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| I just started using Usenet about a day or two ago so I still really have no idea what is going on. Anyways, I went to download a movie, and I got all of the rar'ed parts of the file including a .nzb file and a .par2 file. Well, I went to unzip it and after working for a while it asks me for a password. WTF? Am I hosed? Or is there something I can do? | ||||
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| Very odd, it seems you stumbled upon one of the very rare archives on usenet that has been password protected. There isn't a huge amount you can do other than trying to find the password or brute forcing it (which could take forever). I would suggest finding another release. | ||||||
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| Well, that is certainly unfortunate. Thanks though. | ||||||
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| Usually they post in the NFO or in the title it is passworded. In most cases they send the password out in an NFO about 60 days after it is posted. Alternatively, you can crack RAR passwords pretty fast with a brute force attack, if they used a poor password. I would recommend www.newzbin.com if you're using newsgroups. I think the normal price is 50 cents a week, but you can search through newsgroups and download NZBs (it means you don't have to do group updates anymore). There might be some free NZB sites still available but I use newzbin so I don't need/want them. |
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| You wont find passwords in scene NFO's as scene releases are not password protected. Personally I wouldn't touch a non-scene releases, as they are generally badly made (aside from the odd movie/tv show re-encode). Some good free NZB sites are: http://www.binsearch.info - great search tool and supports 99 days of retention https://binage.com/ - Although it requires an invite (I don't have any) |
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| usenet is a good way to get in about five kinds of trouble if you're a minor. | ||||||
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| Is it illegal for minors to look at news groups? I know I wouldn't want my kids going to sci.physics or something. Who knows what they'll find. | ||||||
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| if you look at the top right corner of this comment there is a star there so that you can click. | ||||||
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| What's bad about sci.physics? | ||||||
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| That was my point. There's nothing bad about sci.physics. Making usenet illegal for minors is like making the entire internet illegal for minors. | ||||||
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