On Thu, 03 Mar 2016 21:40:02 +0100, Joe <Joe@abbd.inv> wrote:
>Herb Thymebaum wrote:
>
>> Joe wrote:
>>> dodo007 wrote:
>
>>>> Have a looksee at alt.binaries.teevee.
>
>>> There's only one instance of "S02 E01" there, and it's a scam:
>>> password protected and clickbait.
>
>> I have no idea what you're talking about. I find three copies uploaded
>> to .teevee. I just downloaded the 314mb version by r@ndom, and it
>> worked just fine. I wasn't going to download all three just to check,
>> but I have no doubt they work just fine, too. I've downloaded files by
>> 'ilikeboys' before and they've all been legit, as well. Try again.
>
>> http://member.nzbclub.com/search.aspx?q=life+and+death+row+execution
>
>NZBClub displays different information to Binsearch, which I've used
>many times without problem.
>
>Binsearch showed three entries about 'S02E01' in alt.binaries.teevee:
>http://binsearch.info/?q=life+and+death+row+execution
>&max=25&adv_age=21&server=2
>
>The first, from 'ilikeboys' 7 days ago, is 'blahblah.nzb' which gives me
>only a 124kB NZB file when imported to Alt.Binz.
>
>The second, from 'r@andom 7 days ago, is also 'blahblah.nzb', and
>produces only a 52kB NZB file.
>
>The third, from 'ilikeboys' 15 days ago, offered RAR and PAR files
>and so I downloaded it; it gave me a password protected video file
>and clickbait. I tried again before posting my request with the same
>result: password protection and clickbait.
>
>This scam offering (in Usenet terms) has since changed in Binsearch
>to another unproductive NZB file (no RARs or PARs), and what were
>confusing format and filename extensions of the other two have also
>changed to simple '..nzb'. What I downloaded twice has disappeared.
>
>I gave close scrutiny to what was on offer in Binsearch trying to make
>sense of it, and I downloaded many megabytes of what looked to be
>full and genuine but wasn't.
>
>Anyway, to nzbclub which I've not used before, and which I see gives
>more comprehensive informaion. There I successfully downloaded the
>post from 'r@andom'. I've not tried either of the posts from 'ilikeboys'
>having wasted enough bandwidth there, but, like you, I have had good
>downloads from him in the past.
>
>Thank you for your response.
You might want to go into NZBClub 'Options' and invoke "skip
passworded" and "skip spam" in the Filters field. That may help avoid
the junk NZB's when using the site in the future.
Herb
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