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		<title>Fix uTorrent Write Errors In Windows 7</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/29/fix-utorrent-write-errors-in-windows-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[troubleshooting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received error messages in uTorrent after switching from Windows XP to Windows 7. All uTorrent downloads were showing Error: Access is denied after a few seconds. The temporary solution was to run uTorrent in Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode. Several users commented in the thread stating that they did not experience this error messages [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/windows_software.jpg" alt="windows software" title="windows software" width="128" height="128" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-16120" />I received error messages in uTorrent after switching from Windows XP to <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/27/my-windows-7-upgrade-experience/">Windows 7</a>. All uTorrent downloads were showing <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/27/utorrent-error-access-is-denied-windows-7/">Error: Access is denied</a> after a few seconds. The temporary solution was to run uTorrent in Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode. Several users commented in the thread stating that they did not experience this error messages in <a href="http://windows7news.com/">Windows 7</a>.</p>
<p>Further observation revealed that only old torrents were showing that error message. All new torrents were downloading just fine even if the compatibility mode was disabled. The solution to the problem was therefor an access problem of the new Windows 7 user account. More precisely a write access problem.</p>
<p><span id="more-17853"></span>It was thankfully very easy to fix. A right-click on a temporary file or folder in the uTorrent cache folder and the selection of Properties opened a window with configuration possibilities. The Security tab at the top of the window lead to the access permissions for the selected file or folder. It displayed the access rights for various system users including the system administrator, the content owner (that&#8217;s the Windows XP user in this case) and the currently logged in user.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/utorrent_access_error.jpg" alt="utorrent access error" title="utorrent access error" width="377" height="487" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17854" /></p>
<p>This can be easily changed by clicking on the Edit link to edit permissions for specific users of the computer system. All it takes is to select the current user in that new window and add write access permissions for that user. Once that is done the torrents will download just fine without errors.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/utorrent.jpg" alt="utorrent" title="utorrent" width="377" height="456" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17855" /></p>
<p>The same write problem exists for other files that have been created in the previous operating system. If you are encountering write problems you simply need to add the write permission for the logged in user to be able to save the file.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/troubleshooting/" title="troubleshooting" rel="tag">troubleshooting</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent/" title="utorrent" rel="tag">utorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-7/" title="windows 7" rel="tag">windows 7</a><br />

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		<title>uTorrent Error: Access is Denied Windows 7</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/27/utorrent-error-access-is-denied-windows-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I switched to Windows 7 earlier today and have started to install most of the computer programs that I work regularly with. One of the programs was the Bittorrent client uTorrent which caused a strange problem. After configuring the new port forwarding rules it would start downloading and seeding the data as usual but would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I switched to <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/27/my-windows-7-upgrade-experience/">Windows 7</a> earlier today and have started to install most of the computer programs that I work regularly with. One of the programs was the Bittorrent client uTorrent which caused a strange problem. After configuring the new port forwarding rules it would start downloading and seeding the data as usual but would display the error message &#8220;Error: Access is Denied&#8221; for every torrent that was still downloading parts of the file.</p>
<p>My initial though was that it was either a rights-issue or a read-only flag that was preventing the writing of the data to the hard drive. Both assumptions did not turn out to be true however. </p>
<p><span id="more-17786"></span>It seems that uTorrent is having compatibility issues with Windows 7. The easiest way to fix those is to run uTorrent in compatibility mode. This can be done by right-clicking the uTorrent.exe file and selecting Properties from the menu. This opens the file properties with a compatibility tab at the top.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/error_access_is_denied_utorrent-393x500.jpg" alt="error access is denied utorrent" title="error access is denied utorrent" width="393" height="500" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-17787" /></p>
<p>Checking the &#8220;Run this program in compatibility mode for&#8221; will make the application run in the selected compatibility mode. I have selected Windows XP (Service Pack 3) which is working fine. Others might be working as well but this has not been tested.</p>
<p>A click on Apply and Ok will close the window. The program will be launched from then on in Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode which gets rid of the error message for now.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/bittorrent/" title="bittorrent" rel="tag">bittorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/error-access-is-denied/" title="error access is denied" rel="tag">error access is denied</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent/" title="utorrent" rel="tag">utorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-7/" title="windows 7" rel="tag">windows 7</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/10/utorrent-download-accelerator/" title="uTorrent Download Accelerator (January 10, 2009)">uTorrent Download Accelerator</a> (20)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/11/utorrent-2-0-beta-released/" title="uTorrent 2.0 Beta Released (August 11, 2009)">uTorrent 2.0 Beta Released</a> (1)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/07/utorrent-182-final/" title="uTorrent 1.8.2 Final (May 7, 2009)">uTorrent 1.8.2 Final</a> (1)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/01/utorrent-16-final-released/" title="uTorrent 1.6 final released (July 1, 2006)">uTorrent 1.6 final released</a> (0)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/27/utorrent-09-beta-for-mac/" title="uTorrent 0.9 Beta For Mac (November 27, 2008)">uTorrent 0.9 Beta For Mac</a> (2)</li>
</ul>

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		<title>How To Make uTorrent Portable</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/11/how-to-make-utorrent-portable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using a portable version of uTorrent can be beneficial or necessary in several situations. It is for example easier to put a portable version of the Bittorrent client on a removable device so that it can be used on different computer systems without having to worry about settings and paths. Another reason could be to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/utorrent.jpg" alt="utorrent" title="utorrent" width="128" height="128" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-12140" />Using a portable version of uTorrent can be beneficial or necessary in several situations. It is for example easier to put a portable version of the Bittorrent client on a removable device so that it can be used on different computer systems without having to worry about settings and paths. Another reason could be to avoid leaving traces of uTorrent on a computer system. The torrent client uTorrent will place several files in the application data folder in Windows after installation.</p>
<p>It is actually very easy to make uTorrent portable. All that is needed is a installation of uTorrent on the computer system. Now create a new file in the directory of the utorrent.exe and name it settings.dat. uTorrent will recognize the file and start using it instead of the settings file located in the application data folders.</p>
<p><span id="more-15249"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/utorrent_portable.jpg" alt="utorrent portable" title="utorrent portable" width="355" height="198" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-15250" /></p>
<p>Please be aware that old settings are not carried over and that it is needed to configure the client again. All torrents will be missing at the first start as well. You can easily add them again by selecting the correct locations for new and finished downloads in the client. The software will then automatically recognize the new torrents upon restart, perform checks and start downloading them again.</p>
<p>Running a portable version of uTorrent does make it easier to backup the Bittorrent client as well. All that is needed is to backup the files in this one directory (and in the unfinished downloads directory if those should be backed up as well).</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/bittorrent/" title="bittorrent" rel="tag">bittorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/p2p/" title="P2p" rel="tag">P2p</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/torrent/" title="torrent" rel="tag">torrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent/" title="utorrent" rel="tag">utorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent-portable/" title="utorrent portable" rel="tag">utorrent portable</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent-tips/" title="utorrent tips" rel="tag">utorrent tips</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/07/utorrent-182-final/" title="uTorrent 1.8.2 Final (May 7, 2009)">uTorrent 1.8.2 Final</a> (1)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/01/utorrent-16-final-released/" title="uTorrent 1.6 final released (July 1, 2006)">uTorrent 1.6 final released</a> (0)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/14/torrent2exe-makes-bittorrent-a-tad-easier/" title="Torrent2exe makes Bittorrent a tad easier (May 14, 2008)">Torrent2exe makes Bittorrent a tad easier</a> (4)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/12/tired-of-fake-torrents-block-the-sources/" title="Tired of fake torrents ? Block the sources (January 12, 2007)">Tired of fake torrents ? Block the sources</a> (8)</li>
