As far as I know, its a site that hosts peer-2-peer filesharing, but it has a bad rep for spreading viruses. Just curious, as im buffing my pc up with the best antivirus protection after a recent system-killing virus.
BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol used for distributing large amounts of data. A Torrent site is a website that indexes lists of torrent seeders.
PS - BitTorrent is actually itself not bad. It provides the major distribution medium for Linux and most open source projects. Additionally, programs such as World of Warcraft use BitTorrent to push out updates.
A torrent is simply a portion of a file. Several torrents put together make up a file. Some files contain viruses, it is a part of p2p sharing. don't assume them all bad though, as I use them quite frequently for software downloads. You just have to be smart, and realize the risk. Try utilizing a free virtual machine or sand box if you are going to utilize p2p networking.
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