Under stated......It's sort of like Kazaa but better... Just as dangerous though when it comes to viruses and malware (in my professional opinion)
You are safe. Most do not even have a decent virus scan.....My hd's full of torrents downloaded: 1 1tb, 2 500gb, 4 300gb, 1 250gb, 1 180gb, 1 160gb, 1 80gb.
Viruses= 0. trojans= 0.
Like jbrain said, private trackers are very safe
search my username on demonoid and check my asian exploitation torrents
Thats it scan, scan, .....