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Hey, did you know you can use Google to search for Mp3 files instead of using P2P file sharing applications? You can directly download mp3 files directly from website’s directories using your browser. It’s easy.

Let’s say you want to download an MP3 file entitled Canon by Pachelbel for example. Just go to Google and search for

"intitle:index of" pachelbel canon mp3

like the one shown below. Make sure you enclose “intitle:index of” in quotation marks and specify the keyword “mp3″. (Yeah you can use this trick to search for other file types too!)

Now let’s click the first result for example. You will get a page like the one shown below.

Now all you have to do is to right-click the file you’ve choosen and select Save Link As… in Firefox or Save Target As… if you’re still using Internet Explorer and your browser will automatically download the file. That’s it!

Explanation why you are able to browse through website directories

The results that Google displays are directories or folders from different websites. The reason why you are able to browse a website’s directory is because the website developer did not put an index file (i.e. index.php, index.htm, etc…) in the directory. Directories without an index file shows “Index of” on the page’s title. In addition, web developers should tell the search engines NOT to crawl (search) those folders.

mIRC is a popular Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client used by millions of people and organizations. Basically you use this application as a chat utility but it has an integrated scripting language that makes it extensible and versatile. That’s why this application can also be used as a P2P file-sharing client application. Meaning, you can copy files shared by other users and vise versa.

In addition to being a P2P client, there is a script called Autoget from OmenScripts which helps you easily find and manage your downloads . This script is a plug-in or add-on for mIRC. Without this script, you’re going to have a hard time finding and downloading files.

Setting up mIRC and Autoget is a simple but a bit long process. That’s why I’m going to provide step by step instructions and screen shots to help you get started. Here is a list of what we will do:

1. Download and install mIRC.
2. Download and install Autoget script for mIRC.
3. Configure mIRC.
4. Configure Autoget.
5. Find and download files

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First of all, you’d probably ask what a torrent is. A torrent is a small file which contains information such as the files, location and size of what you are going to download. In short, a torrent file is a download information of the actual movie, mp3 or software that you will be downloading.

To download anything, you need a torrent client such as uTorrent, Azureus (now called Vuze) and many more. A torrent client is a software that is used for downloading and uploading torrent files.

So let’s get started and follow the steps:

1. Download a torrent client.  I prefer uTorrent because it’s very small, it has all what you need for a torrent downloader and uploader and best of all, it doesn’t slow down your computer.
2. Install the client software. After installing uTorrent, this Speed Guide window will appear. You need this so that uTorrent can efficiently adjust your download and seeding speed. Then click “Use Selected Settings” when you’re done. Now you’re ready to download torrents.
   

   uTorrent Speed Guide

   Click here for a guide on
   setting up uTorrent for internet connection.
3. Find a torrent file. Now that your client is set, let’s try finding a torrent file. You can search google using any keyword and add “torrent” keyword like “bible torrent”, “dragon ball torrent” and so on.On the other hand, you can go to directly to some torrent sources such as Mininova.org, The Pirate Bay, Isohunt and so on… Let’s look at a sample from mininova.org…
   

   Mininova sample page

   On this page, let’s look at the 3rd item, Scientific American - August 2008 for example. This file is 13.87MB in size. It has 79 seeds and 13 leechers. It is important to look at the number of seeds. Seeds are the number of users who have already downloaded the complete file(s) and are uploading them. Leechers are users who are sharing what they have and are downloading what you have. If the torrent has no seed, you’ll never complete the download even if there are lots of leechers.
4. Download the torrent. Finally, download the torrent file you want and let uTorrent open it and it’ll then download the actual files that you want.
   
   

   Adding a torrent for download

5. Sit back and wait. Once the torrent file has been opened by uTorrent, you’ll just have to wait for a few minutes or hours depending on the size of the actual file you are downloading.

Warning:

While P2P file sharing technology is completely legal, many of the files traded through P2P are copyrighted. Unless you live in Canada where citizens are shielded from P2P copyright lawsuits, downloading music, movie, and TV files will put you at risk for a civil lawsuit in any other country. These lawsuits usually take the form of class-action suits, filed against groups of users who are logged as blatantly copying and distributing copyrighted materials. Recently, the MPAA and RIAA, along with the governments of England and Australia, took several thousand users to court, demanding that they pay thousands of dollars in copyright infringement penalties. Please keep this lawsuit risk in mind when you install and use any BitTorrent software in the USA, Europe, or Asia.