YggTorrent, the famous French download site, has once again changed its web address. Here is everything you need to know about YggTorrent and especially the right URL to access the website without being tricked by a scam.
Just like Zone Download which changed its web address in December 2022, or Cpasbien which was renamed to Oxtorrent, YggTorrent also faces a URL change. The site is regularly blocked by Internet service providers and by Google, which removes it from its search engine.
To work around this problem, admins often change YggTorrent web address. It must be said that on December 8, 2017, the site had more than 600,000 members173,000 torrents, with a total of more than two million connected peers.
According to Alexa Internet, YggTorrent was the 35th most visited website in France on January 1, 2020, being the first in its category of bittorrent directory and illegal downloading. Something to alert the French authorities.
For don’t get fooled by one of the site’s clones that are invading the Internet with the aim of scamming you, here is the right address and how to access it safely.
✅ YggTorrent: what is the right address?
For some time, YggTorrent is no longer accessible in .fi, the old URL of the famous piracy site. To connect to the YggTorrent site without being fooled by one of these multiple clonesyou must now go directly to one of these two addresses:
- Yggtorrent.lol
- https://yggtorrent.lol
YggTorrent features the same interface and user accounts. You can still access YggTorrent through Yggtorrent.re since it is only a redirect link. Beware, however, of all the other URLs which are only rogue clones.
? What happened with YggTorrent?
Like many other download sites, YggTorrent has faced many setbacks with the French authorities. The site has been launched on May 21, 2017 under the domain name yggtorrent.com. The removal of t411 on June 26, 2017 will have transformed it into a public and participative tracker at the beginning of July 2017, with becoming a private tracker with free registration.
At the end of 2017, the popular clone of the t411 site announces its closure and merger with YggTorrent. On December 1, YggTorrent was delisted by the Google search engine in response to repeated copyright violations and numerous DMCA requests sent to Google by rights holders.
At the end of 2019, the site moved to a domain name located in Peru, then to the Samoa Islands. At the beginning of 2020, the site claims 3,500,000 users on Twitter and 490,000 torrents in 2021. The domain name of the site is then deactivated by the domain name registrar. The site then migrates to .se, before being blocked by internet service providers in France and to transform into .si, then .li and .wz at the end of the year, before moving to .re following a new blockage by Internet service providers.
On April 10, 2022, the site changed its domain name and chose .la and on June 5, 2022, the site changes its domain name again and chooses .fi following DNS blockages.
? Do I need to change my DNS to access YggTorrent?
Changing the DNS of your box or your computer increases the connection speed, but also increases the security of your privacy. Others will use this technique to circumvent the limitations of access providers in order to access locked sites such as YggTorrent or Download Zone. So try to configure primary DNS to 1.1.1.1 and secondary DNS to 1.0.0.1.
To find out all about this, we invite you to read our dedicated topic: how to speed up and secure your Internet connection by changing DNS.
? Should I use a VPN to access YggTorrent?
It’s not mandatory, but yes, you can use a VPN to access some illegal downloads and piracy sites in France, but be aware that pirating such files is illegal. Widely used by those who want to surf and download anonymously, the VPN is a good way to secure their computer, smartphone, or even all connected devices in the house or outside. Here’s how to set up a VPN in 2022.
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