Chrome And Firefox Kick Out Kickass Torrents

[SeekingThrill 10,041]

Chrome and Firefox have blocked the official Kickass Torrents website because of malicious software that may compromise the machines of users who visit the website. The news was first reported by Torrent Freak, which says http://kat.cr and https://kat.cr have been blocked by the world's two most popular web browsers on Friday.

Users who visit the website on Chrome are greeted with a red screen and a message that warns them against visiting the website.

"Attackers on kat.cr might attempt to trick you into installing programs that harm your browsing experience (for example, by changing your homepage or showing extra ads on sites you visit)," says Chrome.

Mozilla's browser shows a similar message.

"This web page at kat.cr has been reported to contain unwanted software and has been blocked based on your security preferences," the page on Firefox says. "Unwanted software pages try to install software that can be deceptive and affect your system in unexpected ways."

The warning messages have appeared because Google's Unwanted Software scanner, which are used in both Chrome and Firefox, seems to have detected malicious software that automatically downloads into a user's machine and compromises the system.

 

 

 

 

Specifically, the Safe Browsing diagnostic page for kat.cr shows two Trojans and one exploit present in more than a hundred pages of the website. The malware was discovered on Oct. 8. The team at Kickass Torrents has confirmed the warning messages, pointing to a third-party advertiser who had malware incorporated in their ads. The team says the advertiser has already been removed, so the next review by Google and Mozilla will most likely get rid of the warning messages. In any case, users can still opt to ignore the warnings and head straight to the website itself.

This is not the first time a major web browser blocked Kickass Torrents due to unsafe ads. In July, Chrome issued the same warning on the Kickass website and other similar sites, including Torrentz, ExtraTorrent and RARBG.

Meanwhile, the Kickass team warns users against visiting copycat websites that it says are trying to exploit kat.cr's absence on the first page of Google's search results. When users search for the website, the first result that comes out on top is kickasstorrents.eu, which is not affiliated with the Kickass team. While some websites are simply proxies, others exist for the malicious purpose of selling expensive VPNs, gathering passwords and serving malicious ads.

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/93739/20151010/chrome-and-firefox-kick-out-kickass-torrents-due-to-harmful-programs.htm

 

[Kirjava 8,966]

What? Nooo

[Earth Ripper 4,994]

Ridiculous. The fake versions should be banned, not the real one.

[Vespertine 1,553]

how am i gonna torrent HTGAWM now  

[Radar 2,782]

what the fuck?

[Rico 3,137]

Reminds me when Google blocked ATRL  

[RihannaRTT 14,528]

Who the fuck still uses that?  

[Radar 2,782]

Who the fuck still uses that?  

i did  

[Ryan 6,363]

works fine for me  

[Tonic 4,890]

Who the fuck still uses that?  

ikr  

[Dita 5,091]

All these torrent blocks by chrome and Sky mean I now use spotify and don't really use my ipod. ENd of an era. 

[Mystique 7,665]

 i dont torrent  #goodbitch

[Derek Hale 1,379]

dd it's not really blocked. like it's just a warning but then you can still proceed to the site.  

[Venus XCX 10,308]

i never knew ha  

[SeekingThrill 10,041]

What? Nooo

how am i gonna torrent HTGAWM now  

It is back. It isn't blocked anymore.

 

Actually, it wasn't really blocked. Google search didn't show it, while Mozilla and Google Chrome gave a warning about the site if you typed its address. If the same thing happens again, then just use "ignore warning" option and you will access the site.

[SeekingThrill 10,041]

Who the fuck still uses that?  

ikr  

  It is the best torrent site.

 

What do you use then?

[Kirjava 8,966]

 

It is back. It isn't blocked anymore.

 

Actually, it wasn't really blocked. Google search didn't show it, while Mozilla and Google Chrome gave a warning about the site if you typed its address. If the same thing happens again, then just use "ignore warning" option and you will access the site.

Yeah, I checked, it's back on.

[Elavila 1]

Thank goodness it's back

[EWA 537]

noticed this saturday when I was trying to download the slammer, it's a gay porno with cliff jensen. having just realized that cliff was sent to jail IRL and the porno is set in a jail, my fantasies were over the roof.. i searched everywhere and only found it on kickass. so I didn't even think twice when I clicked 'ignore this message'.

 

its about two days later now and i'm still here.. and the video still works great :).

[Summer Rain 5]

I love torrent #Badbitch