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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Free movie downloads for sale

While trying - unsuccessfully - to install themoviedownloads.com software, I installed µTorrent, and got an AOL alert saying it was a security risk. I have twice told the website that I have uninstalled µTorrent and have asked for a refund. So far it has merely responded with further step-by-step instructions.
Ralph Blumenau

The Movie Downloads is one of the many sites that "sells" free peer-to-peer software so that you can download movies from other peer-to-peer software users, in violation of any copyrights. Some people would say this was a scam, but TMD's FAQ says: "The software is completely free of charge. What you pay goes towards supporting our technical team and paying for the creation of more user guides." It sounds as though you're getting the support you paid for. Either way, I'd definitely recommend against using sites like this for movies or music.

µTorrent is a very small open source BitTorrent client program, and not a security risk if you downloaded it from utorrent.com. I'd recommend against downloading filesharing software from sites where you can't know if they've changed it or bundled their own malware or Trojans with the installation files.

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