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  • r/GenP talks about the safety of monkrus in their wiki: https://www.reddit.com/r/GenP/wiki/patchmethods/

    Most people who claimed they got malware from the Adobe collection repack had either downloaded it from an unofficial source, downloaded from YouTube, or downloaded other pieces of sketchy software - just so happens that a monkrus repack was the last thing they installed. Then there are others who have been using monkrus for years and haven’t had issues.

    In the Quttera analysis, the malicious files are from a blacklisted domain [M.BL.Domain.gen], fv20[.]failiem[.]lv - this is a file host from Latvia. The files being flagged probably aren’t malicious, though if this host isn’t taking down malware, it would make sense that they are blocked by some antivirus companies. Especially since Quttera isn’t checking the torrents - they are uploaded to other sites.

    All in all, if you have any doubts, don’t install it. Check out GenP instead of you don’t really trust monkrus!


  • No such thing as a stupid question :p

    Yes, you can self-host a VPN! Though there are a few things to keep in mind if you are going to torrent using one:

    • A self-hosted VPN on your own network isn’t good for torrenting. Your own IP is still shown to other peers on the torrent, you might as well torrent without the VPN.
    • Depending on your server host, you may not be allowed to torrent on their network.
    • If you are allowed to torrent, you will have to watch your bandwidth limit*. I have a cheap VPS - for other things unrelated to VPNs/torrenting - and the limit is 20TB of traffic
    • Many hosts will respond to DMCA/Abuse complaints - very few are relaxed and ignore DMCA complaints, others may shut off your access to their services after a single complaint

    *some hosts do not have a limit though cheap servers usually do.

    From what I can tell, most server hosts don’t care about what you are doing with your server, unless your server is gathering abuse reports or using an excessive amount of resources constantly. I would go for a subscription to a VPN instead of self-hosting but that’s just me.








  • After a quick glance over your post, I have some thoughts;

    Free: ProtonVPN

    ProtonVPN is good for torrenting on the paid plan, not the free plan. Proton doesn’t allow torrenting on their free plan. They will block your connection if they detect that you are torrenting, or they will disconnect you from their VPN tunnel - exposing your real IP on the torrent.

    Paid: Mullvad

    Mullvad is a decent choice, though they no longer support port forwarding. You are still able to download, though you won’t be able to seed iirc

    VirusTotal

    The problem with a virustotal scan is that pirated software is often false flagged for malware. It’s difficult to tell what is safe from what you’ve downloaded. It’s best to download from a trusted uploader, though that doesn’t always guarantee safety as they can always go rogue (As an example, FTUApps were seen as safe until one of their uploads to 1337x contained malware).

    Older uploads tend to have less false positives in my experience, though it can be very easy to become complacent.

    edit; score out comment about mullvad seeding, others have pointed out that it still works fine! oops