</ul>

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		<title>uTorrent 2.0 Beta Released</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/11/utorrent-2-0-beta-released/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/11/utorrent-2-0-beta-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[P2p]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[uTorrent is one of the most popular Bittorrent clients. It is small, lightweight and offers a good performance out of the box. The currently active branches of uTorrent is version 1.8x which is receiving regular updates from the developers. The first uTorrent 2.0 Beta hit the forum a few days ago. This version is currently [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/utorrent.jpg" alt="utorrent" title="utorrent" width="128" height="128" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-12140" />uTorrent is one of the most popular Bittorrent clients. It is small, lightweight and offers a good performance out of the box. The currently active branches of uTorrent is version 1.8x which is receiving regular updates from the developers. The first uTorrent 2.0 Beta hit the forum a few days ago. This version is currently only available in those forums and not on the main website or by checking in the client for updates.</p>
<p>The developers, who were working on uTorrent 1.9 alpha initially have decided to skip 1.9 and move forward to version 2.0 directly. The release notes mention the following feature additions in the Bittorrent client besides many fixes and changes.</p>
<p><span id="more-15240"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/utorrent20.jpg" alt="utorrent20" title="utorrent20" width="197" height="67" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-15241" /></p>
<ul>
<li>We&#8217;ve added UDP tracker support!</li>
<li>uTP has been improved significantly over the previous alpha, with many bugs fixed and performance improvements. It&#8217;s no longer hidden in Advanced settings.</li>
<li>The setup dialog has been overhauled to make it much easier to use and with a built-in speed test. It&#8217;s still not quite complete yet, but this will give you a good taste of what we&#8217;re up to with it!</li>
<li>A new transfer cap feature has been added to track bandwidth usage, along with graphs to show your usage.</li>
</ul>
<blockquote><p>UDP trackers are a different protocol for tracker communication that uses significantly less processing power on the tracker end. It&#8217;s important for us to support this because trackers have limited resources, so this should allow them to support many more users with their current hardware and not crash under the load.</p></blockquote>
<p>Support for UDP trackers could be beneficial not only for torrent tracker administrators and owners but also users as the performance gain could be noticeable on the front end as well.</p>
<blockquote><p>
uTP is an alternative communication method for BitTorrent traffic that allows the client to automatically regulate its bandwidth usage to avoid adversely impacting your internet connection. This will allow you or other users on the network to download their torrents without killing your connection without any additional setup required.</p></blockquote>
<p>This is probably the most exciting addition for users who like to run uTorrent 24/7.</p>
<blockquote><p>
The transfer cap settings were added in response to various users who have ISP-mandated caps on how much data they can download/upload in a month. Now you can track your usage in MB (with a handy graph to visualize it) and even configure µTorrent to stop torrenting once the limits are exceeded. Currently, you can configure the time interval, the data cap and whether it should stop based on only download, upload, or both combined.<br />
As a privacy notice, this traffic data is not sent back to us or anyone. </p></blockquote>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/transfer_cap-500x378.jpg" alt="transfer cap" title="transfer cap" width="500" height="378" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-15242" /></p>
<p>The transfer cap settings can be very interesting for users with bandwidth caps but it can also be useful for users who like to keep an eye on their bandwidth usage.</p>
<p>The setup guide on the other hand has been changed as well. Currently only test servers that are located in the United States are accessible which makes it unsuitable for users from Europe and Asia. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/utorrent_test-435x500.png" alt="utorrent test" title="utorrent test" width="435" height="500" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-15243" /></p>
<p>Users who want to upgrade their version of uTorrent to version 2.0 beta can do so by <a href="http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?pid=421542">visiting</a> the uTorrent forums.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/bittorrent/" title="bittorrent" rel="tag">bittorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/p2p/" title="P2p" rel="tag">P2p</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/torrents/" title="torrents" rel="tag">torrents</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/udp/" title="udp" rel="tag">udp</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent/" title="utorrent" rel="tag">utorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent-2-0/" title="utorrent 2.0" rel="tag">utorrent 2.0</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utp/" title="utp" rel="tag">utp</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/17/a-new-vulnerability-discovered-in-%ce%bctorrent/" title="A New Vulnerability Discovered in μTorrent (August 17, 2008)">A New Vulnerability Discovered in μTorrent</a> (10)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/08/28/what-can-i-do-if-bittorrent-gets-throttled-or-blocked/" title="What can I do if Bittorrent gets throttled or blocked (August 28, 2007)">What can I do if Bittorrent gets throttled or blocked</a> (5)</li>
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		<title>Torrent Search Engine TorrentFetcher</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/08/torrent-search-engine-torrentfetcher/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/08/torrent-search-engine-torrentfetcher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several torrent applications such as uTorrent provide access to a torrent search that originates in the client software. Most launch the search on a website in the default web browser instead of displaying the search results in their own interface. TorrentFetcher, a desktop Torrent search engine, offers torrent search capabilities right from its interface. Everything [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/microsoft_windows.jpg" alt="microsoft windows" title="microsoft windows" width="128" height="128" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-11907" />Several torrent applications such as uTorrent provide access to a torrent search that originates in the client software. Most launch the search on a website in the default web browser instead of displaying the search results in their own interface. TorrentFetcher, a desktop Torrent search engine, offers torrent search capabilities right from its interface. Everything that is connected to the search is handled in the software program. </p>
<p>The user needs to enter a search term and can optionally select a category, change the number of results and the download directory for the torrents. The interface will then be populated by search results after a short time. It will list the title, seeders, peers, the size and date of each torrent that has been found during the search.</p>
<p><span id="more-13378"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/torrent_search_engine-500x304.jpg" alt="torrent search engine" title="torrent search engine" width="500" height="304" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-13377" /></p>
<p>A double-click on any search result will automatically download that torrent to the directory specified in the header of the torrent search engine. It should be noted that TorrentFetcher will not download the contents the torrent is linking but only the torrent itself. This means that it has to be used in conjunction with a Bittorrent client such as uTorrent.</p>
<p>It works very well with torrent clients that automatically monitor a directory for torrents and begin downloading the files automatically after finding a new torrent file in that directory.</p>
<p>The software developer does not reveal the torrent search engine that is used to populate the results. An option to reveal that information and probably even exchange that torrent search engine with another one would come in really handy. The search in its current stage seems to be concentrating on English torrents. It would also be nice if the results could be sorted by clicking on a column so that the search results could be sorted by date for example.<br />
<a href="http://www.zinious.com/products/TorrentFetcher/"><br />
TorrentFetcher</a> is a handy software program to find torrents. Adding some of the previously mentioned features would increase its reach.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/bittorrent/" title="bittorrent" rel="tag">bittorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/search-engine/" title="search engine" rel="tag">search engine</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/torrent-search/" title="torrent search" rel="tag">torrent search</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/torrent-search-engine/" title="torrent search engine" rel="tag">torrent search engine</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/torrentfetcher/" title="torrentfetcher" rel="tag">torrentfetcher</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent/" title="utorrent" rel="tag">utorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-software/" title="windows software" rel="tag">windows software</a><br />

