uTorrent (may) Silent Install Crypto Currency Miner

[Pedeadstrian]

What surprises me isn't just that people are actually using modern uTorrent, it's that people are actually torrenting via their personal computers rather than setting up a secure seedbox for a couple bucks a month. I suppose it's not necessary if you're only downloading completely legal torrents, but it certainly limits security issues.

It's partly due to the whole "It won't happen to me" mentality, partly because the whole point of torrenting (for the vast majority of people) is to get things for free, and partly because they don't know anything about it.

 

[jurassicplayer]

I haven't used uTorrent in eons. Those people using old versions of uTorrent...maybe it's because I've become so accustomed to Arch and Android, but...AHAHAAHAHHAHAHAA U AND UR OUTDATED SHIT.

 

[Acidflare]

here's a port of transmission-qt to windows http://sourceforge.net/projects/trqtw/
it gets update very regularly last update was roughly about a week ago.

 

[Walker D]

holy crap ..I knew that Utorrent was getting crappier with each update, but having malwares bundled with it? ..that's a new level of crap

I glad that I never passed beyond the version 2.1.1

 

[WiiCube_2013]

Don't know what's worse: People who use an outdated version and insecure or the latest version of uTorrent. They're both rotten.

I've decided to use qBittorrent and swap it for another one!

 

[Xabring]

well that explains all the crap I cleaned last week from my dad´s computer. gotta switch to another torrent then.

 

[TecXero]

I forgot uTorrent was a thing. I switched to Transmission a while back and never looked back. I don't know if Transmission has a Windows or Mac port, though.

 

[Taleweaver]

It's strongly recommended any uTorrent user checks their PC for any malware and miners that could or couldn't have been installed.

For the record: PC users should check for malware and virusses from time to time anyway.

Personally, I switch those things up quite regular. After utorrent, I tried tixati and now qbittorrent.

this may be an interesting guide for those not sure what to pick.

 

[zero2exe]

Thanks for the info, I wanted to get rid of utorrent for a while but now I have a good excuse + alternatives I didn't know existed.

 

[Aeter]

I left uTorrent after fighting that bs Conduit shit for the 2nd/3rd time.
I'm now using qBittorrent and have no issues whatsoever. Not feeling bad about the switch

Same here, got tired their bs and installed qBittorrent.

 

[Ashtonx]

At some point i got tired of issues with old utorrent and new one was too much crap to deal with so i switched to qbittorrent. Guess i made the right choice.

 

[OncRN]

Split from utorrent a couple of years back. It was like an ill-fated romantic relationship. At first, everything was perfect- it was new and exciting and I enjoyed every minute of it. But just when I got comfortable and thought everything was perfect, all sorts of strange stuff started happening, and it was different. Things got complicated...things changed. So that's when I left. Never went back.

 

[LittleFlame]

good thing i've always used Vuze

 

[Ashtonx]

In casy anyone plans to use old version. I switched since at some point it seemed like my utorrent tried to ddos someone, dunno if it was some sort of bug getting exploited or whatever but it pretty much overloaded my network while sending data at speed way above my limit.

As for qbit - only issue i had was stalling, dunno how i resolved it but it can be a headache if you end up getting the problem. Still nothing compared to problems i've had with utorrent.

 

[FAST6191]

Tom you are fired; you had a perfect opportunity to use a variation on "A mining we will go" and you missed out

The bot farmers go around
Malware is not like days of yore
The black hats they go underground
And never miss a flaw

A-mining we will go
A-mining we will go
Our stolen CPU cycles in their hands
A-mining we will go

 

[p1ngpong]

Any long time uTorrent user knows it has been junk for quite some time, the ads in client being the most obvious sign of their philosophy. I stuck with uTorrent just for the fact that it did the job, it always served me well in the past, too lazy to change to something else etc. Anyway even though I haven't been affected by this miner as far as I know it is time to uninstall uTorrent forever and never use them again, there is simply no way of coming back from this you can not trust them ever again.

 

[LittleFlame]

Any long time uTorrent user knows it has been junk for quite some time, the ads in client being the most obvious sign of their philosophy. I stuck with uTorrent just for the fact that it did the job, it always served me well in the past, too lazy to change to something else etc. Anyway even though I haven't been affected by this miner as far as I know it is time to uninstall uTorrent forever and never use them again, there is simply no way of coming back from this you can not trust them ever again.

try Vuze (azureus) it works way better

 

[GaaraPrime]

How do I know whether I have Epic Scale installed on my PC? Is it a hidden spyware?

I have ESET Smart Security and that pretty much takes care of whatever crap my PC comes across, but I just wanna be safe

Edit: Never mind. I highly doubt I have it...

https://www.how-to-remove.com/epic-scale/

ESET-NOD32 - Win32/EpicScale.A potentially unwanted

If ESET sees Epic Scale as that, then I highly doubt I have it

 

[raulpica]

Any long time uTorrent user knows it has been junk for quite some time, the ads in client being the most obvious sign of their philosophy. I stuck with uTorrent just for the fact that it did the job, it always served me well in the past, too lazy to change to something else etc. Anyway even though I haven't been affected by this miner as far as I know it is time to uninstall uTorrent forever and never use them again, there is simply no way of coming back from this you can not trust them ever again.

Same here, I've wanted to change it at least 2 times in the last 6 months but never did. This is finally what tips the scale.

I'm now looking for something alternative, open-source preferably. I want third parties to be able to check the shit they put into it.

EDIT: Tom Bombadildo Tixati looks shady as well. I'll go with qBittorrent.

 

[Bladexdsl]

Utorrents been junk for the past couple years now. Bundled with all kinds of adware/spyware/crapware etc. Why anybody still uses it is beyond me. I moved on from utorrent when all this crap started happening.

you can disable and block all that crap in the settings it's not hard to do.