uTorrent client is stealing your CPU cycles to mine Bitcoins

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Grand Master

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What does Peer Block actually block? MPAA and RIAA IP addresses and other known anti-piracy groups?

Seems like it would be easy for them to get around those blocks.

 

It is. Anti-P2P companies just monitor torrents from consumer ISPs now.

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Why not Bittorrent ?

It does the same ?

If you're referring to the official BitTorrent client, it's just a rebranded version of uTorrent. Been that way for a long time now.

 

I went Deluge because it satisfies my obsessive compulsive nature by having a clean looking interface and an adequate amount of features.

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Looks nice but why does the setup have to be 13MB in size (I assume after installation it's even larger)? The uTorrent executable I use is a mere 320KB! Is the bloat entirely due to GTK+ or some other reason I wonder? Don't even think a proper portable version is available. And Tixati portable weighs in at 51.4MB. Why? :s
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Looks nice but why does the setup have to be 13MB in size (I assume after installation it's even larger)? The uTorrent executable I use is a mere 320KB! Is the bloat entirely due to GTK+ or some other reason I wonder? Don't even think a proper portable version is available. And Tixati portable weighs in at 51.4MB. Why? :s

 

good point

my install folder for deluge is 43.7 MB !    did not notice it, since my pc and internet is fast.    but yeah, not quite the 0.5Mb i am used to with utorrent.

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I assume all official rebranded versions of uTorrent would have the same nasty behavior [ stealing the CPU's cycles for Bitcoins ] ...

 

Since uTorrent itself wasn't Bitcoin mining, the same (or a similar) mining program would need to be bundled with BitTorrent/Mainline for this to happen. So far I see no reports of this but I wouldn't rule it out considering it's the same company behind both clients.

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Since uTorrent itself wasn't Bitcoin mining, the same (or a similar) mining program would need to be bundled with BitTorrent/Mainline for this to happen. So far I see no reports of this but I wouldn't rule it out considering it's the same company behind both clients.

 

Short & clear , as usual . (Y) 

I suppose I did the right choice when I picked up qBittorrent ... :cool: 

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Short & clear , as usual . (Y) 

I suppose I did the right choice when I picked up qBittorrent ... :cool: 

 

This was a godsend, I've gotten far more and more reliable connections and throughput with qBittorrent, the difference has been dramatic.

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