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	<ul class="st-related-posts">
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/10/utorrent-download-accelerator/" title="uTorrent Download Accelerator (January 10, 2009)">uTorrent Download Accelerator</a> (20)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/04/27/youtorrent-3-takes-over-where-youtorrent-left/" title="Youtorrent 3 takes over where Youtorrent left (April 27, 2008)">Youtorrent 3 takes over where Youtorrent left</a> (5)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/27/utorrent-error-access-is-denied-windows-7/" title="uTorrent Error: Access is Denied Windows 7 (October 27, 2009)">uTorrent Error: Access is Denied Windows 7</a> (23)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/11/utorrent-2-0-beta-released/" title="uTorrent 2.0 Beta Released (August 11, 2009)">uTorrent 2.0 Beta Released</a> (1)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/07/utorrent-182-final/" title="uTorrent 1.8.2 Final (May 7, 2009)">uTorrent 1.8.2 Final</a> (1)</li>
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		<title>uTorrent 1.8.2 Final</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/07/utorrent-182-final/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/07/utorrent-182-final/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 08:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new version of the popular Bittorrent client uTorrent has been released yesterday evening; The release has been classified as final which means that it should be safe to upgrade uTorrent to this version. The developers are already working on uTorrent 1.8.3 and 1.9 but those are in beta and alpha stage currently and only [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/utorrent.jpg" alt="utorrent" title="utorrent" width="195" height="66" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-12640" />A new version of the popular Bittorrent client uTorrent has been released yesterday evening; The release has been classified as final which means that it should be safe to upgrade uTorrent to this version. The developers are already working on uTorrent 1.8.3 and 1.9 but those are in beta and alpha stage currently and only recommended for the adventurous user. The changelog does not list a lot of new features and changes. One that many users will not like is the inclusion of the Ask Toolbar in the installation process.</p>
<p><span id="more-12641"></span>The Bittorrent client will display a dialog that will install the Ask Toolbar if the user does not uncheck those options in the setup. The only new feature that has been added is btsearch bundling which basically allows users to add Bittorrent search engines to the uTorrent search engine so that it is possible to search these sites from within the uTorrent client. The btsearch file is a XML file that adds search engines to the search box in the upper right corner of the Bittorrent client.</p>
<p>The search results will still be opened in a new tab of the default web browser. Below is an example on how to create a btsearch file for Mininova and The Piratebay.</p>
<p><code>&lt;!--Start Code--&gt;<br />
&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot;?&gt;<br />
&lt;OpenSearchDescription&gt;<br />
&lt;ShortName&gt;mininova&lt;/ShortName&gt;<br />
&lt;Url template=&quot;http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=&quot;/&gt;<br />
&lt;/OpenSearchDescription&gt;<br />
&lt;!--End Code--&gt;</code></p>
<p><code>&lt;!--Start Code--&gt;<br />
&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot;?&gt;<br />
&lt;OpenSearchDescription&gt;<br />
&lt;ShortName&gt;mininova&lt;/ShortName&gt;<br />
&lt;Url template=&quot;http://thepiratebay.org/search/&quot;/&gt;<br />
&lt;/OpenSearchDescription&gt;<br />
&lt;!--End Code--&gt;</code></p>
<p>The only parameter that needs to be changed normally is the url that has to point to the site&#8217;s search engine. The files have to be saved as .btsearch files and can then be dragged and dropped into uTorrent. It is also possible to register the .btsearch extension with uTorrent in the options. You can download uTorrent 1.8.2. from the <a href="http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?pid=390442">official</a> website.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/bittorrent/" title="bittorrent" rel="tag">bittorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/btsearch/" title="btsearch" rel="tag">btsearch</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/p2p/" title="P2p" rel="tag">P2p</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent/" title="utorrent" rel="tag">utorrent</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/11/utorrent-2-0-beta-released/" title="uTorrent 2.0 Beta Released (August 11, 2009)">uTorrent 2.0 Beta Released</a> (1)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/11/how-to-make-utorrent-portable/" title="How To Make uTorrent Portable (August 11, 2009)">How To Make uTorrent Portable</a> (7)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/20/alternatives-to-utorrent/" title="Alternatives to uTorrent (February 20, 2007)">Alternatives to uTorrent</a> (15)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/17/a-new-vulnerability-discovered-in-%ce%bctorrent/" title="A New Vulnerability Discovered in μTorrent (August 17, 2008)">A New Vulnerability Discovered in μTorrent</a> (10)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/08/28/what-can-i-do-if-bittorrent-gets-throttled-or-blocked/" title="What can I do if Bittorrent gets throttled or blocked (August 28, 2007)">What can I do if Bittorrent gets throttled or blocked</a> (5)</li>
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		<title>uTorrent Port Checker Online</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/18/utorrent-port-checker-online/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/18/utorrent-port-checker-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Port forwarding is not something that needs to be configured on most computer systems. It basically describes the concept of forwarding connections to a specific local computer system. Usually a computer router, firewall or other hardware device that is managing or controlling traffic is involved in the process and needs to be configured to forward [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/utorrent.jpg" alt="utorrent" title="utorrent" width="128" height="128" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-12140" />Port forwarding is not something that needs to be configured on most computer systems. It basically describes the concept of forwarding connections to a specific local computer system. Usually a computer router, firewall or other hardware device that is managing or controlling traffic is involved in the process and needs to be configured to forward the port. Port forwarding can be a big issue when running P2P applications like uTorrent as a wrongly configured router can reduce or even block the traffic to the local computer running the P2P application.</p>
<p><span id="more-12143"></span>Port forwarding can be configured in the router or traffic controlling device. It basically consists of telling the router route to send incoming traffic to a specific computer by specifying a port and IP address.</p>
<p>One of easiest ways to check if a port is properly forwarded is to use an online port checker like the one provided by uTorrent. To verify the port forwarding open the following url in your web browser http://www.utorrent.com/testport.php?port=1337 and change the number at the end to the port that you want to forward.</p>
<p>The script will check if the port is forwarded properly:</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/utorrent_port_checker1-499x176.jpg" alt="utorrent port checker" title="utorrent port checker" width="499" height="176" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12142" /></p>
<p>The above screen is displaying that the port forwarding has been properly configured. It will display that an error has occured. The port forwarding test can be repeated after adjusting the configuration settings.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/online-service/" title="online service" rel="tag">online service</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/p2p/" title="P2p" rel="tag">P2p</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/port-forwarding/" title="port forwarding" rel="tag">port forwarding</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/port-mapping/" title="port mapping" rel="tag">port mapping</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/ports/" title="ports" rel="tag">ports</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/router/" title="router" rel="tag">router</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent/" title="utorrent" rel="tag">utorrent</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/11/utorrent-2-0-beta-released/" title="uTorrent 2.0 Beta Released (August 11, 2009)">uTorrent 2.0 Beta Released</a> (1)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/07/utorrent-182-final/" title="uTorrent 1.8.2 Final (May 7, 2009)">uTorrent 1.8.2 Final</a> (1)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/04/05/utorrent-17-beta/" title="uTorrent 1.7 beta (April 5, 2007)">uTorrent 1.7 beta</a> (6)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/11/03/port-forwarding-tester/" title="Port Forwarding Tester (November 3, 2007)">Port Forwarding Tester</a> (0)</li>
