Phology Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 from Motherboard - http://motherboard.vice.com/read/torrents-shady-bitcoin-mining-program-could-blow-up-your-computer?utm_source=mbfb "For roughly a decade, µTorrent has been, if not the best torrent download client, certainly one of the most attractive. It has well over 100 million users, who have been lured in by the program's small file size, unobtrusive nature, and well-designed powerful interface. You should uninstall it, right now. Packaged with the latest version of µTorrent is a program called Epic Scale, a surreptitious digital currency miner that secretly uses your computer’s processing power in order to make money for µTorrent and Epic Scale. There is a clause in Epic Scale's policy that says its software might literally destroy your computer." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest It'sPhilFromThursdays Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Good job i don't bother updating it then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 You have to choose to install that program when running the installer, but "Accept offer" is selected by default, so it's easy to install it by mistake if you rush through the install steps. I dumped uTorrent a while ago though. I use qBittorrent now and it's accepted by any private trackers I use. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I did the same, Steve. qbittorrent FTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phology Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 anyone still using Vuze? it's the only one i've used so if anyone can suggest a better one (or if they all do the same thing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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