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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: August 11, 2008
- Total Downloads: 5,083,749
- Downloads last week: 43,933
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 695 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Still not for the faint of heart, this torrent utility is one of the easiest to use. The uTorrent executable adds a directory and some option information to your PC, but it is still small enough to run off an old USB key. The memory footprint for uTorrent is very small, and system resources are barely touched. Our testers found that IP phones were difficult to use with a torrent, but uTorrent's simple button interface makes it easy to pause downloading.
The most difficult aspect of using a torrent client is finding the torrents, but included are both a torrent search bar that links to MiniNova and a handy RSS feed download function. Subscribe to select feeds, and uTorrent automatically downloads files as they publish. Adding, starting, pausing, and listing torrents takes merely a click or two each. A speed guide helps you test your ports and adjust system settings for optimal performance.
Even though uTorrent is now owned by BitTorrent, there haven't been many noticeable drawbacks, if any. Some tried-and-true BitTorrent options are available to uTorrent users, such as Local Peer Discovery and DHT Network. The latest version also includes Teredo and Ipv6 support, and patches a critical security error that has been discovered in all pre-1.8 builds, making this one of the secure torrent clients around. Throw in all the other features, and that should make it the torrent program of choice for novices, intermediate, and advanced users.
Publisher's description
From BitTorrent :uTorrent is a powerful and efficient BitTorrent client for Windows. Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in uTorrent, including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading, and Mainline DHT. Additionally, uTorrent supports the protocol encryption joint specification and peer exchange. Unlike many torrent clients, it does not hog valuable system resources--typically using less than 6MB of memory, allowing you to use the computer as if it weren't there at all.
Version 1.8 adds full support for Windows Vista, support for Teredo tunneling and IPv6, and numerous other fixes and enhancements.
Note: Some anti-virus software may trigger a false positive trojan alert on this program.
What's new in this version:
Version 1.8 adds full support for Windows Vista, support for Teredo tunneling and IPv6, and numerous other fixes and enhancements.
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User reviews of uTorrent 1.8 build 11758
- Average user rating: 4.1 stars out of 695 votes
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: uTorrent 1.8 build 11758
Pros: a powerful and efficient BitTorrent client .
it does not hog valuable system resources .
Cons: none
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0 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: uTorrent 1.8 build 11758
"I'm a freeware junkie. I'll try it later."
Pros: It's available. Maybe this one will work for me, but I'll install it later and modify this review.
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: uTorrent 1.8 build 11758
Pros: Tiny footprint, ease of use, lightning fast downloads, Utorrent is the best bittorrent client out there. Use it only with PeerGuardian though, it lacks a built in client for seeking only trustworthy connections such as Vuze offers.
Cons: I'd like to see built in ability to rate and comment on torrents.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: uTorrent 1.8 build 11758
Pros: Looks to be better than 1.77 and that was one fine app.Its all I ever used.Only time will tell how good 1.6 is but its all roses right now.
Cons: LOL there are not enough options to play with.Its almost too easy.
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: uTorrent 1.8 build 11758
Pros: well everyone knows about µtorrent by now. it is lightweight,has useful features like rss support, inbuilt search for multiple sites, dht support etc.it's resource usage is much lower than its nearest competitor azureus.
though, version 1.8 hasn't added too many new features over 1.7.7 except for a lot of bug changes and ipv6 support
Cons: the interface could be a bit better.
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