uTorrent 1.7.2 build 3458

(9 replies) #1 JoHideo on 21 Jul 2007 - 22:32

Is there any truth to the rumors that uTorrent has some kind of connection to groups such as the RIAA and includes components to track usage in versions after 1.6.1?

#1.1 HawkMan on 21 Jul 2007 - 23:07

Well utorrent was bought up/merged with the official torrent client. and he started workign with RIAA...

and some torrent sites do give this warning:

"It has been determined that utorrent 1.7 and upwards has a bug that reports your stats incorrectly and it reports private info outside of the tracker.

We advise anyone using these versions to downgrade back to uTorrent 1.6.1. Anybody using 1.7 or above does so at their own risk and will not be given any user support.
To downgrade, stop utorrent, and download uTorrent 1.6.1 (Build 490) and save it in place of your existing utorrent.exe file. Download uTorrent 1.6.1"

#1.2 ZEROarmy on 21 Jul 2007 - 23:23

^This update fixes that.

#1.3 rpger81 on 22 Jul 2007 - 00:08

TBH, I'd rather be safe than sorry. There is no proof whatsoever that utorrent sends private information to RIAA or w/e, but I don't need it to decide to not use it anymore. It's your choice if you want to use it or not.

#1.4 raskren on 22 Jul 2007 - 01:30

Quote - (rpger81 said @ #1.3)

TBH, I'd rather be safe than sorry. There is no proof whatsoever that utorrent sends private information to RIAA or w/e, but I don't need it to decide to not use it anymore. It's your choice if you want to use it or not.

Just don't download warez! What's the problem?

#1.5 rpger81 on 22 Jul 2007 - 02:01

Quote - (raskren said @ #1.4)

Quote - (rpger81 said @ #1.3)

TBH, I'd rather be safe than sorry. There is no proof whatsoever that utorrent sends private information to RIAA or w/e, but I don't need it to decide to not use it anymore. It's your choice if you want to use it or not.

Just don't download warez! What's the problem?

Never said it was a problem

There are plenty of other options for the paranoid, either use one of the older utorrent versions or just use another client.

I likes my warez.

#1.6 Nexus- on 22 Jul 2007 - 05:59

or you could use something like peer guardian. No need to wear a tinfoil hat folks. If it was true dont you think somone smarter than yourself would have already explosed it and put egg on the face of the developers?

#1.7 JoHideo on 22 Jul 2007 - 17:01

What is the last version of utorrent before it became associated with Bram Cohen?

#1.8 Copernic on 22 Jul 2007 - 21:16

Quote - (HawkMan said @ #1.1)

Well utorrent was bought up/merged with the official torrent client. and he started workign with RIAA...

and some torrent sites do give this warning:

"It has been determined that utorrent 1.7 and upwards has a bug that reports your stats incorrectly and it reports private info outside of the tracker.

We advise anyone using these versions to downgrade back to uTorrent 1.6.1. Anybody using 1.7 or above does so at their own risk and will not be given any user support.
To downgrade, stop utorrent, and download uTorrent 1.6.1 (Build 490) and save it in place of your existing utorrent.exe file. Download uTorrent 1.6.1"

Actually µTorrent 1.6 (build 474) was the last version before RIAA & Mr.Bram Cohen affair. Build 490 was after...anyway you can get µTorrent 1.6 (build 474) here:

http://kppfree.altervista.org/#uTorrent

#1.9 MrCobra on 23 Jul 2007 - 05:33

Quote - (HawkMan said @ #1.1)

Well utorrent was bought up/merged with the official torrent client. and he started workign with RIAA...

and some torrent sites do give this warning:

"It has been determined that utorrent 1.7 and upwards has a bug that reports your stats incorrectly and it reports private info outside of the tracker.

We advise anyone using these versions to downgrade back to uTorrent 1.6.1. Anybody using 1.7 or above does so at their own risk and will not be given any user support.
To downgrade, stop utorrent, and download uTorrent 1.6.1 (Build 490) and save it in place of your existing utorrent.exe file. Download uTorrent 1.6.1"

A couple of places that I frequent have banned people for using anything above 1.6 build 474.

#2 +littleneutrino on 21 Jul 2007 - 22:53

i have yet to hear anything about the program itself having that issue however. there is a filter add on that will do that. as long as you download the original version from their site you should not have any issues.

