TorrentGuard: Stopping scam and malware distribution in the BitTorrent ecosystem

Cuevas Rumín, Rubén; Kryczka, Michal; González Sánchez, Roberto; Cuevas Rumín, Ángel; Azcorra Saloña, Arturo

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TorrentGuard: Stopping scam and malware distribution in the BitTorrent ecosystem

dc.affiliation.dpto	UC3M. Departamento de Ingeniería Telemática	es
dc.affiliation.grupoinv	UC3M. Grupo de Investigación: Network Technologies	es
dc.contributor.author	Cuevas Rumín, Rubén
dc.contributor.author	Kryczka, Michal
dc.contributor.author	González Sánchez, Roberto
dc.contributor.author	Cuevas Rumín, Ángel
dc.contributor.author	Azcorra Saloña, Arturo
dc.contributor.funder	Comunidad de Madrid	es
dc.contributor.funder	European Commission	en
dc.contributor.funder	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)	es
dc.date.accessioned	2023-05-31T11:02:07Z
dc.date.available	2023-05-31T11:02:07Z
dc.date.issued	2014-02-11
dc.description.abstract	In this paper we conduct a large scale measurement study in order to analyse the fake content publishing phenomenon in the BitTorrent ecosystem. Our results reveal that fake content represents an important portion (35%) of those files shared in BitTorrent and just a few tens of users are responsible for 90% of this content. Furthermore, more than 99% of the analysed fake files are linked to either malware or scam websites. This creates a serious threat for the BitTorrent ecosystem. To address this issue, we present a new tool named TorrentGuard for the early detection of fake content. Based on our evaluation this tool may prevent end users from downloading more than 35 millions fake files per year. This could help to reduce the number of computer infections and scams suffered by BitTorrent users. TorrentGuard is already available and it can be accessed through both a webpage or a Vuze plugin.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	The research leading to these results has been partially funded by the European Union's FP7 Program under the project eCOUSIN (318398), the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness under the eeCONTENT project (TEC2011-29688-C02-02), and the Regional Government of Madrid under the MEDIANET project (S2009/TIC-1468).	en
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation	Cuevas, R., Kryczka, M., González, R., Cuevas, Á., & Azcorra, A. (2014). TorrentGuard: Stopping scam and malware distribution in the BitTorrent ecosystem. Computer Networks, 59, 77-90.	en
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2013.12.007
dc.identifier.issn	1389-1286
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage	77
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage	90
dc.identifier.publicationtitle	Computer Networks	en
dc.identifier.publicationvolume	59
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10016/37396
dc.identifier.uxxi	AR/0000014706
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Elsevier	en
dc.relation.projectID	Comunidad de Madrid. S2009/TIC-1468	es
dc.relation.projectID	Gobierno de España. TEC2011-29688-C02-02	es
dc.relation.projectID	info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7-ICT-318398
dc.rights	© 2013 Elsevier B.V.	en
dc.rights	Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España	*
dc.rights.accessRights	open access	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/	*
dc.subject.eciencia	Ciencias de la Información	es
dc.subject.eciencia	Informática	es
dc.subject.eciencia	Telecomunicaciones	es
dc.subject.other	Peer-to-peer networking	en
dc.subject.other	Bittorrent	en
dc.subject.other	Malware distribution	en
dc.title	TorrentGuard: Stopping scam and malware distribution in the BitTorrent ecosystem	en
dc.type	research article	*
dc.type.hasVersion	AM	*
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