Talking about one of the most famous torrent sites will bring the 1337x straight into the limelight. Yes, almost every torrent user of the world have accessed this site and have enjoyed tons of movies, software and other things for free.
However, this time, the site has been blocked by an anti-malware company named Malwarebytes.
Here, the tool is claiming that the 1377x is engaged in a fraud scandal and is trying to steal credit card details.
Further, in case if you want to know the whole coverage behind 1337x fraud, let’s move ahead and find some essential information.
Fraud By the 1337x Torrent Site & Caught by MalwareBytes Story
First of all, people who use torrent sites must assume that their PC is under attack 24×7. Ranging from using a good anti-virus to a pre-installed firewall, not much prevention can stop pirate sites steal your data.
Still, there is one tool which can be a good malware-protection tool and is none other than Malwarebytes.
Other than cleaning the harmful malware files, their premium product even delivers a real-time protection. Hence with this, users can be warned before visiting harmful sites which can steal their confidential information.
Now, in normal day to day conditions, Malwarebytes is a handy tool but since past days, things are not looking good.
At the very first glance, PCgames-download.com was blocked by Malwarebytes after which blocking of 1337x came into existence.
Hence, this time, MalwareBytes has declared 1337x as a scam and even said that the site has been stealing confidential information.
However, by Google’s malware checker test, the site has been given a clean chit and the same was said to TorrentFreak.
In addition, the site is even called “fraud” and the same you can find on almost every torrent news websites.
Yet again, 1337x came in the list of most viewed torrent sites and still don’t have any malware engagement till date.
Now, since, Malwarebytes is not giving a clearer response and clarification, things appear to be incomplete for users.
Hence, as I said above, with the Google malware checker tool, I found almost no sorts of malware issue. And with that, the claims put by Malwarebytes seems to be on the false side.
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Final Word of Mouth: Fraud By the 1337x Torrent Site & Caught by MalwareBytes Story
As of now, if Malwarebytes will give an update for the same, we will update this article.
However, such strict allegations on a site like 1337x is a huge blow. And this torrent site will look to counter such things.
In addition, “Fraud” is a massive allegation and MalwareBytes must have some backing to make it appear true.
Hence, whether Malwarebytes is telling the truth or not, we can’t really say anything at this stage. But, on the basis of Google’s malware checker, 1337x goes truly malware-free and does not steal any confidential information.
All in all, whether Malwarebytes will give further clarification, with time, things will become much clearer for you, inevitably.
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