Yes, yes it will. Torrents, the illegal variety, are widely known to be effective vehicles for the transmission of malware. If they themselves don't, the sites will (as evidenced by your post). Again, the easiest solution here is to run the software mentioned in harryb2448's post and avoid these sites altogether (if for nothing else than to avoid breaking the law). If you wish not to heed our cautions, which we provide with the best of intentions, so be it but then expect such nuisances again in the future.