How to effectivily block torrents on my network? Controlling the applications installed on the computers on your network through Group Policy or a real world policy. Disallow all p2p applications, and if anyone breaches the policy don't let them use the network/fire them/fine them/whatever. The best solution could be to use Kerio Control.

BitTorrent peer to peer file sharing is still going strong after all these years. This is even after attempts by several countries to ban tracker sites like The Pirate Bay and others at the ISP level. Even though torrents are mostly associated with downloading pirated and copyright infringing files, there are still many legitimate uses that rely on the same peer to peer (P2P) distribution method.

Lots of free software is offered for download over torrent P2P, such as Linux ISOs. In the past game developers have also used it to distribute game patches and updates. You can even download drivers for utilities like Snappy Driver Installer using P2P. Sadly a number of organizations can block the use of torrent software as it is a huge drain on the network because it connects to many other computers at the same time.

Even your ISP could throttle torrents and slow them to a crawl of only a few KB/s for the same reason. To get around the restriction on using dedicated torrent clients or ISP imposed speed throttling, there are a few things you can try to still be able to use torrents. Here we have 5 methods for you to look at.

1. Download Torrents With a Torrent Client Browser Extension

One of the most popular ways to download torrents through your browser used to be the Java based Bitlet tool. Sadly it’s no longer available. An alternative is using a browser extension available for either Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. Although there are not that many torrent client extensions around, there is at least one for Firefox and two for Chrome that should do the job.

Torrent Tornado for Firefox

Torrent Tornado is a very competent extension that has enough functions for most average users. For getting the torrent into the browser Torrent Tornado accepts .torrent files, magnet links, HTTP URLs, FTP URLs or torrent hashes. Just press the Add new torrent button to start the process.

After adding the source for the torrent, it will show the details for the download and then offer the choice of which files to download from within the torrent. The small Settings button at the top left controls options such as save folder, file associations, memory cache, maximum peers and download speeds.

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JSTorrent Lite For Chrome

The Lite version of this app extension is a cut down version of the paid app so it’s more feature limited than it would otherwise be. The biggest restriction is you are limited to 20 downloads before the app stops you downloading. An easy way around this is simply uninstalling and reinstalling the extension to get yourself another 20.

JSTorrent Lite accepts both magnet links and local/remote .torrent files. There’s also the option to stream video files while downloading. Select the video file, click the Files tab and press Stream to open the player window. Adjusting the number of peers or active torrents can be controlled via the Settings window but setting speed limits is not available in this free version.

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Bitford For Chrome

If your torrenting needs are quite basic but you want speed controls which JS Torrent Lite doesn’t offer, Bitford is worth a try.

It doesn’t accept magnet links only local .torrent files, so it’s more tricky after visiting sites like The Pirate Bay. Control the upload and download speed via the two boxes at the bottom. Press the Save button to save individual files to your drive or Remove to cancel the download.

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2. Download Torrents With an Online Torrent Client

This method has a few advantages. It bypasses P2P traffic shaping from an ISP because the torrent files are downloaded in the browser just like any other file. It also keeps you safe from anti-P2P organizations monitoring copyright infringing torrents. The drawback is most of the available free services are quite limited unless you pay for a subscription.

We are looking at Seedr because it’s one of the more generous free services. Currently, Seedr doesn’t restrict the speed at which you can download the completed files from their servers. The default limit is 2GB which is both the overall storage limit and the maximum size of the torrent file you can download. This can be increased to over 6GB by accomplishing tasks such as inviting friends, posting a review or pinning a Seedr image on your Pinterest.

Seedr accepts local torrent files, magnet links or a URL of a remote torrent file. You can only transfer one torrent at a time to the Seedr servers but can download multiple completed torrents from Seedr. We found the download speed very good and all our files downloaded at the maximum speed. There’s also a Seedr Chrome extension for directly adding links.

