sanuk711 Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 I was reinstalling uTorrent, and came across so many of these warnings while going to their site--- is it correct? I have run the usual maleware etc--all negative and have not noticed any decrease in the download speed. --But these warnings come reputable sites--unlimited download here, unlike western countries. So I don't know from my account if there is any more usage. So should I be worried or just ignore. uTorrent's latest update the popular torrent management software comes bundled with a program called Epic Scale, a Windows program that uses the computer's processor to mine a bitcoin variant called Litecoin in the background. -- Trusted Reviews, uTorrent is a popular BitTorrent application that has angered some users by installing a Bitcoin mining application on their computers---Infoworld.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 (edited) 24 minutes ago, sanuk711 said: So should I be worried or just ignore. There are other Bitorrent Clients you can use I use this https://transmissionbt.com/about/ Edited July 26, 2021 by johng 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whale Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 It was back in 2015, it does not mine anymore. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdsa Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Whale said: It was back in 2015, it does not mine anymore. yes, it does not mine Bitcoins now because it mines its very own cryptocurrency. (can be disabled in settings) (or can be enabled to earn free moneys if you have lots of bandwidth and share large and popular files) Edited July 26, 2021 by fdsa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffy D Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Does this only apply to later versions of uTorrent? I am using a very old version V.2.2.1 so should be alright shouldn't I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthai55 Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 I was warned about UTorrent last year Switched to QBitorrent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaitom Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 On 7/26/2021 at 6:50 PM, Daffy D said: Does this only apply to later versions of uTorrent? I am using a very old version V.2.2.1 so should be alright shouldn't I ver 2.2.1 or ver. 3.5.5 is the recommended versions to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 On 7/26/2021 at 4:42 PM, fdsa said: yes, it does not mine Bitcoins now because it mines its very own cryptocurrency. (can be disabled in settings) (or can be enabled to earn free moneys if you have lots of bandwidth and share large and popular files) How do I disable this in the settings....please. I also ask because just recently I've noticed something strange happening with my UTorrent, where the selected downloads are shown, and the progress, the whole thing keeps "stuttering" whereby it seems to get switched on and off in a matter of seconds, repeatedly. Don't know what's causing it, any suggestions please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I use an app off Play Store, MinerBlock it lets you know if anyone is using a miner on any of the sites you go to,and blocks it. regards Worgeordie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffy D Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 hour ago, thaitom said: ver 2.2.1 or ver. 3.5.5 is the recommended versions to use. So I'm not being mined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaitom Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 24 minutes ago, Daffy D said: So I'm not being mined Well....it depends on what you are into. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocky Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 +1 for qBittorrent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffy D Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 3 hours ago, thaitom said: Well....it depends on what you are into. These days at my age there's very little I'm able to be into It's really more of a worry what's trying to get at me Anyways, the extension Minerblock mentioned by "worgeordie" works on Chrome and Edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaitom Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 13 minutes ago, Daffy D said: These days at my age there's very little I'm able to be into It's really more of a worry what's trying to get at me Anyways, the extension Minerblock mentioned by "worgeordie" works on Chrome and Edge. I just downloaded Transmission , I will give it a try just for a change. The torrent site I use accepts it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recom273 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 17 hours ago, thaitom said: I just downloaded Transmission , I will give it a try just for a change. The torrent site I use accepts it. Transmission is good open source software, no doubt about it, but I find it too basic. If you find it a little bare bones, then try another safe open source client, qbittorrent - visually its the same as utorrent without the bloat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaitom Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, recom273 said: Transmission is good open source software, no doubt about it, but I find it too basic. If you find it a little bare bones, then try another safe open source client, qbittorrent - visually its the same as utorrent without the bloat. Okay, Thanks. I will give it a try also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Been using µTorrent for ages. Only use it for downloads/uploads. When they added all that stuff for steaming and whatever else it got too bulky and ate up a lot of system resources,, so I scaled back and shut down all the features that I had no use for. I'm using 3.4, wouldn't even consider updating unless they add something I could use. It's a real workhorse, pretty solid. I've been told by a number of people 2.2.1 is the classic bare-bones release, it should be available on the net if you look hard enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaitom Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 On 8/1/2021 at 11:31 AM, recom273 said: Transmission is good open source software, no doubt about it, but I find it too basic. If you find it a little bare bones, then try another safe open source client, qbittorrent - visually its the same as utorrent without the bloat. I just wanted to say thanks for recommending qbittorrent , It is working great, once I got connectable with the torrent site the speeds are dramatically improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recom273 Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 7 minutes ago, thaitom said: I just wanted to say thanks for recommending qbittorrent , It is working great, once I got connectable with the torrent site the speeds are dramatically improved. That’s great .. its one of the best feature packed clients, I use it because of the tags / trackers / categories organization and it’s rss downloader. I wish they would introduce a time-delete function like utorrent tho’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundown Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 (edited) uTorrent was a standard years ago now it's full of cr*ap, probably they sold it to some other company. I suggest you use a clean BitTorrent client like qBittorrent or Deluge Edited August 13, 2021 by Sundown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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