Humble bundle DRM free

[Mac]

i have a question far cry drm free version is on sale on HB, humble bundle have direct download but it loads slowly, and there is a torrent option, is the torrent option safe? is it the same as those torrents full of viruses? if its not safe i'll get it from steam

[Tev]

It's safe.

[Pcnuttie]

Wait a min... torrent? Are you talking about piracy? Cuz that isn't allowed here.

[wuddih]

torrent will download the same exact file, so ... no it is probably not full of viruses

google how torrent actually works.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Mac:

i have a question far cry drm free version is on sale on HB, humble bundle have direct download but it loads slowly, and there is a torrent option, is the torrent option safe? is it the same as those torrents full of viruses? if its not safe i'll get it from steam

If it is offered by the official site, then it is allowed. Just don't use any other links for it.

As for safe? As you are downloading it from other users, there is always the chance of infection.

[Mac]

i'll go for direct download instead then

[J4MESOX4D]

If HB offer a torrent mirror for the direct download; it's should be safe. If you have a decent anti-virus; it should assess the file and its publisher beforehand and compile a report before anything is downloaded too.

[Mac]

Kaspersky never find anything so i dont trust it anymore

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Mac:

Kaspersky never find anything so i dont trust it anymore

That is the issue with any AV. If it doesn't find anything, then you thing "Is it not working?", but if it does find something, you think "This AV sucks because these viruses are getting through!".

I use Kaspersky as well. It does protect you. Chances are you just never ran into anything it needed to protect you from.

[Mac]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Originally posted by Mac:

Kaspersky never find anything so i dont trust it anymore

That is the issue with any AV. If it doesn't find anything, then you thing "Is it not working?", but if it does find something, you think "This AV sucks because these viruses are getting through!".

I use Kaspersky as well. It does protect you. Chances are you just never ran into anything it needed to protect you from.

i got malwarebyte as well, it found 5 adwares immedeatly

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Mac:

i got malwarebyte, it found 5 adwares immedeatly

Malware and a Virus are two diffrent things. I have both Kaspersky and Malwarebytes on my computer for protection. I also run Spybot S&D every now an then too.

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by Mac:

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

That is the issue with any AV. If it doesn't find anything, then you thing "Is it not working?", but if it does find something, you think "This AV sucks because these viruses are getting through!".

I use Kaspersky as well. It does protect you. Chances are you just never ran into anything it needed to protect you from.

i got malwarebyte, it found 5 adwares immedeatly

Most top-end anti-virus softwares wont detect malware as they scan for pure infections of a different kind. Everyone should roll with both an anti-virus and anti-malware software on their PC at hand all all times.

[Mac]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Originally posted by Mac:

i got malwarebyte, it found 5 adwares immedeatly

Malware and a Virus are two diffrent things. I have both running on my computer for protection.

oh thank you i dont know much

[wuddih]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

As for safe? As you are downloading it from other users, there is always the chance of infection.

the torrent metafile is provided by humble. this included hashes for all files that are acquired. it is practically impossible for a user in the swarm to modify files and deliver it to other users.

if you are on a slower unstable connection or you want to take full advantage of your connection and normal http downloads cannot deliver speedy enough, torrent is a boon.

[Crypto Carlos]

Torrents are no more dangerous than any other download method - ie. it's the source of the download that determines its safety/legitimacy, not the protocol used.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by wuddih:

the torrent metafile is provided by humble. this included hashes for all files that are acquired. it is practically impossible for a user in the swarm to modify files and deliver it to other users.

if you are on a slower unstable connection or you want to take full advantage of your connection and normal http downloads cannot deliver speedy enough, torrent is a boon.

Any time you leave your connection open to another system makes your system vulnerable in some way. Even on a torrent, things can get injected along the way or someing put onto your system since the ports and your IP are open to an unknown system.

I didn't say something will happen, only that there is a chance of it vs direct download.

Originally posted by yellowblanka:

Torrents are no more dangerous than any other download method - ie. it's the source of the download that determines its safety/legitimacy, not the protocol used.

And with a torrent you are downloading from hundreds of systems, not just one. Depending on the client, you may also be sending date to other systems as well.

The more system involved, the greater chance of an issue.

As uploads also count when you have a date cap, it may also cause you to reach that cap quicker.