I hadn’t been to the Pirate Bay in quite some time. I occasionally pop over to look for old videos. I went today and a big popover for a dubious software upgrade came up. Then, another saying that my system is infected and offering to clean it. That’s obviously fake, but it was blocking my access to the user interface so I wasn’t able to complete my search. Closed it. That’s unfortunate.
First Rule: don’t rawdog internet, especially torrent search sites. Always use protections.
Second rule: always check if you’re on the right site. It’s relatively easy to find torrent search sites, but even easier to find phishing sites (i.e. sites that claims to be the original site, but they actually aren’t).
The bay in particular is like a door to fucking Narnia…
It’s never in the place it was last time, so bookmarks “expire” when the main site has to move, which seems to be multiple times a year
Yeah, but Narnia in this case always has its entrance documented on Wikipedia.
And a treasure map
If you’re browsing for torrents without a serious adblocker… why?
I mean you’re complaining about seeing popup ads on TPB. Sure doesn’t sound like you have an ad blocker.
If you’re using a recent version of Chrome, Google has stunted the capabilities of many ad blockers. Suggest using another browser and/or using something that catches this stuff before it gets to your browser like a properly configured pihole. Otherwise, configure your ad blockers more aggressively, especially for sites that are less likely to screen their ads.
Bro fucked a $2 whore without a condom and wonders why his pee burns
You sure you went to the real pirate bay? There’s a fuckton of imitators full of crap.
thepiratebay.org. I won’t ask a question like this again. Even though well-meaning, everyone has assumed I don’t know what I’m doing.
how are you using torrent sites without an ad blocker like ublock origin?
