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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: December 17, 2008
- Total Downloads: 5,156,950
- Downloads last week: 47,305
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 691 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on November 06, 2008
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 1.8.1 is a bug-fixing release.
Note: Some anti-virus software may trigger a false positive trojan alert on this program.
What's new in this version:
- Change: add independent TCP and uTP, and queue length stats to Statistics dialog
- Fix: another fix to trackers stuck in "updating..."
- Fix: PEX address parsing bug
- Fix: New Download message from RSS feed.
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User reviews of uTorrent 1.9 Build 13582
- Average user rating: 4.1 stars out of 691 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: uTorrent 1.9 Build 13582
"BUGGY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Pros: DO NOT DOWNLOAD.THIS IS AN ALPHA RELEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cons: DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS IS AN ALPHA RELEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUGGY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CAN DO SERIOUS DAMAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Summary: Kept crashing computer and messed up other programs.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: uTorrent 1.9 Build 13582
"Works Well It is a Lean Mean Down Loading Machine"
Pros: I gave up on other software which became bloated, this software goes in their and does the job.
Cons: None yet! I like it.
Summary: If you want software to go P2P but don't want a lot of bloat, this is the one for you. The installation was easy and it worked every time.
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Version: uTorrent 1.9 Build 13582
Pros: Pros is that if you are already familiar with uTorrent, the learning curve is small.
Cons: After installing uTorrent 1.9 Build 13582, it tried to launch then just crashed. I removed the previous version (which this version doesn't do) and reverted to the old one again.
Summary: If you are using Windows Vista, wait until it is officially released.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: uTorrent 1.9 Build 13582
Pros: Heared it was a great program, was told can get LOTS of movies. Can download well ....
Cons: SLowed down my system, could not do anything . couldn`t search the web, couldn`t chat on msn, couldn`t check e-mails either while utorrant was running`. also found took so LONG to download. Some days took weeks to get a movie was VERY disappointing.
Summary: I dunno! maybe it needs to be fixed up or something. I am new to this type of downlaoding. I`m more confussed and hate to even think of downloading movies . Love movies, Just can`t get them. (NOT in DVDR that is)
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Version: uTorrent 1.9 Build 13582
"i use it really no work................"
Pros: all says it works and easy to use but i use it really no work................
Cons: it very badddddddddddddddd
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