Q&A for How to Safely Download Torrents

Most torrenting clients should show you the number of seeders that are in that torrent. Before you download the torrent, check the files that you are downloading. If any of them have a .exe or .bat file extension, then it's probably not safe. But that is up to you to decide.

I've never had that problem, but I've never used anything other than version 2.2.1. A tracker site I use has blacklisted anything newer than 3.3.1. If you have anything released after that, you might want to switch. Google "older versions of uTorrent" and you should be able to pull something up. If you still have that problem, you'll probably have it for all torrent clients. Either add the client to your exceptions list, or switch to Avira (which is an excellent antivirus software).

If you are trying to search for a torrent on a torrent website, there will most likely be a search bar in which you can type what you would like to download. If you can't find your torrent that you download in your file explorer, just type the title of the torrent in the search bar in your file explorer. If you are still haveing a problem, I suggest you use Utorrent. With Utorrent you can choose where you would like the file to be placed once it's downloaded. First, right click on the torrent and then hover over Advanced. There should be a option where you can choose the location of where you would like your torrent to be downloaded.

Search the taskbar for your open VPN software. If you are using an extension on a browser, then it is located on the top right corner of your browser.

Most free software offering VPNs do not offer great quality or many features. But you can use it if you insist.

Sadly, there isn't a list of torrents which are 100% safe, but using the methods above, you should probably be safe. You can download torrents with games on them legally if for example the game is free or it is open source. However, it is best to download games from a server.