BitComet Preferences - Advanced Settings

The BitTorrent Preferences Panel - Advanced

The Set hash check thread to low priority sets BitComet at a lower priority while checking the already downloaded data for errors.

The next option, Add DHT Network as a backup tracker , if checked, gives permission to BitComet to tell other users what you are downloading and to ask them what they are downloading. You will basically exchange information about what you download with other users, on other torrent sites, in the hope that a user on another site may download the same file you are downloading from your site.

This is very good because it helps keep a torrent alive if the tracker server fails but, if you are on a private site that counts the data you transfer (I'll mention these later) this is bad. It is also a security risk because, if you happen to download something not quite legal, other users that have no connection to the private site you are on, may find out about you.

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