ColdWater@lemmy.ca to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agoWhat site should I trust?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareWhat site should I trust?ColdWater@lemmy.ca to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
Even the site that considered safe in the megathread, there’s report of malware and trojan and I don’t know what site to use
minus-squareFedora@lemmy.haigner.melinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoVPN providers don’t protect you from malware.
minus-squarephorq@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI was trying to give general advice, since it didn’t sound like they had a trusted private tracker already it’s a good idea to have a VPN to mask your IP. I agree, it probably won’t help against malware.
minus-squarehttpjames@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMost come with DNS blocklists now that can prevent you from accessing it
minus-squareFedora@lemmy.haigner.melinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoDNS blacklists also don’t protect you from most malware.
VPN providers don’t protect you from malware.
I was trying to give general advice, since it didn’t sound like they had a trusted private tracker already it’s a good idea to have a VPN to mask your IP. I agree, it probably won’t help against malware.
Most come with DNS blocklists now that can prevent you from accessing it
DNS blacklists also don’t protect you from most malware.