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		<title>uTorrent Download Accelerator</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/10/utorrent-download-accelerator/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/10/utorrent-download-accelerator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you test if a download accelerator is really working? One way would be to download the same files twice. Once with the download accelerator enabled and once without. While this is surely not the most scientific method of testing it should provide enough data to come to a conclusion. The uTorrent Download Accelerator [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How do you test if a download accelerator is really working? One way would be to download the same files twice. Once with the download accelerator enabled and once without. While this is surely not the most scientific method of testing it should provide enough data to come to a conclusion. The uTorrent Download Accelerator was mentioned on <a href="http://www.whoismadhur.com/2009/01/09/increase-uttorrent-download-speed-with-utorrent-acceleration-tool/">Madhur Kapoor&#8217;s Blog</a>. It promises accelerated downloads thanks to a powerful traffic optimization algorithm that is working in the background.</p>
<p>The developer&#8217;s <a href="http://www.p2paccelerators.com/?page_id=13">website</a> does not really go into much detail about the optimization but it is safe to say that the uTorrent preferences are not changed by it. There is also information about a paid version upon which is said to improve the performance even more. Again without additional information on what is being optimized.</p>
<p>The test was conducted with two downloads of 201 and 34 Megabytes. The unaccelerated download reached an average download speed of 756.5 and 203.2 Megabytes while the accelerated download capped in at 654.2 and 142.8 Megabytes. The acceleration of the downloads had the opposite effect. It could be that the test system was already optimized way better than the software could do it or it could be attributed to different download sources. The last possibility would be that the software is not working as advertised.</p>
<p><span id="more-9765"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/utorrent_download_accelerator.jpg" alt="utorrent download accelerator" title="utorrent download accelerator" width="420" height="377" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9766" /></p>
<p>It the uTorrent download accelerator working? Apparently not on the test system. It could be worth a try if you have abysmal download rates in the bittorrent client. What&#8217;s your take after trying the software?</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/bittorrent/" title="bittorrent" rel="tag">bittorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/download-accelerator/" title="download accelerator" rel="tag">download accelerator</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/p2p-accelerator/" title="p2p accelerator" rel="tag">p2p accelerator</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/software-accelerator/" title="software accelerator" rel="tag">software accelerator</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent/" title="utorrent" rel="tag">utorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent-download-accelerator/" title="uTorrent Download Accelerator" rel="tag">uTorrent Download Accelerator</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-software/" title="windows software" rel="tag">windows software</a><br />

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		<title>uTorrent 0.9 Beta For Mac</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/27/utorrent-09-beta-for-mac/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/27/utorrent-09-beta-for-mac/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first official uTorrent release for Apple Macintosh computers has been released by the developers. Version 0.9 Beta of uTorrent is available for download on the official website. The software is still a beta and the developers state that it might contain serious bugs but that they think that it is stable enough to be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first official uTorrent release for Apple Macintosh computers has been released by the developers. Version 0.9 Beta of <a href="http://mac.utorrent.com/beta/">uTorrent</a> is available for download on the official website. The software is still a beta and the developers state that it might contain serious bugs but that they think that it is stable enough to be released. It is also missing some of the features of the Windows version.</p>
<p>The Mac forum at uTorrent is already buzzing with activity. Feature requests include a scheduler, auto shutdown or the ability to change the queue order. It is also the place for bug reports and troubleshooting help.</p>
<p>The beta release is currently only working on Leopard Intel Macintosh computers. The developers are working on a PowerPc / Tiger version according to <a href="http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-releases-mac-version-081127/">Torrentfreak</a>.</p>
<p><span id="more-8570"></span>Post bugs or problems in the <a href="http://forum.utorrent.com/viewforum.php?id=28">Troubleshooting</a> forum to help the uTorrent Mac development team.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/bittorrent/" title="bittorrent" rel="tag">bittorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/bittorrent-software/" title="bittorrent software" rel="tag">bittorrent software</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/mac-software/" title="mac software" rel="tag">mac software</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent/" title="utorrent" rel="tag">utorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent-mac/" title="utorrent mac" rel="tag">utorrent mac</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent-software/" title="utorrent software" rel="tag">utorrent software</a><br />

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		<title>A New Vulnerability Discovered in μTorrent</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/17/a-new-vulnerability-discovered-in-%ce%bctorrent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/17/a-new-vulnerability-discovered-in-%ce%bctorrent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
As far as file-sharing protocols go, BitTorrent has emerged as one of the leading P2P technologies being used. μTorrent is one of the most popular BitTorrent apps around, largely because of its small size and ease of use. While μTorrent used to be an independent client, it has since been taken over by BitTorrent [...]]]></description>
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<p>As far as file-sharing protocols go, BitTorrent has emerged as one of the leading P2P technologies being used. <a href="http://www.utorrent.com/">μTorrent</a> is one of the most popular BitTorrent apps around, largely because of its small size and ease of use. While μTorrent used to be an independent client, it has since been taken over by BitTorrent Inc. which has partnerships with almost all the major movie networks.</p>
<p>μTorrent has recently been found to contain a very serious security vulnerability. Apparently, there is a boundary error in the processing of <strong>‘.torrent&#8217;</strong> files, which can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow.</p>
<p>What this means is that someone can create a malicious torrent file and place his or her own code in the ‘created by&#8217; section of the torrent. This code may be harmless or something serious like allowing the hacker access to the machine that runs the <strong>.torrent </strong>file.</p>
<p><span id="more-6219"></span></p>
<p>Older versions of μTorrent do not limit the amount of data that can be present in the ‘created by&#8217; section of a torrent file so this problem exists in all μTorrent version prior to 1.8. All users are requested to download μTorrent 1.8 Release Candidate 7, which has been patched to fix this problem.</p>
<p>While the security vulnerability sounds serious enough, I&#8217;m a little skeptical of how dangerous it actually is. A user would have to intentionally download a corrupt torrent file and run it. Plus, indexing sites list torrent contents including the creator of the torrent so you can easily avoid files that look suspicious.</p>
<p>Personally, I think this is another way for BitTorrent Inc. to convince users of old versions of μTorrent to upgrade to the newer one. Considering their links with the movie industry, it doesn&#8217;t sound so far-fetched.</p>
<p>Would you upgrade to the newest version of μTorrent? I&#8217;m using version 1.6 myself, which is the last version released before BitTorrent Inc. took over. Should I upgrade or stay with my old version? Let me know in the comments.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/bittorrent/" title="bittorrent" rel="tag">bittorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/file-sharing/" title="file-sharing" rel="tag">file-sharing</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/movie-industry/" title="movie industry" rel="tag">movie industry</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/p2p/" title="P2p" rel="tag">P2p</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent/" title="utorrent" rel="tag">utorrent</a><br />

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	<ul class="st-related-posts">
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/11/utorrent-2-0-beta-released/" title="uTorrent 2.0 Beta Released (August 11, 2009)">uTorrent 2.0 Beta Released</a> (1)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/07/utorrent-182-final/" title="uTorrent 1.8.2 Final (May 7, 2009)">uTorrent 1.8.2 Final</a> (1)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/09/16/media-defender-email-leak/" title="Media Defender email leak (September 16, 2007)">Media Defender email leak</a> (2)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/11/how-to-make-utorrent-portable/" title="How To Make uTorrent Portable (August 11, 2009)">How To Make uTorrent Portable</a> (7)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/27/eztv-allows-bittorrent-streaming/" title="EZTV Allows BitTorrent Streaming (July 27, 2008)">EZTV Allows BitTorrent Streaming</a> (8)</li>
