uTorrent (may) Silent Install Crypto Currency Miner

[Foxi4]

There ain't no ads in my uTorrent and I pity the fools who click on'em. ;O;

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.

Don't you think that paying for pirating is a bit silly? You might as well buy the software. The whole point of piracy is, y'know, "not paying" for anything.

 

[TheNintendoEnthusiast]

My uTorrent has been extremely buggy lately. It won't open for a very long time. I since deleted it and is using Transmission. I have never used anything other than uTorrent, but I have never seen it this buggy!

Qbittorrent seems to be much faster and pretty good looking, I might switch back to uTorrent if all this adware goes away, until then, I got a new torrent program

 

[Arras]

There ain't no ads in my uTorrent and I pity the fools who click on'em. ;O;
Don't you think that paying for pirating is a bit silly? You might as well buy the software. The whole point of piracy is, y'know, "not paying" for anything.

I mean, sure, you CAN get rid of all the ads in uTorrent and avoid the crapware - but why would you when there's alternatives that look similar, have basically the same functionality and don't require tweaking to remove bullshit?

 

[jonthedit]

Odd. I normally do not pay attention to torrent clients, I do not use them much.
As for BitTorrent- why does no one use that one?

 

[WiiUBricker]

The utorrent logo on the portal is distracting. Someone make this smaller please.

 

[sj33]

Odd. I normally do not pay attention to torrent clients, I do not use them much.
As for BitTorrent- why does no one use that one?

Closed source and filled with adware.

 

[Amadren]

A good thing I'm on Linux AND I don't use µTorrent

 

[Arras]

Odd. I normally do not pay attention to torrent clients, I do not use them much.
As for BitTorrent- why does no one use that one?

At some point, uTorrent did the same things but was faster, smaller and better in just about every way. Nowadays they're owned by the same company and both pretty decent torrent clients behind a wall of crapware, offers and ads.

 

[Plstic]

Haven't used utorrent in years. I use rutorrent on my seedbox.

 

[RevPokemon]

May seem weird but I only use torrents on my tablet or phone

 

[Mario92]

With these things Open Source > Freeware.
µTorrent has become this thing that almost every single person using torrents in any form knows, of course it's then viable to just put it full of everything they can to make money while it's still popular.

I have heard some friends have switched to Tixati, but that's closed source as well. Some have downgraded to 2.X but using old software is always bit risky.
qBittorrent and Transmission have been best similar open source alternatives if someone is looking for one.

 

[raynor_ni]

people still use torrents?

 

[Joe88]

I think it was just people not paying attention and didnt hit opt out during install

 

[TeamScriptKiddies]

I think it was just people not paying attention and didnt hit opt out during install

still, its a scummy move for the authors of uTorrent to include such crap with their software. Simple solution: use an alternative without all the junk in it . Protest

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

I think it was just people not paying attention and didnt hit opt out during install

There are a lot of reports claiming the install happens if you have uTorrent set to auto-update, and the miner installs without asking the user.

 

[Zerousen]

Still using uTorrent, though I've always been running an older build, haven't found the need to update, and certain torrenting sites have only earlier builds whitelisted.

 

[Hyro-Sama]

Never experienced this myself. Albeit, I use an older version of uTorrent with little to no issue. Mostly due to certain trackers being picky as hell about the client you use.

 

[bluebright]

So happy I switched to open source deluge ages ago: http://deluge-torrent.org/

uTorrent was becoming evil very slowly...

 

[Mario92]

people still use torrents?

well, they are usually fastest way to download relatively new stuff. If I download some Linux I always use torrent because of that.

I think it was just people not paying attention and didnt hit opt out during install

I don't remember exactly what I was installing, but some programs installations nowdays have so devilishly evil adware with them it's insane how many differend ways they have managed to make opting out, dirtiest ones require you to press same cancel button which normally completely exits installer!
This is why I like to install Linux on machines that are mainly used for internet browsing as there's usually none adware with software repository or dedicated .deb installer.

 

[Fishaman P]

I'm still on 2.2.1 because it's lighter, but I never expected them to pull this kind of stunt.
Does anyone know who owns the wallet the miner points to?