If you find the limit at Seedr is not quite enough, there are other services like Torrent Safe or Direct Torrents that offer a 10GB file limit for free. They restrict you to only 3 downloads per month so are for occasional use only (changing your IP address might get you another 3). Other popular names like Filestream, Bitport and especially ZBigZ are too restrictive to be of any great use in our view.

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3. Use a Browser With Built in Torrent Client

Over the years we’ve seen a few web browsers incorporate a torrent client into the browser itself. The most notable being Opera although it removed this ability when switching to the Chromium browsing engine in 2012. You can still download Opera 12.18 and use the torrent client, but it’s better to use a more up to date solution.

A more up to date browser that includes a built in torrent client is Torch Browser. There is another called Citrio but it appears to be based on an outdated version of Chromium. In addition to the integrated torrent client, Torch also includes a download accelerator, social sharing button, games portal, music portal, media player, and a media grabber that downloads on page audio and video.

After install simply press the slider then the green button in the Torch toolbar to turn on torrenting and open the torrent client window. It’s possible to just drop a torrent file onto the window or you can open the Add Torrent dialog to search for a file or paste a magnet link into the box. Choose the save to location and which files inside the torrent to download, then press OK to start the download.

The torrent Settings window allows for adjustment of a number of options commonly found in torrent clients. These include randomize or change the listening port, use DHT/PEX/LPD, adjust the number of connections and active torrents, speed limits, seeding limits and video streaming playback options. You’ll want to right click and remove the Torch Offers extension as it’s simply advertising.

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4. Using a File Download Manager

While you might not be able to install or run a dedicated torrent client, it may be possible to run a standard file download manager. There are many around that handle normal file downloads but a few free managers are also able to download torrents. Flashget and Free Download manager are two that can handle torrents. We’ll look at Free Download Manager (FDM) as it’s actively supported and kept more up to date.

During install, FDM will offer to associate itself with .torrent files and magnet links. It’s best to leave the setting as is to make things easier. When the program launches you can simply drop a .torrent file onto the window to start a download. Alternatively, press the menu button top right to manually search for a torrent file or press the add button to paste in a remote torrent or magnet URL.

To control speeds, Free Download Manager has Low, Medium or High speed limit modes and a Snail Mode which will concede bandwidth to other traffic. Traffic limit speeds, connections and a few torrent specific options like DHT, used ports and port forwarding can be controlled via the Settings window. Right click on the torrent download to set its own priority, whether to seed, setup scheduling and to force a recheck/reannounce.

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5. Multi Host Torrent Converter

It’s worth noting first that a multi host file download service is not free and costs from around €4 Euros for a month depending who you go with. A multi host download service is mainly for heavy downloaders using cyberlocker sites like Rapidgator or Uploaded etc. Some also include other download services like Usenet or BitTorrrent. If you want to get large torrents that free services like Seedr can’t handle, this may be your cheapest paid option.

The one we use is AllDebrid although there are other debrid services like RealDebrid that can handle torrents. Alternatively, you can go for a bandwidth based service such as Premium.to. AllDebrid works similar to the free online clients but instead of downloading the finished files from their servers, the files are uploaded to another cyberlocker site. In this case, UptoBox.com. Then you paste the UptoBox links into the AllDebrid downloader to download like any other files.

Visit the Torrent Converter page and either paste a Magnet link or click the “Torrent File” box to upload a .torrent from your computer. Then click the convert button and do something else while waiting for it to finish. When the process is complete, click on Display Links and then the pointing arrow to send the links directly to the Downloader box. The limits are a generous 250GB torrent size. 30 simultaneous downloads and a 72 hour time limit for the torrent to finish. Large torrents can be split into 1GB chunks for easier management.

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If I used Torrent Tornado or any similar Firefox plugin on the Tor browser, will Tor still protect my anonymity when Torrenting?

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Hi Admin Sir, Thanks for another wonderful article. ( Seedr is best! )

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one of these ways actually worked for me, even in a blocked network, thank you!