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		<title>Azureus is no more</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/16/azureus-is-no-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[P2p]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[azureus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bittorrent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[utorrent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vuze]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back in 2007 the team that developed the popular Java Bittorrent client Azureus created the content distribution plattform Vuze and integrated it into Azureus. Today, after more than a year, to consolidate their position and start using the Vuze brand name exclusive. One could say that Azureus has become Vuze which tries to be more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Back in 2007 the team that developed the popular Java Bittorrent client Azureus created the content distribution plattform Vuze and integrated it into Azureus. Today, after more than a year, to consolidate their position and start using the Vuze brand name exclusive. One could say that Azureus has become Vuze which tries to be more than just a Bittorrent download client.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.vuze.com/app">Vuze</a> adds a social component to it among other things. Users can for instance add friends to the client and prioritize this traffic and share torrents with their friends easily. A torrent search engine is included as well in the client with the option to add other search engines that are not listed yet.</p>
<p>The old user base that was happy with just the Bittorrent client is at least partially unhappy with the decision. Many users will continue using the old Azureus client or start using another client like uTorrent.</p>
<p><span id="more-5007"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/vuze-499x358.jpg" alt="vuze" title="vuze" width="499" height="358" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5008" /></p>
<p>While the old interface of Azureus is still available in Vuze users will have no way of downloading the Bittorrent client without the additions implemented by Vuze. </p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/azureus/" title="azureus" rel="tag">azureus</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/bittorrent/" title="bittorrent" rel="tag">bittorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent/" title="utorrent" rel="tag">utorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/vuze/" title="vuze" rel="tag">vuze</a><br />

	<h4>Related posts</h4>
	<ul class="st-related-posts">
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/21/optimal-bittorent-settings/" title="Optimal Bittorent Settings (March 21, 2007)">Optimal Bittorent Settings</a> (2)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2006/04/20/how-to-increase-download-speeds-with-azureus-and-utorrent/" title="How to increase download speeds with Azureus and uTorrent (April 20, 2006)">How to increase download speeds with Azureus and uTorrent</a> (4)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/19/bitcomet-080-has-been-released/" title="BitComet 0.80 has been released (December 19, 2006)">BitComet 0.80 has been released</a> (8)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/20/alternatives-to-utorrent/" title="Alternatives to uTorrent (February 20, 2007)">Alternatives to uTorrent</a> (15)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/27/utorrent-error-access-is-denied-windows-7/" title="uTorrent Error: Access is Denied Windows 7 (October 27, 2009)">uTorrent Error: Access is Denied Windows 7</a> (23)</li>
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		<title>Software Updates Week 13 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/26/software-updates-week-13-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/26/software-updates-week-13-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Operating Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[7-zip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ccleaner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[locate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open-office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recuva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[utorrent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windows updates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to this week&#8217;s article that is listing all the interesting software updates of the last seven days. I&#8217;m trying my best to keep an overview of all the updates of the past week and collect them in that time to present you one article each Wednesday that contains a list of many major software [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to this week&#8217;s article that is listing all the interesting software updates of the last seven days. I&#8217;m trying my best to keep an overview of all the updates of the past week and collect them in that time to present you one article each Wednesday that contains a list of many major software updates.</p>
<p>This week saw a lot of updates and it was quite hard to pick one that would receive the update of the week award. Since the Open Office update has not been made official yet on their homepage I&#8217;m giving the award to Orbit Downloader which is in my opinion the best free downloader out there.</p>
<p>If you know of an application that has been updated but is missing in the list let me know, I will surely do my best to monitor it from now on and add it to the list.</p>
<p><span id="more-3625"></span><a href="http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=31998">µTorrent 1.8 Build 9137 Beta</a> &#8211; a new Beta version of this lightweight Bittorrent client.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.7-zip.org/">7-Zip 4.58 Alpha 5</a> &#8211; another popular archiver with support for many different zip extensions.</p>
<p>aTuner 1.9.82.17453 &#8211; a tiny tool that can change several settings of Ati and Nvidia video cards.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bitcomet.com/">BitComet 20080320 Beta</a> &#8211; a fast Bittorrent client.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ccleaner.com/">CCleaner 2.06.567</a> &#8211; cleans the computer from temporary and other unnecessary files.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm">Cobian Backup 9.1.1.166 Beta</a> &#8211; an excellent backup software with options to backup to an ftp server.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jockersoft.com/english/codecinstaller_index.php">CodecInstaller 2.9.1</a> &#8211; analyzes multimedia files and displays information about the codecs that are needed to play them.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dopdf.com/">doPDF 6.0.257</a> &#8211; sets up a virtual printer that creates pdf documents.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dvdidle.com/free.htm">DVDFab HD Decrypter 4.1.2.0</a> &#8211; copy DVDs to your hard drive and remove protections &#8211; if any &#8211; in the process.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.feeddemon.com/feeddemon">FeedDemon 2.6.1.0 Beta</a> &#8211; a desktop feed reader.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.codecguide.com/about_mega.htm">K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 3.8.5</a> &#8211; a highly popular codec package.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.locate32.net/">Locate 3.1.8.3260 Beta</a> &#8211; Locate offers one of the fastest ways to search for files and content in files in Windows.</p>
<p><a href="http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/">MediaCoder 0.6.1.4077</a> &#8211; a batch transcoder for audio and video files.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mediamonkey.com/">MediaMonkey 3.0.3.1147 Beta 3</a> &#8211; music organizer, manager and player.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nokia.com/pcsuite">Nokia PC Suite 6.86 Release 6</a> &#8211; applications to transfer to and backup data from your Nokia mobile phone.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.oovoo.com/">ooVoo 1.5.1.96 Beta</a> &#8211; offers multi-user video chat.</p>
<p><a href="http://service1.symantec.com/support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039?OpenDocument&#038;seg=hm&#038;lg=en&#038;ct=us"><br />
Norton Removal Tool 2008.0.3.15</a> &#8211; Some call it the best software Norton ever produced. Use this if you want to completely remove a Norton / Symantec product from your computer.</p>
<p><a href="http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/OpenOfficeorg_for_Windows/1009574294/1">Open Office 2.4.0</a> &#8211; the final version of Open Office 2.4 after several release candidates. A popular replacement for Microsoft Office. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.orbitdownloader.com/">Orbit Downloader 2.6.4</a> &#8211; a fantastic download manager with many advanced features.</p>
<p><a href="http://peazip.sourceforge.net/">PeaZip 2.0</a> &#8211; an alternative to the more popular packers like Winzip and Winrar.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.recuva.com/">Recuva 1.12.291</a> &#8211; recover accidentally deleted files on your computer.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.songbirdnest.com/">Songbird 0.5 RC2</a> &#8211; a multi-platform multimedia player.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php">SpeedFan 4.34 Beta 44</a> &#8211; manage the speed of the fans in your computer.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?sumo">SUMo 1.7.0.42 Beta</a> &#8211; Sumo scans your computer for known applications and checks their version against an online database to let you know if the computer is having the latest version installed.</p>
<p><a href="http://shark007.testbox.dk/">Vista Codec Package 4.6.2</a> &#8211; add several missing video and audio codecs to Windows Vista at once.</p>
<p><a href="http://koti.mbnet.fi/mhieta/software.shtml">WildBit Viewer 5.2 Alpha 4.0</a> &#8211; another update of this popular image viewer.</p>
<p><a href="http://winscp.net/">WinSCP 4.1 Beta</a> &#8211; I&#8217;m almost exclusively using WinSCP to update my websites.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/7-zip/" title="7-zip" rel="tag">7-zip</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/ccleaner/" title="ccleaner" rel="tag">ccleaner</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/locate/" title="locate" rel="tag">locate</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/microsoft/" title="microsoft" rel="tag">microsoft</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/open-office/" title="open-office" rel="tag">open-office</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/recuva/" title="recuva" rel="tag">recuva</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/software/" title="software" rel="tag">software</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent/" title="utorrent" rel="tag">utorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows/" title="Windows" rel="tag">Windows</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-updates/" title="windows updates" rel="tag">windows updates</a><br />