(4 replies) #3 BriFi on 21 Jul 2007 - 23:43

I'm new to torrents and have been using this program for about a week now. I was able to down a few this with it, but the main problem is it kills my connection constantly.

Whats up with that? Is it always this unreliable?

#3.1 Croquant on 22 Jul 2007 - 00:01

Quote - (BriFi said @ #3)

I'm new to torrents and have been using this program for about a week now. I was able to down a few this with it, but the main problem is it kills my connection constantly.

Whats up with that? Is it always this unreliable?

Are you on dial-up or something?

#3.2 iascoot on 22 Jul 2007 - 00:17

If your running XP, you need to install the TCPIP patch then set net.max_halfopen(?) to a number like 38
also, make sure you limit your upload speed

#3.3 bangbang023 on 22 Jul 2007 - 00:58

Quote - (iascoot said @ #3.2)

If your running XP, you need to install the TCPIP patch then set net.max_halfopen(?) to a number like 38
also, make sure you limit your upload speed

A more logical fix, other than removing a security feature from a system file, would be to simply limit the number of possible outgoing connections from within utorrent.

#3.4 balupton on 23 Jul 2007 - 12:17

Quote - (BriFi said @ #3)

I'm new to torrents and have been using this program for about a week now. I was able to down a few this with it, but the main problem is it kills my connection constantly.

Whats up with that? Is it always this unreliable?

Sounds like your ports aren't forwarded correctly by your router, in your routers settings, set all port forwarding to automatic, and then get utorrent to use a port you make up, then add the port association in your router. If that doesn't make sense, google router port forwarding.

#4 ThaCrip on 22 Jul 2007 - 02:11

nice program as it's the best torrent client out there

(1 reply) #5 PiNoYz on 22 Jul 2007 - 05:09

So is this version safe to use? or is 1.6.1 better to use?

#5.1 Nexus- on 22 Jul 2007 - 06:01

use this build and use something like peerguardian. that would protect you no matter what you choose to do or what software you choose to run.

(1 reply) #6 Copoboxx on 22 Jul 2007 - 09:25

This is banned from Most "Ratio" torrent sites due to some bugs that it causes?

#6.1 DJ Prem on 22 Jul 2007 - 11:03

Changelog:

--- 2007-07-21: Version 1.7.2 (build 345

- Fix: Disable Local Peer Discovery for private torrents

--- 2007-07-13: Version 1.7.1 (build 3360)
- Fix: Invalid download amounts being reported to trackers for >4GB torrents

#7 Computer Guru on 22 Jul 2007 - 15:28

Dammit.... my client won't auto-update! "No update found" (and no, I'm not behind a firewall or proxy).

#8 FuhrerDarqueSyde on 22 Jul 2007 - 16:05

RE: #7 Poster

According to Firon in the uTorrent forums, auto-update won't be updated til Monday, manually download it if you want it before then.

http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?pid=264448#p264448

(2 replies) #9 MegaRainX on 22 Jul 2007 - 18:14

What Icon theme is that? For some reason mine's still stuck on the old one.

#9.1 Reverse Engineer on 22 Jul 2007 - 23:26

http://www.utorrent.com/skins.php Look there.

#9.2 MegaRainX on 23 Jul 2007 - 16:52

Quote - (Reverse Engineer said @ #9.1)

http://www.utorrent.com/skins.php Look there.

I did. I don't see it there.

#10 Toology on 22 Jul 2007 - 19:05

Quote - (Nexus- said @ #1.6)

or you could use something like peer guardian. No need to wear a tinfoil hat folks. If it was true dont you think somone smarter than yourself would have already explosed it and put egg on the face of the developers?

That's what I'm thinking. I don't think anybody would hold back proof of uTorrent doing something questionable if it was true.

#11 b0m8er on 22 Jul 2007 - 19:24

updated thans!

(1 reply) #12 werdwerdus on 23 Jul 2007 - 03:17

you could use it with the onion router and be uber anonymous!

#12.1 OMEGA_RAZER on 23 Jul 2007 - 03:39

yes, if A) you wan't to go back to dial-up speeds (it might be faster now though) and B) you wanted to kill the network...

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