Does anyone know why, that as soon as I open BitComet, Malwarebytes starts popping up with blocked, malicious Websites? If all these sites are out there trying to get into my computer, why do they only start when BitComet opens? Today, I had about ten sites in Africa, Ukraine, & Russia still getting blocked over an hour after I totally shut down BitComet. Not just closed it; shut it down completely. In all the years I have been using BC, I may have downloaded one or two infected files using torrents. Today, the file I downloaded checked clean with Avast and MWB, so I don't believe a virus or malware is the answer. Besides, the pop ups start even before I start downloading a file and continue as long as BC is open. Any ideas? jetjock P.S. I just got another blocked site!!
Some people do it the safe way and use proper downloading clients and others don't even us an AV at all or they ignore Malwarebytes.So It's your decision.
I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you are trying to say. Are you implying that BitComet is not a proper downloading tool. If so, what are you recommending? I still would still like someone to explain just what it is about a torrent downloader(BitComet) that suddenly starts attracting all these probes from bogus Websites, just by being opened. I don't see any of these probes until BC is opened, and they often continue quite awhile after it is closed. jetjock
Try uTorent and see if the problem is still there. If it is then there is something wrong on your end. I use uTorent and have never seen this problem, but I also don't have Malwarebytes running.
Good call. I had already installed µTorrent and tested it out when I got back here. So far, no Web intrusions. (Edited insert). I've left µTorrent running for about a half an hour now and have two blocked attempts at access: one from Ukraine and one from Ethiopia. These are almost identical i.p. addresses to the ones I had yesterday, just not nearly as many. Since you use µTorrent, would you mind answering a question for me about it's use? jetjock
It happens with every torrent client, doesn't matter which bit torrent client you use. It's not the file(s) you are downloading it is flagging but rather some of the peers or clients it is trying to connect to that malwarebytes is blocking. You will find you will get the same results even with Utorrent.