block torrents

systemcrash · 21. Dec 2011, 10:04 PM

My brother has found out how to download using torrents.... Sadly he is using a program called Vuze or something and is interested in downloading Movies... Luckily he don't no what to do with .ISO files. We have a BT home hub router i have looked into the settings to see if i can block a web site or certain google searches.

I have tried to deter him but i think its falling on deff ears. Except from getting hold of his computer and messing with the settings on Vuze and blocking his firefox searches whats the best option?

rikishi19 · 21. Dec 2011, 11:07 PM

You could try blocking the port, via your router, that is being used by Vuze, if your router allows the blocking of certain ports. You would of course have to access his computer though to find out which port is being used by Vuze.

Or, you could block the Vuze program itself in the firewall settings of his PC.

Of course, both of these methods can be undone if he knows how to change the port Vuze uses or knows to look at firewall settings if a program is not working properly.

That is the extent of my knowledge on this subject and don't know of any other methods myself.

systemcrash · 21. Dec 2011, 11:12 PM

Yeah thats what i was thinking, theres no real way to do it unless i get hold of his PC... Oh well guess i will have to tell him i need to do a bit of maintenance on his laptop

mr6n8 · 22. Dec 2011, 12:14 AM

In order for him to download torrents effectively, he would have had to set an exception in the router for Vuze. This could be done by setting an exception for the port Vuze uses or through UPnP (which automatically opens the port for the Vuze program).

The question is whether you can lock him out of the router. If you have the authority to change the password to access the router's configuration, then you could undo what he has done (disable UPnP in the router or undo his port exception) and he would not be able to reset the exceptions without the new password.

This would not completely eliminate his ability to torrent, but it would cut off his activity on many torrents and severely limit his speeds on others.

Concerned User · 22. Dec 2011, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by systemcrash

Yeah thats what i was thinking, theres no real way to do it unless i get hold of his PC... Oh well guess i will have to tell him i need to do a bit of maintenance on his laptop

As has already been mentioned, blocking the router settings and setting an exception to vuze should do the trick.

You could also block through the firewall.

Not sure whether this firefox addon could help you (if you are using firefox).

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...on/public-fox/

I think with some manual tweaking this could be done on all browsers (blocking out file types).

Software Restriction Policies would work out.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb457006.aspx

The only problem is you would have to have physical access to his computer and hopefully he would not suspect you doing something like restricting torrents.

If all else fails, talk to him and explain what kind of potential dangers he could be facing by downloading movies and stuff.

21. Dec 2011, 10:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
systemcrash Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 192	block torrents My brother has found out how to download using torrents.... Sadly he is using a program called Vuze or something and is interested in downloading Movies... Luckily he don't no what to do with .ISO files. We have a BT home hub router i have looked into the settings to see if i can block a web site or certain google searches. I have tried to deter him but i think its falling on deff ears. Except from getting hold of his computer and messing with the settings on Vuze and blocking his firefox searches whats the best option? __________________ If it ain't broke don't fix it, improve it, break it then fix it

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systemcrash Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 192	Yeah thats what i was thinking, theres no real way to do it unless i get hold of his PC... Oh well guess i will have to tell him i need to do a bit of maintenance on his laptop __________________ If it ain't broke don't fix it, improve it, break it then fix it

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21. Dec 2011, 11:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
rikishi19 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 107	You could try blocking the port, via your router, that is being used by Vuze, if your router allows the blocking of certain ports. You would of course have to access his computer though to find out which port is being used by Vuze. Or, you could block the Vuze program itself in the firewall settings of his PC. Of course, both of these methods can be undone if he knows how to change the port Vuze uses or knows to look at firewall settings if a program is not working properly. That is the extent of my knowledge on this subject and don't know of any other methods myself.

22. Dec 2011, 12:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
mr6n8 Editor Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 303	In order for him to download torrents effectively, he would have had to set an exception in the router for Vuze. This could be done by setting an exception for the port Vuze uses or through UPnP (which automatically opens the port for the Vuze program). The question is whether you can lock him out of the router. If you have the authority to change the password to access the router's configuration, then you could undo what he has done (disable UPnP in the router or undo his port exception) and he would not be able to reset the exceptions without the new password. This would not completely eliminate his ability to torrent, but it would cut off his activity on many torrents and severely limit his speeds on others.