I bet you saw this coming. But do you know the latest movie which you ripped last night and seeding it away in glory right now could potentially be a carrier of viruses? Yes, it’s possible if your computer was already infect by a virus which had the capability of binding itself to torrent files. Looking at it from the other side, the trusted members of a torrent site could also theoretically infect you without them even known it. Not to mention about bogus and fake files binded with viruses uploaded every day to torrent site by fake profiles. The point is danger is always lurking on Torrent sites. They best to minimise them is to take precautions while downloading torrents. Always check the uploader, his previous uploads, the comments given by other users and how old the torrent is. It’s also a good idea to google the name of the torrent and check its description and pictures with those given in the Torrent site.


               
                             2). Youtube

Youtube and Dailymotion: Search “ ‘Any Software name here’ Crack” in  Youtube or DailyMotion, you will be literally flooded with hundreds of video tutorials showing you how to run the crack file. Almost 90% of the videos will be accompanied by a download link and in most of the cases the file offered in the download link will be binded with a Trojan. Use your common sense in such cases.



                         3). Facebook

Yes, you read that right. With over 901 million active users at the end of March 2012, Facebook is one of the favourite hunting grounds for hackers. They are actively pulling out new and innovative tricks to lure the users into downloading their virus. Be those spammy links like “OMG! I can’t believe this!” or  “Go to this website to get your free iPhone”, they are constantly coming up with clever ideas to entice the users in click their malicious links. So they next time you are tempted to click on a link in Facebook, think twice about it.

                                          
                                                           4). Chat Room

 This method is also rampant on the internet right now. There are thousands of chatrooms, right from Omegle, Yahoo to numerous teen chat rooms. Most of the time it’s not even a  human but an automated software called bot that does all the spamming of the chatrooms with infected links. This is a very easy method and requires little or no effort on part of the hacker to infect hundreds of users within a single day. It’s better to avoid such chatrooms whenever possible, if not, then make it a point to never click any link on such chatrooms next time you visit.