How To Download Torrent

Let's practice by example then.

1. Firstable download and install uTorrent (µTorrent) from http://www.utorrent.com/download.php. Or you can go the bottom of this post to download right away the uTorrent installer. (Version 1.7.7). Currently the version 1.8 is in beta-testing stage.

Why uTorrent? It's the best torrent client available. Yes uTorrent has been recognized as the best torrent client by the most people around the world.

2. After uTorrent installed, then go to http://thepiratebay.org.

Why ThePirateBay? Because it's the biggest torrent tracker available. (The Pirate Bay, by readership size, is the most popular torrent search site today. Pirate Bay has an immense database of 600,000+ torrents, the largest database at this time.) (May 31, 2006: The Pirate Bay has been shut down by Swedish authorities. Details are available on the Pirate Bay home page). (June 2006: The Pirate Bay has restarted operations, now that the police have duplicated the PB hard drives for forensic purposes. Enjoy this database while it is still around, folks!)

3. Search for something you want to download there.

4. If you find one then click it untill you see the "Download this torrent" link.

5. Right click it and "Copy Shortcut".

6. Now open uTorrent and press "Ctrl+U" (Add Torrent from URL). Paste the shortcut (Ctrl+V, usually you don't have to do this, because this step is automatic in uTorrent, but.. just in case)

7. Click OK

Now you can see that the torrent is downloading. Just wait, sit back and relax...


Addition :

Btw, since torrent networks is an open network, you don't know what you'll get till you get a virus or trojan. Please be carefull, install an antivirus like AVG or ClamAV first before you download things from torrent networks.

Supported languages (55 and counting):
Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, Frisian, Gaeilge, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Norwegian Nynorsk, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Taiwan, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Valencian, Vietnamese.


Download uTorrent here :

uTorrent [Exe file, 214KB, freeware, favorite]
Supported OS : Windows 95 (Winsock2), 98/ME, NT/2000, XP, 2003, and Vista
(Windows 95 users will need to install the Winsock2 Update from Microsoft for µTorrent to work correctly).
The link : http://www.utorrent.com/

Hope this help,
Best Regards,

Hikmat Surya Permana
The Digital Enquirer.