The one thing this site has going for it is that your chances of getting a virus from any of the torrents is significantly less than that of thepiratebay, and the likes. But it is hardly a "private" tracker- I'm pretty sure they have open invites every Friday. That may have changed, though, I don't know. Bottom line is, Mac Jesus is right. Demonoid pales in comparison to many other trackers out there. Not trying to hate at all - I encourage everyone to use Demonoid as an alternative to all those other public trackers. But I would work my way towards something better.