Can someone enter your PC through torrent?

Makosh

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I am asking cause I left my torrent seeding for 2 hours than the PC found a virus and I am scared what if the owner of the torrent could enter my PC
 
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A virus is a malicious program written to cause harm to your PC. YES it CAN enter/infect your PC through torrent/by downloading torrent but it CANNOT take CONTROL of windows directory or user credentials. Like I cannot PERSONALLY control YOUR PC by using torrent or I cannot tell who you are and where you live etc.
So by using torrent you can get a virus if you're not careful...
Malicious file like virus or trojans can spread by torrents aka p2p protocol. Taking over the network is possible but I have never heard of individual PC being HACKED in the sense that the hacker accessed the windows directory or user credentials via the p2p protocol.
 


That means it can't or can enter your pc through the downloaded file?

 


Sorry I didn't quite understand you.
 


A virus is a malicious program written to cause harm to your PC. YES it CAN enter/infect your PC through torrent/by downloading torrent but it CANNOT take CONTROL of windows directory or user credentials. Like I cannot PERSONALLY control YOUR PC by using torrent or I cannot tell who you are and where you live etc.
So by using torrent you can get a virus if you're not careful but you cannot be HACKED.
Hope you understand.
 
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