How to Torrent for Beginners Tutorial. A more lecture style tutorial for the generalities of how torrenting works. I do this on Windows. General Directions:. 1) Download a program like Utorrent, which is a torrent client. |--| 2) Download Peerblock and install. |--| 3) Google search item + " torrent" at the end. |--| 4) Open Peerblock and block a couple of lists like P2P, advertising, and spyware. 5) Open the torrent and save wherever. You will be leeching the file (downloading). |--| 6) You start seeding (uploading) after leeching is done. Seed files under your discrimination. Seed illegal torrents at your own risk. Don't seed too much unless you have a VPN or seedbox. If you seed too much, and it's a popular illegal torrent on a public site (like kickass or piratebay), you will likely receive a message from your ISP. Utorrent:.