Usenet Newsgroups Secure Download Guide

Good torrent trackers are getting harder and harder to find nowadays. Many people are looking for new ways to download files in a secure way. I am confident that Usenet is the future of file sharing, much due to the fact that every session is fully encrypted and no seeding is required. Usenet is a newsgroups system from Internet’s early years, it was a way for people to communicate, share and discuss news. If you want to learn more about usenet newsgroup history then click here. The great part about it is that it has a built in function to embed files with posts which allows everyone to upload files. Usenet is built with a great amount of servers linked together, kind of like a RAID0 for harddrives hardrive. Most Usenet providers have their own servers but with the link system every file gets uploaded to all servers that keep that “Category”. Free usenet server access is easy to find and it’s important to have a good provider because they are responsible for which Categories they subscribe to and how long they keep the data. A bad provider will result in shorter retention of files and alot of corrupt files, this is why you shouldn’t just get the cheapest one available.

To get started with Usenet you’ll need a good Usenet newsgroups provider, my favorite is Newshosting. They offer a retention of 452 days, which means every file that is uploaded will stay on the server for 452 days. They have no issues with corrupt files from my experience and they offer great speed. I can without any trouble use my entire 100 Mbit/s connection when downloading. Use this link for a free of charge 2 weeks trial: Newshosting 14 days free trial.If you aren’t happy with the service you can cancel within 2 weeks and it won’t cost you a dime. I recommend you go with the NH Unlimited subscription since you really don’t need more than 30 connections to get 100% use of your internet connection. NH unlimited gives you unlimited downloads and unlimited speed for less than $15 a month.

Now you need a Usenet client to download the files, I will review 4 good clients in this guide:-

1: Grabit The easiest and most simple Usenet download client, it is totally free but also the most ineffective. I would only recommend you to use this client if you if you feel that the others are too complicated to use.

2: News Leecher A great beginners client, alot of advanced features without being complicated to set up. It costs $19.99 year or $2.99 a month if you buy it but there’s a free trial which is what we will use to start with.

3: SABnzbd+ The most advanced but also the best Usenet Newsgroups download client, works on almost all computer platforms and is totally free. I will not go in to how to set it up in this guide because that would make it too long. I suggest you google a tutorial or use trial and error. I use it and I love it.

4: Newsbin Pro Seen by some as the ultimate Usenet robot. It automatically downloads and combines multi-part posts. That part is really useful if you are downloading large files. Newsbin costs $35 for a one time license – there is a free trial option so that you can test it out before you fully commit.

Start with installing News Leecher and the open the program. Click on Manager and the Add. News Hosting servers: NH Unlimited: * hostname: unlimited.newshosting.com * port: 119 * max connections: 30 * standard ports: 119, 23, 25, 80, 3128 * SSL ports: 563 Europe: NH Unlimited * hostname: news.ams.newshosting.com * port: 119 * max connections: 30 * standard ports: 119, 23, 25,80, 3128 * SSL ports: 563

A picture of how you add an Usenet server in News Leecher

Fill your details in and click OK. Then click on Options.

Set up where you want the files to be downloaded

Save you settings with OK, Click on Connect in your top right corner and then on Repair’n'Extract.

Set up auto verify, repair and unpack of your files.

Lastly you need NZB files, they are like torrent files but for Usenet Newsgroups. They help make sure that you get the files you want to download and nothing else. There are many NZB-”trackers” for Usenet downloading but these are the ones I use:-

1: NZBMatrix It’s free to register an account but to get access to the entire database you need to donate $10, a one time fee for a life time account. That fee is definitely worth paying. This site has everything. Supports HTTPS.

2: NZBs.org Requires a free registration before you can download NZB files, In my opinion not as good as a donated NZBMatrix account but very good. Only shows scene releases.

3: NZBMovieSeeker Doesn’t require any registration, great for finding a good movie to watch when you don’t know what you want to watch. Only scene releases. Not as big database as NZBMatrix. A bit complicated to download from.

4: NZBsRus Built as a torrent tracker, so torrent users will be very familiar. Free to register but require donation to get full content. Great design and functions, probably the best designed of them all. Function to filter only scene releases. Not as big database as NZBMatrix.

5: Newzbin The absolute best Usenet Newsgroups NZB tracker site. Biggest database with alot of extra functions and external plugins. Supports HTTPS. But it is private so it requires an invite from a member, it’s free to register but to use most functions you need a subscription for about $2 per month. This tracker is totally unnecessary for most people that only want mainstream stuff but it’s great for people looking for more unique downloads.

6: TVNZB I don’t use this tracker myself because I like NZBMatrix more. No registration required.

Find what you are looking for, download the NZB file and choose to open it with News Leecher automatically in your browser or download it to your harddrive and double click on the file. Newsleecher should now download the file automatically from your Usenet Newsgroups provider, verify it, repair if need and extract it. All you have to do is sit back and enjoy the ride.

I hope you enjoyed this guide and I wish you good luck with your secure downloads from Usenet. If you have any questions please comment below and I will answer as soon as possible.