Windows XP, Vuze, Peerguardian2

NaughtyJ

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HI

I downloaded Peerguardian2 today i am using Vuze to download and upload films/music and i have windowsXP i am new to PG2 and was wondering what i do to protect myself? Do i leave PG2 running when i am downloading on vuze or do i have to set it all up to protect my ip?

Any advice is welcome and thankyou

NJ

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You don't need peerguardian.. in fact I would say avoid it at all costs.. it seriously screws up your browsing options.

Vuze (azureus) has it's own blocklist manager.. it's built in and uses the exact same lists as peerguardian without running it system wide and blocking 60% of the internet from your browser.. pg is a pain for that.. legit sites you need sometimes to look at (dell-compaq-ibm-M$ etc are all blocked by it)

use the built in ip filter it's easy..

http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/SafePeer

http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/Safepeer_Migration

NaughtyJ

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Thanks for your help, I use Vuze for everything so it will defo be ok to remove PG2? I was reading that people were starting to get letters from companys for downloading and got me a little worried.

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NJ

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It's ok to get rid of pg2 as long as you use the ip filter for p2p ;)

Have a look through the other security settings.. especially protocol encryption and how you allow outgoing and incoming connections. I turn DHT off.. and I only use private trackers for new media.. older stuff doesn't really matter (except music.. they have claws everywhere) and my filter lists stay clear for months on end (who is interested in a 7 year old danish film with no subs anyway?)

Be careful where you get your media from and everything will be good. The idiots who get letters I notice are using obsolete things like bitlord/bitcomet.. and those are banned off every private tracker I know.. I have even set up my older azureus version to refuse attempted connections from those programs.

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NaughtyJ

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Originally posted by varnull:
It's ok to get rid of pg2 as long as you use the ip filter for p2p ;)

Have a look through the other security settings.. especially protocol encryption and how you allow outgoing and incoming connections. I turn DHT off.. and I only use private trackers for new media.. older stuff doesn't really matter (except music.. they have claws everywhere) and my filter lists stay clear for months on end (who is interested in a 7 year old danish film with no subs anyway?)

Be careful where you get your media from and everything will be good. The idiots who get letters I notice are using obsolete things like bitlord/bitcomet.. and those are banned off every private tracker I know.. I have even set up my older azureus version to refuse attempted connections from those programs.

Do i need to download the ip filter? if so what one is best to go with Vuze. I also can not seem to find the security settings for vuze? I am new to all this and if you could help me i would be very greatfull.

NaughtyJ

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I download from Vuze it has 3 choices BTjunkie, Mininova and Vuze when you search for a program. Thanks NJ

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When you use a browser to look on torrent sites vuze should open when you hit the "download this torrent" link..

as for security settings they are under preferences or tools. I believe the above second link provides full details of how to set it up... or read the wiki (it's linked from "help" on the menu) I use a completely different version on a different OS .. mine is different with the layout and where things are.

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Originally posted by varnull:
When you use a browser to look on torrent sites vuze should open when you hit the "download this torrent" link..

as for security settings they are under preferences or tools. I believe the above second link provides full details of how to set it up... or read the wiki (it's linked from "help" on the menu) I use a completely different version on a different OS .. mine is different with the layout and where things are.

Hello i do not have security settings under tools and there is no preferences tab.

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tools>options

have you even bothered to read the second link?

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