	<h4>Related posts</h4>
	<ul class="st-related-posts">
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/09/06/software-updates-for-itunes-utorrent-and-more/" title="Software Updates for iTunes, uTorrent and more (September 6, 2007)">Software Updates for iTunes, uTorrent and more</a> (2)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/01/list-all-installed-windows-updates-2/" title="List all installed Windows Updates (May 1, 2008)">List all installed Windows Updates</a> (0)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/18/download-all-updates-for-windows-from-microsoft/" title="Download All Updates For Windows From Microsoft (August 18, 2008)">Download All Updates For Windows From Microsoft</a> (2)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/04/03/word-document-property-tool/" title="Word Document Property Tool (April 3, 2008)">Word Document Property Tool</a> (0)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/26/windows-xp-service-pack-3-release-candidate-2-refresh/" title="Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 Refresh (March 26, 2008)">Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 Refresh</a> (2)</li>
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		<title>uTorrent 1.7.7 fixes two remote crash bugs</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/27/utorrent-177-fixes-two-remote-crash-bugs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/27/utorrent-177-fixes-two-remote-crash-bugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[P2p]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[utorrent 1.8]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new stable version of uTorrent has been released two days ago that fixes two remote crash bugs that were affecting several version of the popular Bittorrent client. Users who have not updated yet are advised to update as soon as possible to get rid of the security vulnerability.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A new stable version of uTorrent has been released two days ago that fixes two remote crash bugs that were affecting several version of the popular Bittorrent client. Users who have not updated yet are advised to update as soon as possible to get rid of the security vulnerability.</p>
<p>Version 1.7.7 build 8179 of uTorrent fixes one remote crash bug in Webui, the web interface of uTorrent and one possible remote crash bug with the extension protocol. The newest version can be downloaded from the official <a href="http://utorrent.com/download.php">uTorrent download</a> page.</p>
<p>In addition a new alpha version of <a href="http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=31998">uTorrent 1.8</a> 1.8 build 8188 has been released yesterday which can be downloaded form the forum thread where it was announced. Please note that an alpha version is released for testing purposes only.</p>
<p><span id="more-3015"></span></p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent/" title="utorrent" rel="tag">utorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent-18/" title="utorrent 1.8" rel="tag">utorrent 1.8</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent-download/" title="utorrent download" rel="tag">utorrent download</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/15/utorrent-161-update-fixes-remote-exploit/" title="uTorrent 1.6.1 update fixes remote exploit (February 15, 2007)">uTorrent 1.6.1 update fixes remote exploit</a> (5)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/18/utorrent-port-checker-online/" title="uTorrent Port Checker Online (April 18, 2009)">uTorrent Port Checker Online</a> (4)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/27/utorrent-error-access-is-denied-windows-7/" title="uTorrent Error: Access is Denied Windows 7 (October 27, 2009)">uTorrent Error: Access is Denied Windows 7</a> (23)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/10/utorrent-download-accelerator/" title="uTorrent Download Accelerator (January 10, 2009)">uTorrent Download Accelerator</a> (20)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/11/utorrent-2-0-beta-released/" title="uTorrent 2.0 Beta Released (August 11, 2009)">uTorrent 2.0 Beta Released</a> (1)</li>
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		<title>DOS Vulnerability in uTorrent and Bittorrent</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/17/dos-vulnerability-in-utorrent-and-bittorrent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/17/dos-vulnerability-in-utorrent-and-bittorrent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A vulnerability in uTorrent and Bittorrent, which is using uTorrent's core, was discovered today that effects the BitTorrent 6.0 client,
uTorrent 1.7.x, uTorrent 1.6.x and uTorrent 1.8-alpha-7834. The Denial of Service vulnerability is made possible by the way the clients handle user data.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A vulnerability in uTorrent and Bittorrent, which is using uTorrent&#8217;s core, was <a href="http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ruttorrent-adv.txt">discovered</a> today that effects the BitTorrent 6.0 client,<br />
uTorrent 1.7.x, uTorrent 1.6.x and uTorrent 1.8-alpha-7834. The Denial of Service vulnerability is made possible by the way the clients handle user data.</p>
<p>Basically said, uTorrent will crash if a user connects to it that sends a software version that is to long to be handled. This results in a crash of uTorrent. The attacker does not need to use Bittorrent at all to do that, a connection to the port that is being used by Bittorrent sending the to-long software version and a valid torrent hash is enough.</p>
<p>Code execution on the other hand is not possible. The uTorrent team reacted in less than one day and published a new version of their software <a href="http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=29330">1.7.6</a> that handles the DOS vulnerability and three minor issues as well. </p>
<p><span id="more-2896"></span>While it is not very likely that someone will actually exploit the vulnerability it is still advised to update immediately.</p>
<p>via <a href="http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-clients-vulnerable-to-remote-dos-attack-080117/">Torrentfreak</a></p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/bittorrent/" title="bittorrent" rel="tag">bittorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent/" title="utorrent" rel="tag">utorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/vulnerability/" title="vulnerability" rel="tag">vulnerability</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/27/utorrent-error-access-is-denied-windows-7/" title="uTorrent Error: Access is Denied Windows 7 (October 27, 2009)">uTorrent Error: Access is Denied Windows 7</a> (23)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/10/utorrent-download-accelerator/" title="uTorrent Download Accelerator (January 10, 2009)">uTorrent Download Accelerator</a> (20)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/11/utorrent-2-0-beta-released/" title="uTorrent 2.0 Beta Released (August 11, 2009)">uTorrent 2.0 Beta Released</a> (1)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/07/utorrent-182-final/" title="uTorrent 1.8.2 Final (May 7, 2009)">uTorrent 1.8.2 Final</a> (1)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/01/utorrent-16-final-released/" title="uTorrent 1.6 final released (July 1, 2006)">uTorrent 1.6 final released</a> (0)</li>
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		<title>Software Updates for iTunes, uTorrent and more</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/09/06/software-updates-for-itunes-utorrent-and-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/09/06/software-updates-for-itunes-utorrent-and-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several softwares have been released today in new versions and I thought it would be nice to give you a quick overview over some of the more interesting applications that have been updated. All of them have a large user base and it is not unlikely that you are one of the users.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Several softwares have been released today in new versions and I thought it would be nice to give you a quick overview over some of the more interesting applications that have been updated. All of them have a large user base and it is not unlikely that you are one of the users.</p>
<p>The list of updated softwares includes: iTunes 7.4, uTorrent 1.7.3, WinSCP 4.0.4, Vista Codec Package 4.5 Beta 2, Open Office 2.3 Release Candidate 2, Open Suse 10.3 Beta 3 and DVDFab HD Decrypter 3.1.8.0. I don&#8217;t want to get into to much detail but shortly describe each of the applications and link to the developers website where you can download it.</p>
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/">iTunes 7.4</a> &#8211; adds support for several iPods such as iPod Nano third generation and ringtone generation which is an exclusive feature for the iPhone.</li>
<li><a href="http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=28972">uTorrent 1.7.3 Build 4470</a> &#8211; a lightweight torrent client.</li>
<li><a href="http://winscp.net/eng/index.php">WinSCP 4.0.4</a> &#8211; I&#8217;m using WinSCP to copy files from and to my dedicated server. It supports SCH and SFTP connections.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.majorgeeks.com/Vista_Codec_Package__d5701.html">Vista Codec Pack 4.5.0 Beta 2</a> &#8211; a huge codec package for Windows Vista which adds support for most video formats that Vista can&#8217;t playback.</li>
<li><a href="http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/OpenOfficeorg_for_Windows/1009574294/1">Open Office 2.3 Release Candidate 2</a> &#8211; a nice replacement for Microsoft Office.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.novell.com/products/linuxprofessional/index.html?sourceidint=productsmenu_linuxprofessional">Open Suse 10.3 Beta 3</a> &#8211; Suse is a user friendly Linux distribution worth mentioning here comparable to Ubuntu perhaps.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.dvdfab.com/free.htm">DVDFab HD Decrypter 3.1.8.0</a> &#8211; a new version of the DVD and HD ripper and protection remover.</li>
