Torrent files are small files that contain information on how to download a larger file using BitTorrent protocol. The protocol, unlike HTTP/HTTPS, needs a torrent client for downloading the client.

Firefox: If you've used a BitTorrent search engine that lists lots of torrents but doesn't actually host any torrent files (like Torrentz), most of the time you still have to go to other third-party ...

Be careful with what you torrent. A new tool on the black market is helping hackers distribute malware through torrent files in exchange for a fee. On Tuesday, security researchers at InfoArmor said ...

BitTorrent is an incredibly efficient way to move digital information. If you have a video, for example, that you want to send to a friend or associate around the world, don't bother trying to attach ...

What is torrenting, and is it safe? Is it legal to torrent, and if not, what happens if you get caught? Here’s everything you need to know to before you start downloading torrents. Torrenting is a ...

Officially, a torrent is a file containing metadata related to a movie, song, software or photo downloaded from a peer-to-peer network -- although the term is commonly used to refer to any of the ...

Torrent files have been a top choice of users across the internet to share files for almost two decades. This weekend, TorrentFreak reported that the world’s oldest active torrent file has just turned ...

Spend enough time on the Internet or around tech-savvy types, and you’re bound to hear about BitTorrent. Likely, if you’re new to the concept, you have a few questions, and probably some ...

The Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents have remained the two most popular file-sharing sites for years now, but with all the recent downtime, domain seizures and changes, which of the two sites is ...

The large majority of content found on BitTorrent is illegal, a new study out of the University of Ballarat in Australia has confirmed. Researchers from the university’s Internet Commerce Security ...