What is a BitTorrent Client?

My son is interested in getting a piece of software called XTorrent; a BitTorrent Client. I don't really understand what this does or how it works. If you buy it, it says it can do searches faster for you. It also does music, film and file downloads. Is this legit or is it just like the old Napster?

BitTorrents are not legal. They're not entirely trustworthy and some BitTorrent Clients have
been known to have malicious software embedded into them.
I think you should maybe buy or rent things like that instead. It's legal and you can trust who
you're buying from
Uh, no. BitTorrents are legal -- try not to believe everything the MPAA and RIAA say without engaging a little bit of critical thinking. That said, what people do with a BitTorrent client is often illegal.
BitTorrent is peer-to-peer (p2p) software and a lot of the content distributed on p2p networks is illegal copies of music or movies. But it is also used to legitimately distribute large files like the Linux operating system and the World of Warcraft game. While R94N is wrong about BitTorrents being illegal, you need to be very careful about what files your child is downloading or uploading.
Also, be warned that a lot of the p2p software out there is less than great quality. You cannot be certain that the client program you're using isn't also uploading files from your system that you wouldn't want to share with the world -- tax records, bank statements, email, etc. It isn't supposed to happen, but it happens all the time. I had this problem myself using the Azureus client on my mac.
My advice would be that BitTorrent clients are often more trouble than they are worth in terms of the risks to your system. If you are going to use one, then use a reputable piece of software like the free Opera browser which has a torrent client built in to it.
You should not have to pay for a torrent client and the likelihood that something improper is going on goes up when you have to either pay for the client or pay for "search services" to download even faster.

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