The Pirate Bay, Kickass Torrents news: KAT still down; safer alternatives advised due to possible malware infection

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Kickass Torrents is still unavailable for users after it was seized by the United States Government agencies. A lot of this website's clones and mirrors have popped up after its main domain was taken down, but users are still advised to instead trying downloading torrents from other safer websites such as The Pirate Bay or Extra Torrent.

According to Yibada, a lot of experts agree that the possibility of Kickass Torrents surviving, despite its clones and mirrors, is very low. This is due to the fact that the law enforcement agencies tasked to take it down will eventually find each and every one of it. A lot of this website's former users are shifting to other alternatives, but for those who remained and stuck with this controversial website's mirrors run the risk of getting malware infections.

However, some of the proxies and clones of this website are still genuine, but it is pretty difficult to tell these apart from the dubious ones. As such, users are advised to stay safe and avoid taking unnecessary risks. Actually, after the torrent download website was shut down, IsoHunt was able to create an almost perfect mirror for the website with a domain name of KickassTorrents.website. This was taken down after a week of being online, regardless.

IsoHunt was known for its history of rescuing torrent websites taken down due to copyright violations. Right now, they are requesting the both the torrenting and non-torrenting community to unite and save Artem Vaulin, creator of the Kickass Torrents who earlier got arrested.

In any case, the chances of saving Vaulin is pretty low, since he is charged with copyright infringement as well as money laundering, which are pretty heavy criminal cases. Furthermore, the case against him is strengthened by the fact that the entertainment suffered more than $1 billion worth of loss because of torrent websites such as Kickass Torrents.