</ul>
<p>Are you interested in this kind of news ? I could post such compilations more often if you would like that. Let me know.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/open-office/" title="open-office" rel="tag">open-office</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/software/" title="software" rel="tag">software</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent/" title="utorrent" rel="tag">utorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/vista/" title="vista" rel="tag">vista</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows/" title="Windows" rel="tag">Windows</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/04/06/pimp-up-the-vista-startmenu/" title="Pimp up the Vista startmenu (April 6, 2007)">Pimp up the Vista startmenu</a> (0)</li>
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		<title>Control uTorrent from a Website</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/19/control-utorrent-from-a-website/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/19/control-utorrent-from-a-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2007 07:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Web]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[access torrents remotely]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always thought that it would be nice to administrate uTorrent from work as well. Do things like adding new torrents, deleting old ones and the like would be really comfortable. The great thing is that this is actually possible if you use uTorrent. All you need is to enable to so called WebUi and download a small additional rar file that will be placed on your local computer. I would suggest that you download the latest official version of uTorrent but you could also use the beta versions that are posted in the forum.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I always thought that it would be nice to administrate uTorrent from work as well. Do things like adding new torrents, deleting old ones and the like would be really comfortable. The great thing is that this is actually possible if you use uTorrent. All you need is to enable to so called WebUi and download a small additional rar file that will be placed on your local computer. I would suggest that you download the latest official version of <a href="http://www.utorrent.com/" target="_blank">uTorrent</a> but you could also use the beta versions that are posted in the <a href="http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=21979" target="_blank">forum</a>.</p>
<p>Utorrent will create a &#8220;uttorent&#8221; directory in the profile of the connected user under Windows. The easiest way to find this would be to open to hit Windows + R and paste &#8220;%AppData%\uTorrent&#8221; (without the &#8220;&#8221;) into the box. Now download the latest WebUi files that are always posted in this <a href="http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=14565">forum</a> thread. I do not want to link directly to the file because it changes with every new release.</p>
<p><span id="more-1567"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/files/screens/2007/05/utorrentwebui.jpg" alt="utorrent web interface" /></p>
<p>Copy that file into the uTorrent folder that just appeared when you pasted the string into it. Open uTorrent afterwards and click on Options > Preferences. Select Advanced and choose WebUi from the submenu. You will have to enable the Web Interface and select a username and password that is allowed to access it. To make things easier select the Alternative Listening Port as well. It is time to try if everything is working once you hit ok.</p>
<p>Open your favorite web browser (Internet Explorer 6 is not working) and type in the following URL: http://127.0.0.1:8080/gui/</p>
<p>If everything worked out fine you should see the main web interface. Please note that 127.0.0.1 can only be used from your local computer. You need to know your &#8220;real&#8221; IP to connect from remote computers to your local one. You could use my little <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/ip">IP checking script</a> to find out your IP and write it down. Now replace 127.0.0.1 with the IP that was shown and you should still be able to access the interface.</p>
<p>Adding torrents is absolutely uncomplicated. Download the torrent to the computer you are working on and click on the Add Torrent button in the interface. Browse to the torrent and click on Add File. The torrent will be shown immediately in the list of torrents that are downloaded.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/access-torrents-remotely/" title="access torrents remotely" rel="tag">access torrents remotely</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/torrent-web-interface/" title="torrent web interface" rel="tag">torrent web interface</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent/" title="utorrent" rel="tag">utorrent</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/27/utorrent-error-access-is-denied-windows-7/" title="uTorrent Error: Access is Denied Windows 7 (October 27, 2009)">uTorrent Error: Access is Denied Windows 7</a> (23)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/10/utorrent-download-accelerator/" title="uTorrent Download Accelerator (January 10, 2009)">uTorrent Download Accelerator</a> (20)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/11/utorrent-2-0-beta-released/" title="uTorrent 2.0 Beta Released (August 11, 2009)">uTorrent 2.0 Beta Released</a> (1)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/07/utorrent-182-final/" title="uTorrent 1.8.2 Final (May 7, 2009)">uTorrent 1.8.2 Final</a> (1)</li>
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		<title>uTorrent 1.7 beta</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/04/05/utorrent-17-beta/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/04/05/utorrent-17-beta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Operating Systems]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new beta version of the famous bittorrent client uTorrent has been released to the public yesterday. The biggest change should be full Windows Vista support but the changelog reports dozens of new features, changes and fixes for the new beta. I don't want to list all of the changes that have been made, just take a look for yourself if you are interested. I do know that some of you will not use uTorrent anymore because of its affiliation with Bittorent, this is understandable and this post is mainly for those users who simply do not care about it or think it is not a big deal (yet).]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A new beta version of the famous bittorrent client <a href="http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=21979" title="uTorrent beta" target="_blank">uTorrent</a> has been released to the public yesterday. The biggest change should be full Windows Vista support but the changelog reports dozens of new features, changes and fixes for the new beta. I don&#8217;t want to list all of the changes that have been made, just take a look for yourself if you are interested. I do know that some of you will not use uTorrent anymore because of its affiliation with Bittorent, this is understandable and this post is mainly for those users who simply do not care about it or think it is not a big deal (yet).</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/files/screens/2007/04/utorrent.png" title="uttorent" alt="uttorent" align="left" height="59" width="190" />I would like to know if the affiliation is a concern to you ? Do you refuse to use uTorrent because of it or is it fine for now ? Every use who is downloading the beta client now should be aware that this is a beta version which could lead to some nasty problems. If you are inexperienced I suggest you keep on using the stable client for now and switch to the new version once a stable version will be released.</p>
<p><span id="more-1385"></span> I have written an article that detailed some possible <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/20/alternatives-to-utorrent/" title="utorrent alternatives" target="_blank">uTorrent alternatives</a>. If you do not like to use uTorrent anymore you could take a look there and test the alternative bittorrent clients mentioned there.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/bittorent/" title="bittorent" rel="tag">bittorent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/filesharing/" title="filesharing" rel="tag">filesharing</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/p2p/" title="P2p" rel="tag">P2p</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent/" title="utorrent" rel="tag">utorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent-alternatives/" title="utorrent-alternatives" rel="tag">utorrent-alternatives</a><br />

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		<title>Optimal Bittorent Settings</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/21/optimal-bittorent-settings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/21/optimal-bittorent-settings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[azureus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[azureus-configuration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bittorrent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bittorrent-optimal-configuration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you search the internet for tips to improve your download speeds with bittorrent clients such as Azureus and uTorrent you do find many tips that have one thing in common, all suggest different settings for maximum performance. There are several things that can influence download speeds in bittorrent including bad Seeds to Peer ratio and firewall settings. I would only change settings in my bittorrent client if I thought that my download speeds would be really bad, say 2K with a torrent that has 10+ seeders.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you search the internet for tips to improve your download speeds with bittorrent clients such as Azureus and uTorrent you do find many tips that have one thing in common, all suggest different settings for maximum performance. There are several things that can influence download speeds in bittorrent including bad Seeds to Peer ratio and firewall settings. I would only change settings in my bittorrent client if I thought that my download speeds would be really bad, say 2K with a torrent that has 10+ seeders.</p>
