertor Torrent Tracker Verifies Files Before You Download Them [...]

]]> By: leland http://cybernetnews.com/vertor-torrent-tracker-verifies-files-before-you-download-them/comment-page-1/#comment-146380 leland Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:02:49 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16103#comment-146380 This sounds very interesting indeed Ryan. Definitely worth a look. Thanks. This sounds very interesting indeed Ryan. Definitely worth a look. Thanks.

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