Page 1 of 1
Avast blocked a connection to a URL
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:54 pm
by black bart
It happened after adding a torrent file. The url is:
Code: Select all
http://sso.anbtr.com/domain/glotorrents.pw
I've read that this domain is related to malware.
The torrent file only contains a MKV file.
Why did it happen? Is it normal? Or is the torrent file malicious?
Re: Avast blocked a connection to a URL
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 5:21 am
by mike20021969
[quote="black bart"]
I've read that this domain is related to malware.[/quote]
And you're wondering why Avast blocked it???
If being protected concerns you, disable Avast
Re: Avast blocked a connection to a URL
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 5:41 am
by Adsixnine
[quote="mike20021969"]
[quote="black bart"]
I've read that this domain is related to malware.[/quote]
And you're wondering why Avast blocked it???
If being protected concerns you, disable Avast
[/quote]
thank you.
Re: Avast blocked a connection to a URL
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 6:25 am
by black bart
My question is: how can a torrent connect to a website if the file hasn't been downloaded yet?
Also, the torrent file is found on a safe website and it never happened to me before.
Could it be related to some tracker?
Edit: I had 3.3.16, I updated to latest version and it doesn't happen anymore. Maybe a bug?
Re: Avast blocked a connection to a URL
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 1:45 pm
by Switeck
A torrent can connect to an ip address (or ip address range) supposedly used by a website when it either updates a tracker URL pointing to that ip address range or a seed/peer in that ip address range.
Where you got the .torrent file from has no bearing on what ip addresses qBitTorrent gets on tracker updates of that torrent for seeds/peers running the same torrent.
Seeds/peers on public torrents can also supply additional ips of other seeds/peers via DHT, LSD, and PEX.