Help!!!! uTorrent not working

floyd333

Hi folks. For some strange reason I am no longer able to download with uTorrent. It just stopped in working in the past few days. Any torrent I use shows 0 seeds and 0 peers when there clearly are loads out there. Also I get a tracker error saying “No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.”

I tried to set up azureus but this doesn’t work either…

Any Ideas? I am running windows XP and have broadband with BT using a BT voyager wireless modem. I have searched the web but I get lost with all scary talk about port forwarding etc.:eek: as far as I know nothing has changed on my machine. Haven’t installed anything new.

Any help appreciated….

cbr900

Make sure your running the latest version (1.7.6) as there was an update released Jan 15

markyboy

There is a bug that will allow a malicious user to crash your client. There are rumors that it may be even possible to execute code.

You can read more on this issue here: http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-clients-vulnerable-to-remote-dos-attack-080117/

"The uTorrent team state the flaw affects all older uTorrent versions 1.6 and 1.7.x. too but have been quick to respond, releasing a new build - uTorrent 1.7.6 (build 7859) which has fixed the issue."

You may download the updated client here: http://download.utorrent.com/1.7.6/utorrent.exe
You can also check for updates within the client itself, using Help -> Check for updates

"So far, the problem appears to affect these clients:

- BitTorrent 6.0 (build 5535)
- uTorrent 1.7.5 (build 4602)
- uTorrent 1.8 (alpha 7834)"

gazzer

Floyd333 My utorrent has gone the exact same since yesterday

I use utorrent 1.7.5.. I will try that link that you posted markyboy and see what happens.. thanks