Decent (Ad Free) Bit Torrent client for Windows

I want to suggest Qbittorrent for windows, this client is very stable, gets regular updates and has a very clearn UI, no ads or other unnecessary clutter, all in all a very good torrentclient for windows :)

hdmi said:

µTorrent v1.8.2 - it's old, it's outdated, but it's the best.

Yep, yep. I use 1.8.0.11758 myself.

jimbo45 said:

Hi there
Thanks

Marking as soved -- works OK -- tested on a VM -- still not as fast as Deluge but that might be because of the VM virtual NIC !!! but was OK so job done !!!

Cheers
jimbo

Here's my Preferences settings... I get absolute full speed for my connection, with these.





On a 100/100 connection I get the full 12.xMB/s with these settings.

Note: Screenshot taken in Windows 7, but works the same in Win 10.

hdmi said:

It certainly is fast, but because the download speed often is limited by how many people are seeding, torrent clients can tend to have to keep running in the background for prolonged periods of time to complete those slowest downloads so, I prefer to choose the most lightweight (system resources consumption profile) solution that also is perfectly stable, and that doesn't make the cooling fan get loud while I am trying to listen to nice quality stuff through a good pair of big floorstanding speakers.

Actually there doesn't have to be many peers connected to get really high speeds like i got when i downloaded this ubuntu-20.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso just a few min ago from here
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (Focal Fossa)
What you need is a good connection to the peers, and obviously you need to have high bandwith.
(And i have my vpn active when downloading this iso)


If you download torrents and you get crappy speeds let's say you can't even hit 1Mbit/s it possible that you need to open ports in the router / client, but it could also be because the peers are snubbing you,
like one is doing here.
You see, the flags in a client has huge meaning, and determines among other things the speeds you get from a peer.


As for the weight of qbittorrent, it does not drain much, granted i don't really download much but i have it enable and active so i can use it whenever i want.
And this is what the client is using after staying online for 3 months.


Now when it comes to the client you like, it has CVE, and it's possible to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks, so i would think twice before using it, just saying 😊
Utorrent Utorrent 1.8.2 : Related security vulnerabilities

@xTL

Access Complexity Medium (The access conditions are somewhat specialized. Some preconditions must be satistified to exploit)

CVE-2010-3129 : Untrusted search path vulnerability in uTorrent 2.0.3 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to


Two things happened starting with version 2.04. They started putting a limiter on the download speed if your DL/UL ratio was less than 1.0 and they started with ads.

Ghot said:

@xTL
CVE-2010-3129 : Untrusted search path vulnerability in uTorrent 2.0.3 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to

Two things happened starting with version 2.04. They started putting a limiter on the download speed if your DL/UL ratio was less than 1.0 and they started with ads.

Yes i read that, and i would not use a program in my system that has that kind of vulnerability.
If it's ignored and forgotten at a time someone might figure out how to abuse it and cause issues for people,
I rather use a different program that does not have that kind of vulnerability or any vulnerability.

You do know there are many clients that's better than utorrent nowadays yes?

xTL said:

Yes i read that, and i would not use a program in my system that has that kind of vulnerability.
If it's ignored and forgotten at a time someone might figure out how to abuse it and cause issues for people,
I rather use a different program that does not have that kind of vulnerability or any vulnerability.

You do know there are many clients that's better than utorrent nowadays yes?

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.




Here's a 2nd opinion...

Why you must switch from uTorrent immediately and to what