We wrote our ‘ultimate guide to anonymous utorrent’ to show you exactly how to hide your identity while torrenting. It’s also a good idea to always your identity when downloading torrents, and to encrypt your traffic so you can’t be blocked or throttled by your internet provider. Read our safe torrent guide for our top prevention/safety tips. No torrent client can protect you if you choose to download unsafe files which may contain rootkits, malware, or trojans. The primary risk of using uTorrent comes not from the software itself, but the risk of downloading dangerous or infected torrents from unknown sources. The short answer is yes, but it’s complicated.Ĭurrently, uTorrent’s software is considered safe and free of dangerous malware. In March 2016, an update of Transmission torrent client (distributed from the company’s own servers) was infected with ransomeware which would hold users’ systems hostage by encrypting the harddisk and demanding a ransom payment in bitcoins. This issue was temporary as well and likely had nothing to do with the actual risk of installing the software.Īdware and ransomeware bundled with other torrent clients, has demonstrated the risk of installing torrent software, even from reputable sources. In 2014, google’s chrome browser also flagged uTorrent software as malware though it came up clean on virus scanners. Currently, the bulk of their revenue comes from low-cost advertising and the small percentage of users who choose to upgrade to utorrent pro for $19.95/year. It turns out that this issue wasn’t widespread, and uTorrent removed the malware from future releases, but it did raise questions about how far the company is willing to go in order to generate revenue.
UTorrent made news across the internet in 2015 when it was reported that they were bundling bitcoin mining software that would auto-install along with uTorrent and secretly use host machines to mine for bitcoins without the users’ knowledge. uTorrent proxy setup instructions (use a SOCKS proxy for more anonymous downloads).How to use uTorrent anonymously (Learn to hide your uTorrent IP address and encrypt your torrents).How to protect your identity when downloading torrents with uTorrent.The safest versions of uTorrent to use (and which ones contain malware).UTorrent is the most popular torrent client in the world by a large margin, but is uTorrent safe? This guide will teach you how to use uTorrent as safely as possible, and how to get the most from your uTorrent experience.
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