Most VPNs offer their own clients/programs to make setup a breeze. Many build protection into their clients in case you lose the connection to the VPN.
The protection blocks all internet connections while the client is running but not connected, until it can reestablish a connection.

Here are lists of trustworthy VPNs. Note: towards the end of the article it lists VPNs "who log, sometimes a lot".

http://torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-providers-really-take-anonymity-seriously-111007/
http://torrentfreak.com/vpn-services-that-take-your-anonymity-seriously-2013-edition-130302/

Private Internet Access is very good and you can't beat the price, they're practically like half the price of most other providers.
They offer all the features other VPN providers do, and in some cases more.

I prefer VPNs over seedboxes because I have a decent upload connection already and like the many other protections and features VPNs offer.

Why worry every time you upload and/or download? Just get a VPN.

On a practical level, this is a private tracker, which tend not to be monitored with capture projects.  Is it still possible, yes. . . is it probable, no.

Best advice is to get and use the VPN service in all aspects of internet connection.