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Ghot said:

I haven't found... any.
I haven't had ANY issues with Utorrent, and I don't have the registry entry they claim is required for UT to be vulnerable.

uTorrent is installed - ovalrg.mitre.oval:def:7343



You always need to read the fine print. Ads generate millions of dollars. This could possibly be a motive for a scare tactic like the one we are discussing.

I highly doubt that cvedetails.com would state false information about cve's.
No what they write on their site is accurate.
Any particular reason you're hanging on to a client that was release around 2008?
I'm thinking nostalgia? But if the client works fine for you, then keep it i guess?
Just saying you could be sitting with a more secure client, equal speeds without ads or clutter in ui,
like i said, qbittorrent is very clean, stable and secure.

xTL said:

I highly doubt that cvedetails.com would state false information about cve's.
No what they write on their site is accurate.
Any particular reason you're hanging on to a client that was release around 2008?
I'm thinking nostalgia? But if the client works fine for you, then keep it i guess?
Just saying you could be sitting with a more secure client, equal speeds without ads or clutter in ui,
like i said, qbittorrent is very clean, stable and secure.

See my edit. The WinAero website, actually recommends the older versions.

On a side note... I've been using UTorrent 1.8.0 for 12 years, w/o issue.

Ghot said:

See my edit. The WinAero website, actually recommends the older versions.

On a side note... I've been using UTorrent 1.8.0 for 12 years, w/o issue.

Yeah i saw the link :)
However if you ask me you, one should move on from utorrent, it's glory days are past, there are better clients available.

hdmi said:

Thanks, but I don't have speed issues with torrent downloads excepting only when the torrent in question is being uploaded by not many users all of whom are bandlimited severely. I don't use anything related to Linux because I concur with this post completely, and, as for the safety of µTorrent 1.8.2, the code execution vulnerability that you mention doesn't exist if the dll files being attacked are not located in the same folder as a .torrent or .btsearch file so it only affects those who are stupid enough to put a downloaded torrent file in the installation folder.

I read what Mark Phelps wrote, and i agree with him on some points, but hey let's be real here, no software is free from issues, windows nor linux, mac isn't even a computer,
(mac = maybe a computer) kidding 😋

I for one do not have issues in windows or my linux OS installations, so i can't really relate.
Everything is very stable for me.

If you wanna stick to the old client version of utorrent it's fine since it's up to you.
I for one prefer to have no vulnerabilities in my programs...

xTL said:

Yeah i saw the link :)
However if you ask me you, one should move on from utorrent, it's glory days are past, there are better clients available.

I haven't found any. I'm not saying anyone should move to UT 1.8.0
I'm just inserting a few facts I know... into this discussion.

I did check your links as well. And, as I mentioned... I don't have the registry entry that leads to the vulnerability.
On top of everything else, I'm a VERY paranoid person.

Ghot said:

I haven't found any. I'm not saying anyone should move to UT 1.8.0
I'm just inserting a few facts I know... into this discussion.

I did check your links as well. And, as I mentioned... I don't have the registry entry that leads to the vulnerability.
On top of everything else, I'm a VERY paranoid person.

Then you haven't really looked.
rTorrent, qBittorrent, deluge, all better then uTorrent in my opinion.

Well paranoia, is basically mistrust right..(among other things) so logically speaking you shouldn't trust the old version of utorrent...

I for one care about having a secure system hence is why i would never have programs installed that has connection to cve's

Ghot said:

I haven't found any. I'm not saying anyone should move to UT 1.8.0
I'm just inserting a few facts I know... into this discussion.

I did check your links as well. And, as I mentioned... I don't have the registry entry that leads to the vulnerability.
On top of everything else, I'm a VERY paranoid person.

Same here... no issues, having been using 1.8.2 for what seems like it could be almost a whole decade. And, being super paranoid is why I brought up Sandboxie in an earlier post, anyway in the first place, AND there's still always Acronis if that one fails.

P.S. - Even if you do have the registry entry, like I previously said it still doesn't make you vulnerable until you decide to put a torrent file that you downloaded from some shady website in the installation folder of µTorrent, which no smart person does.

xTL said:

Then you haven't really looked.
rTorrent, qBittorrent, deluge, all better then uTorrent in my opinion.

Well paranoia, is basically mistrust right..(among other things) so logically speaking you shouldn't trust the old version of utorrent...

I for one care about having a secure system hence is why i would never have programs installed that has connection to cve's

Not gonna argue with you. Run whichever program or version you like.

Ghot said:

Not gonna argue with you. Run whichever program or version you like.

We aren't really arguing Ghot we just have different perspectives
And as i said before " If the client works fine for you, then keep it "