[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
stokedporcupine8 wrote:
So let me get this strait. First you’re surprised when your computer became infected with viruses and whatnot after heavily using a file-sharing program, then you are too lazy to google “torrents” when suggested to you, and you don’t want to be “throwing dollars away” for music you value enough to want in the first place? Your last money-saving venture ended up costing you hundreds for a new laptop, no? To top it all off, you posted this all on a public forum?
You say you’re in college?
x2, you’re one of the few select 09ers that has a clue.
Besides, how do you get viruses from downloading music? they’re not .exe files [/quote]
I heard that similar p2p programs automatically installs spyware and malware, so he could have downloaded several of those p2p clients.
If you’re so paranoid about viruses, just use Replay Media Catcher on Slacker.com or Pandora.com to rip the mp3 streams. Impossible to get a torrent that way.
or you could use youtube to mp3 converter. all you do is find the song on youtube and then copy the url to the website and it converts it to mp3. very cool
[quote]stokedporcupine8 wrote:
So let me get this strait. First you’re surprised when your computer became infected with viruses and whatnot after heavily using a file-sharing program, then you are too lazy to google “torrents” when suggested to you, and you don’t want to be “throwing dollars away” for music you value enough to want in the first place? Your last money-saving venture ended up costing you hundreds for a new laptop, no? To top it all off, you posted this all on a public forum?
You say you’re in college?
EDIT: Wait a minute, why did you need to buy a new laptop if all that was wrong with the old one was that it was filled with viruses? Why didn’t you just reinstall windows? You know, wipe the drive, start new?
EDIT #2: Why the hell would you buy a Gateway? [/quote]
As stated above, torrents are the way to go. The plus side to torrents is you can also download tv shows and movies. Nothing on the internet is virus free. So make sure you keep your antivirus updated and do full scans from time to time.
I personally use mininova.org. However all the sites stated above are good sites to use.