I have never really downloaded fake files either.

Most fakes are easy to spot, and can be easily avoided.

Generally, if something looks real, has a correct size, correct extention, and there's a decent amount of people seeding and leeching (A realistic number. if it says there are 252383 people seeding and leeching, it's definately fake
) and a realistic filename, then it's generally real. Files like "Warcraft 3.rar" that is 50MB in size, or "Clannad - Episode 1.exe" is obviously fake.


As Zinga mentioned, checking size is very effective in weeding out the fakes, and so is checking extentions and file names.