Demonoid Resurrection Dismissed As Malware Was Legitimate 83
wo1verin3 writes "Previously reported on Slashdot was a story about a malware attempt masquerading itself as a Demonoid resurrection. It turns out this really was Demonoid making a comeback. With the site now back online with a new host, TorrentFreak caught up with its admins who tell us they have no malicious intent and simply want to bring a community back to together. While there is still uncertainty, one thing is absolutely clear – they do have the old Demonoid database."
Re:No Seeders anymore? (Score:3, Interesting)
Obviously not an expert but Demonoid was dead for so long who is still seeding these old files?
Most torrents seed across multiple trackers and sites nowadays. Even if one site goes down, the same torrent may exist on dozens of other sites, and list the trackers for each of them.
Yes but how do new trackers announce themselves to existing seeds? Sure if the files were spread to other trackers and Demonoid brought back their tracker on the old domain then the system will just pick up where it left off. However, Demonoid is now restarting on the d2.vu domain so how would any of the current seeded files from Demonoid pick up on this tracker?
They effectively will be starting from scratch, their only benefit is their name, goodwill, and the existence of a database of potential users to which they can direct their marketing.
PGP (Score:2, Interesting)
All this "is it real" crap could have been avoided with a single, PGP-signed message.