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Without Installation , mean No Installation.
How should we download a file without install.
No matter installing torrent app or plugin or anything else.
Without installing anything.
How..?
This is the bloody main question.
You go to library and you need a file to download with torrent, but we all know nobody can install any app on the library’s computer.
Now tell me how..?!

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cloudbox247.com offers free with unlimited bandwidth

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Thanks! You can also use torrentleecher.ga to stream movies or download larger files.

Once you start the torrent, it will continue downloading online even if your computer is off – so you can come back at download it all.

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I don’t agree with the author’s opinion on other popular names… zbigz may be worse regarding user-friendliness but together with bitport are both great for use and to me not restrictive in any way.

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Then your requirements are far lower than most other torrent users. ZBigZ has a 1GB limit and a max download speed of 150KB/s, Bitport has 1GB and a limit of 1 torrent per day. For any self-respecting torrenter, those limits are far too small to be of any real use. How do you call those limits “not restrictive in any way”???

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For me foxleech.com is the best and cheapest

foxleech.com/torrent

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Stay away from Torch if you pirate. It should might as well be a honey pot.

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cache.lt provided fast and great solution. Not nonly cache service – free video stream service too.

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thanks for zbigz

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Warning about Bitlet: While it may be true that “you don’t need to download or install any BitTorrent client” you DO have to download and install what appears to be Bitlet’s “parent” or owner, i.e., GitHub. I don’t like finding out AFTER I get to a site to download something I’ve just been told about on another site and finding out I HAVE to download another app to get the one I came for. But because the article above made Bitlet sound so enticing I went ahead. Could not go through with it though as my gut kept telling me “no.” So as soon as I had GitHub installed I pulled up my Iobit Uninstaller to remove it. IU uses the app’s own uninstaller first, then runs a scan for any leftover files. GitHub had 6179 leftover files that took 12 minutes to delete.

I would love to try Bitlet, but not at the cost of inviting what appears to be another Google-sized intruder into my computer. Just FYI.

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The Bitlet project is pretty much dead and the website to download torrents has gone, now it redirects to the source code for the library at Github.

Github is a repository for open source projects and is not the owner of Bitlet so you didn’t have to download and install any extra software from there, it only hosts the source code which can be downloaded as a Zip file if anyone wanted to look at it.

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GitHub is a completely legitimate application and is linked to software development and maybe millions of people use it, including myself. I don’t understand why BitLet makes you use it, but GitHub is completely safe.

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Has anyone tried torrentsafe.com?

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Seems like a great site, but it will screw you if you add a torrent that it cannot download (low seeders for example). Every torrent you add, even if you remove it because it isn’t going anywhere, or you find another source or torrent you like better will add to your 4 torrent a month limit (and I kind of feel like this is an intentional hook as long as the site has been up to try to force you into the desperate move of paying). If Im going to pay anyone, it would be seedr because at least if you stay within the 2.5 gig limit (you can easily increase it to for free), you get unlimited torrents from it, and I believe in rewarding more honorable policies.

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I’d like to recommend Offcloud.com also

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Offcloud will be useless for most people because unless you pay, the free account only allows 3 downloads per month. The only reason it might come in useful is it has a 10GB storage limit so can get bigger torrent files. A useful complement to other services but definitely not a first choice.

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Offcloud is the only thing on this website that actually worked for me

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ZBIGZ offers only 1 GB space [the file size > 1 GB] in the free account.

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A great alternative would be Bitport.io
It is much nicer and sleeker. Runs as melted butter.

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I only had the patience to try the first three from the article above. Even with confirming my email address, Bitport.io was easier and faster than all of them. Hey moderators, this one should top your list! Thank you so much, Adam!!!

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We’ve talked about Bitport in another article:
https://www.raymond.cc/blog/bitlet-bypasses-streamyx-torrent-throttle-allowing-full-download-speed/
Compared to similar services like FileStream and Seedr, Bitport is far too restricted to be of much use to many people.

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Hi Raymond,

Always GREAT! Thanks!