<p>One way to check your settings would be to use a calculator that would output good settings for your connection type. Those settings are close to optimal for Bittorrent then and should work fine for most users. The <a href="http://infinite-source.de/az/az-calc.html" title="optimal bittorrent settings" target="_blank">Azureus U/L settings calculator</a> needs only your upload speed and calculates everything else automatically. It recommends maximum upload and download speed, maximum upload slots and the maximum number of connections per torrents and globally.</p>
<p><span id="more-1327"></span> Last but not least it suggests settings for maximum active torrents and maximum simultaneous connections. Although the calculator has been designed with Azureus in mind it can be used for other Bittorrent clients as well. The settings are almost identical and it should not pose a problem to change them in your client of choice.</p>
<p>The most important setting is of course the global upload speed that you define in your bittorrent client. If you set it to high your download speed and other activities on the web might suffer. You should not set it to low on the other hand because most clients reward uploaders and the system at all would not work if everyone would set the upload speed to a minimum, Remember you can&#8217;t download if others do not upload.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/azureus/" title="azureus" rel="tag">azureus</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/azureus-configuration/" title="azureus-configuration" rel="tag">azureus-configuration</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/bittorrent/" title="bittorrent" rel="tag">bittorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/bittorrent-optimal-configuration/" title="bittorrent-optimal-configuration" rel="tag">bittorrent-optimal-configuration</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent/" title="utorrent" rel="tag">utorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent-configuration/" title="utorrent-configuration" rel="tag">utorrent-configuration</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/27/utorrent-error-access-is-denied-windows-7/" title="uTorrent Error: Access is Denied Windows 7 (October 27, 2009)">uTorrent Error: Access is Denied Windows 7</a> (23)</li>
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		<title>Alternatives to uTorrent</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/20/alternatives-to-utorrent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/20/alternatives-to-utorrent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of controversy about the recent acquisition of uTorrent by Bram Cohen, the creator of the Bittorent protocol. Most users seem to be disturbed about the partnership between Bittorrent and the MPAA which started in fall 2005 with the agreement that illegal searches would be removed from its own Bittorrent search engine. The fear that the cooperation will affect the development of the popular uTorrent client seems to grow with every passing day.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There has been a lot of controversy about the recent acquisition of uTorrent by Bram Cohen, the creator of the Bittorent protocol. Most users seem to be disturbed about the partnership between Bittorrent and the MPAA which started in fall 2005 with the agreement that illegal searches would be removed from its own Bittorrent search engine. The fear that the cooperation will affect the development of the popular uTorrent client seems to grow with every passing day.</p>
<p>&#8220;<em>Following the acquisition, patented content delivery innovations made by BitTorrent, Inc. will be integrated in the µTorrent client in a manner that will remain seamless to the community of users. Ultimately, the integration of best-of-breed BitTorrent technology will result in an improved client and an enhanced user experience. It will also accelerate BitTorrent&#8217;s plans to provide high-performance content delivery services that power websites seeking the most efficient platform for distributing large, high-quality files. Lastly, the incorporation of µTorrent&#8217;s lightweight codebase strengthens the adoption of BitTorrent technology in embedded systems, including televisions, mobile phones and other non-PC platforms.</em>&#8221;</p>
<p><span id="more-1222"></span> Utorrent on the other hand does not seem to be the only bittorent client which seems to be affliated with the content industry. There are at least rumors that <a href="http://tutorialninjas.net/2007/02/11/bittorrent-clients-gone-sour/" title="azureus " target="_blank">Azureus</a> was sending stats of your sessions over the network as well. And finally a photo appeared on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashwinnavin/383291174" title="flickr" target="_blank">Flickr</a> that shows the author of Bitcomet and Aswhin Navin of Bittorrent.</p>
<p><strong>Alternatives:</strong></p>
<p>Some users prefer to switch clients based on those rumors which is totally understandable. But which clients can be used except the most popular ones ? Here is a list of alternatives.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/" title="abc bittorrent" target="_blank">ABC</a> (Open source)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/File-Sharing/BitBuddy.shtml" title="bitbuddy" target="_blank">BitBuddy</a> (freeware)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.167bt.com/intl/" title="bitspirit" target="_blank">BitSpirit</a> (down atm)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.bittornado.com/" title="bittornado" target="_blank">BitTornado</a> (Open Source, one torrent per window)</li>
<li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gtktorrent/" title="gTorrent" target="_blank">gTorrent</a> (Open Source, Linux)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.binarynotions.com/halite.php" title="halite bittorrent client" target="_blank">Halite</a> (still in early development, Open Source)</li>
<li><a href="http://xbtt.sourceforge.net/client/" title="xbt client" target="_blank">XBT</a> (Open Source)</li>
</ul>
<p>It will be hard for every client in that list and possible future clients to come close to the excellent functionality and performance of uTorrent.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/abc/" title="abc" rel="tag">abc</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/aquisition/" title="aquisition" rel="tag">aquisition</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/azureus/" title="azureus" rel="tag">azureus</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/bitcomet/" title="bitcomet" rel="tag">bitcomet</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/bittornado/" title="bittornado" rel="tag">bittornado</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/bittorrent/" title="bittorrent" rel="tag">bittorrent</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/mpaa/" title="mpaa" rel="tag">mpaa</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/p2p/" title="P2p" rel="tag">P2p</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/riaa/" title="riaa" rel="tag">riaa</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/utorrent/" title="utorrent" rel="tag">utorrent</a><br />

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		<title>uTorrent 1.6.1 update fixes remote exploit</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/15/utorrent-161-update-fixes-remote-exploit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/15/utorrent-161-update-fixes-remote-exploit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm so glad that I made the change from bitcomet to uTorrent some time ago because uTorrent is by far the most efficient bittorrent client that I could get my fingers on until now. I receive great speeds, it does not use many resources on my computer, heck the client is only 173 KB in size.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m so glad that I made the change from bitcomet to uTorrent some time ago because uTorrent is by far the most efficient bittorrent client that I could get my fingers on until now. I receive great speeds, it does not use many resources on my computer, heck the client is only 173 KB in size.</p>
<p>A <a href="http://www.utorrent.com/download.php" title="uTorrent download" target="_blank">new uTorrent version</a> was released two days ago which fixes a remote exploit which was discovered earlier on. Hackers were able to manipulate torrent files which would cause a buffer overflow at the targets computer which would make it possible to execute code on it.</p>
<p><span id="more-1204"></span> Just replace the new file with the old uTorrent file and everything should work as usual afterwards. The list of changes for uTorrent 1.6.1</p>
<ul>
<li>Feature: Select upload/download speed for a torrent through the right-click menu</li>
<li>Feature: Added encryption box to speed guide- Change: Don&#8217;t check as many pieces at the same time.</li>
<li>Change: Misc WebUI changes.</li>
<li>Change: Switch to JSON for webinterface</li>
<li>Fix: Problem with category list in the gui when updated from the webui</li>
<li>Fix: WebUI not clearing state between requests.</li>
<li>Fix: Redirect also index.html to guest.html</li>
<li>Fix: Added On Now shows the time it&#8217;s added, not loaded.</li>
<li>Fix: JSON uses &#8221; instead of &#8216;</li>
<li>Fix: (a) Upnp fix</li>
<li>Fix: Show pause icon when checking is paused.</li>
<li>Fix: Fixed problems with XML parser</li>
<li>Fix: Don&#8217;t allow two message boxes to be shown in the RSS window</li>
<li>Fix: Changed some window titles</li>
<li>Fix: Fix malformed .torrent exploit</li>
<li>Fix: Boss key field is now larger</li>
</ul>
<p>source: <a href="http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-161-released/" title="utorrent 1.6.1 released" target="_blank">TorrentFreak</a></p>

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