Popular torrent site The Pirate Bay (TPB) is reportedly being blocked by AVG’s security software solutions. According to Freakbits, for the past couple of days AVG users have been unable to access The Pirate Bay site. AVG says that TPB is host to active security threats and advises users to stay away.
As is the case with most prominent torrent sites, there are people with malicious intent that bombard TPB with spam and scam related torrents (malicious uploaders). TPB moderators usually remove these threats before anyone even notices it. Besides malicious uploaders, there are also scammy advertisers that try to propagate Trojans and viruses – via ads presented on TPB. The downside is that these malware spreading ads do manage to make some damage before they’re taken down.
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“This weekend The Pirate Bay fell prey to such a malicious advertiser. As a result AVG anti-virus is now preventing Pirate Bay users from accessing the site, which can be annoying, but beats being infected by a Trojan. At the moment the issue with the malicious ads has been resolved and we expect than AVG will soon white-list the site so it can be accesses without any hassles,” explained Freakbits.
In related news, The Pirate Bay is also being blocked in Italy. The Bergamo court of law in Italy decided that because TPB links to torrents that infringe copyrighted material, the site’s DNS and all current and future IP-addresses must be banned. The TPB blockade is already being enforced by Italian ISPs. If you are a TPB fan and would like to access the site, your only option is to sign up for a free or paid VPN service. As a little side note, the blockade only meant that torrent fans migrated to other torrent sites; it has little impact on online piracy. BTjunkie for example has seen a 50% increase of Italian visitors.
Popular torrent site The Pirate Bay (TPB) is reportedly being blocked by AVG’s security software solutions. According to Freakbits, for the past couple of days AVG users have been unable to access The Pirate Bay site. AVG says that TPB is host to active security threats and advises users to stay away.