I was getting myself setup to download torrents without using a client by using BitLet. When I went back to get my Mass Storage Drivers Pack’s torrent link, my click was intercepted by my “Free Download Manager”, and I was very surprised to be reminded that this program also handles torrents. So where I expected to download only the torrent link, FDM automatically downloaded the actual driverpacks! FDM is true to its name, it is FREE, and they also have a portable version too.

–Bill

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Hello, the same thing but more practical and ergonomic
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1) Download ZAP Torrents Plugin. Available for Firefox and Chrome. No Ads, no Spyware and it won´t modify your default browser.
Download Mozilla Firefox Plugin
This is the ZapTorrents’ plugin for Mozilla FireFox.
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Download Google Chrome Plugin
This is the ZapTorrents’ plugin for Google Chrome.
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2) Log in
3) Search for Torrent files or Magnet Links. For this, we recommend you thepiratebay.se. It is the website with the larger data base for torrents, but if for some reason you couldn´t find it there, you may check the following sites: ExtraTorrent, FlixFlux, IsoHunt, Torrent Reactor, KickAssTorrents, Monova, Torrentz, TorrentZap, SeedPeer, ShareReactor, Vertor, YourBittorrent, YouTorrent.

4) Once you have done the research, click on the “SE” button, this will arrange it all by Seeders. The one with more seeds will mean higher download speed

5) Get into the Torrent to check its info. There are two download options: Magnet Links and Torrent Files. Note: We strongly recommend download through Magnet Links

6) Click on the Magnet Links icon

7) It will be automatically loaded in the “My Files” section, of ZAP Torrents.
(a) You will have to wait a few minutes till it´s done getting info.
(b) Then the download to our servers will begin.
(c) Once it´s completed, the file has to be compressed
From the moment a file finishes downloading and compressing to our servers, you have 7 days to complete the download to your PC. Then after that time, the file will be deleted.

8) The last step; choose how you wish to download it to your PC: Web Browser or Download Manager

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ZBIGZ save my day :D

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You might consider put.io too. It have a similar service.

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Thanks zbigZ is very nice!

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amazing, thank you!

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How To Download Torrent Through Firewall On Mac

please add torrent2ddl.com in this list.

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How old is this post ? 8 year old comments ?

you can also put seedr.co.il on that list
seems less hack-ey then some

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The post was updated and rewritten in 2013, as it says at the top.

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are this all open source softwares that are freely downloaded

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They are not all open source but 4 of the 5 are free to use, one is through a paid service.

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wow!!! Thanks man. Exactly what i was looking for. Was able to download my solaris tutorial torrent files.
Now i can prepare for my exams. Excited !!!!

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Thanks a lot…

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Thanks for posting this. All the torrent clients I used like uTorrent has slow download speed. Now I’m using Torrent2exe. It works great and the download speed is fast. You can disable it from starting up by using Task Manager on Windows 8 or msconfig on Windows 7.

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Thanks for the super useful article!
I would also like to suggest a different tool that downloads torrents- it’s called Torch browser. That’s how I downloaded my torrents in the past few monthes and it’s awesome! You should check it out.

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Bitlet isn’t a bad program, but I had a lot of trouble finding torrents meta file, instead just download the torrent to your computer, then choose the “select local .torrent” option, right next to “download torrent.” Then all you have to do is choose the torrent you saved to your computer. Easy

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BiltLet is great if you don’t have any connection issue with your firewall, connection speed and router.

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How To Download Torrent Through Firewall Windows 7

thanks a lot mate…solves my prob..

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Bitlet is more like the DAP of torrents. :)

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Wow, Great site !! Loved the idea of it

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Is there a way I can route ONLY my Deluge traffic through PIA VPN? i want to have all other traffic use my normal connection and only torrent traffic go through the vpn. I am running Windows 10 and using the PIA client to connect to PIA. any suggestions would be helpful. The reason why I want to to do this is because i am also running my plex server on this machine and would like to be able to have a faster connection to my server, and also be able to connect to it easily.