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New malware blocks victims from visiting The Pirate Bay, illegal sites

Dubbed Vigilante by researchers; the malware prevents the system from those sites that redistribute pirated software/data. The IT security researchers at SophosLabs have reported about an unusual new piece of malware dubbed vigilante. Researchers claim that it functions in an entirely different manner compared to its counterparts. SEE: Best legal, free online streaming sites for movies, […]

The Pirate Bay Users Targeted By Russian Doll ‘PirateMatryoshka’ Malware

While P2P file sharing isn’t illegal, torrent websites turn out to be the biggest sources to download copyright-protected media. Due to a plethora of free content available there, users visit them in large numbers and often end up infecting their PCs with malware. Along the similar lines, the researchers from Kaspersky Labs have found that a […]

The Pirate Bay AGAIN Caught Mining Cryptocurrency Using Your CPU Power

Last year, when The Pirate Bay was first caught mining cryptocurrency without notifying the users, it created lost of havoc in the pirate community. While some supported the decision by calling it a way to assist the website operations, others expressed concern. The Monero cryptocurrency miner has been found to make an appearance once again, according […]

The Pirate Bay Goes Offline Worldwide Due To Technical Issues

All The Pirate Bay (TPB) domains are offline for more than 24 hours — TPB team says they are working on the issue The Pirate Bay (TPB) is currently offline and the reason for the outage is some “technical issue”. The TPB team is aware of the situation but it has been more than 24 hours […]