People ask me all the time about how to download music/tv/movies. I end up writing to a new set of instructions everytime. Instead I'm going to post them here for easy reference.
1. Download & install
PeerGuardian 2(direct link to the installer). This will block anti-peer2peer sites from tracking you. Not going to guarantee you won't get letters telling you to erase that copy of The Dark Knight you just downloaded but it should help.
-I just use the P2P list, there is better software to block adware and whatnot
-After installing I would recommend going into settings and unchecking the log allowed connection box, you won't read that log anyway
2. Download & install
µTorrent. This is the program you use that downloads the actual file. Mac users, I would suggest using
Transmission as your torrent program, but you're own your own for setting it up.
-µTorrent has many useful guides you can follow if you run into trouble
-After installing a connection setting screen will pop up, follow
this guide. for comcast customers I suggest using 388k for the speed settings. Pay attention to the firewall/router areas of the guide, if your downloads are slow its because your firewall router is blocking a port.
3. Search for the file you are looking for at a bittorrent search engine.
-when downloading the more seeds a torrent has, the better. I usually click seeds at the top of the list and download the one with the most seeds.
-aXXo and FXG put out some very good movies, I'd highly suggest their versions of a movie when downloading
-a few of things to watch out for...
check the file's size and extension
avoid downloading/opening .exe and .zip, spyware usually follows after opening
read the comments, you can usually get a idea if the file is any good
Happy downloading. Remember to respect copyright laws. Any further questions you can email me.