uTorrent Security Vulnerabilities

[kunoichi]

A few security vulnerabilities has been found in uTorrent, make sure you download the fixed beta version:

Two versions of uTorrent, one of the Internet's most widely used BitTorrent apps, have easy-to-exploit vulnerabilities that allow attackers to execute code, access downloaded files, and snoop on download histories, a Google Project Zero researcher said. uTorrent developers are in the process of rolling out fixes for both the uTorrent desktop app for Windows and the newer uTorrent Web product.

Source:
https://arstechnica.com/information...ntrol-your-computer-and-steal-your-downloads/

There are links in the article you can use to check if your version is vulnerable.

If you use uTorrent, it is a good idea to download the beta version where the issues are fixed:
http://www.utorrent.com/downloads/complete/track/beta/os/win


Perhaps this is a good time to start a discussion, what torrent clients do you use/recommend?

 

[Porni]

Perhaps this is a good time to start a discussion, what torrent clients do you use/recommend?

https://www.qbittorrent.org/

 

[fwildly]

Well, I'm not using the latest version of uTorrent.

I've stubbornly stuck to 2.2.1.

 

[OscarLewis]

Perhaps this is a good time to start a discussion, what torrent clients do you use/recommend?

I use Tixati.

 

[OscarLewis]

uTorrent Flagged as ‘Threat’ by Microsoft and Anti-Virus Vendors

This week several Windows users noticed that the popular BitTorrent client uTorrent was suddenly being flagged as a threat. While details are scarce, Windows Defender and some other anti-virus vendors list the application as "Potentially Unwanted Software." BitTorrent Inc. sees the warnings as false positives but also stopped serving what it believes to be the problematic release.