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FHteam
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# Posted: 9 Oct 2006 13:14
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uTorrent by Ludvig Strigeus
Internet → File Sharing
Micro-Sized Yet Feature Filled. Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in uTorrent, including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT (compatible with BitComet). Additionally, µTorrent supports the Protocol Encryption joint specification (compatible with Azureus 2....
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ikenstein
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# Posted: 8 Sep 2008 23:02
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WARNING - MALWARE
i tried this program and have been recieving a denial of service attack ever since. here is my firewall log for the last 5 mins (and i uninstalled yesterday) -
10002 Deny SYSTEM UDP/In 192.168.1.132/49182 85.71.22.118/17873 0/240 04:06:22 RDSD|RT:10|No.10002 built-in Rules SYSTEM
10011 Deny SYSTEM TCP/In 192.168.1.132/49182 83.250.94.135/38588 0/78 04:06:29 SYN RECV|RT:10|No.10011 built-in Rules SYSTEM
Admin: remainder of log removed, each entry was *identical* only the time changed. This is NOT a malware help forum & the log provides no useful information for our visitors.
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FHteam
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# Posted: 10 Sep 2008 01:25 - Edited by: FHteam
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ikenstein we have had this program listed for 2 YEARS, we have logged almost 2 THOUSAND downloads & it scans CLEAN with 3 AV programs & 2 anti spyware programs.
You don't say what version of Windows you have or what firewall you are using so it is not possible to offer any specific comments or advice.
ALL peer to peer file sharing carries *serious* risks of attracting a virus, trojan or DoS attack. You don't get them from the file sharing *program* you get them from the files you get from *other people*!
IF this is a DoS attack you got it from whatever program you downloaded, or tried to download, *using* uTorrent!! Uninstalling uTorrent isn't going to help, it wasn't causing the problem in the first place.
Why would your system attract a Denial of Service attack?!?!?! What service are you providing that anyone would want to interrupt?!? DoS attacks are usually aimed at bringing down government websites, commerce websites, high traffic websites, etc. Personal computers aren't exactly a high value target.
I'm no expert on P2P programs or firewall logs but IMHO this is NOT a denial of service attack, it looks more like your firewall doing its job & blocking access to a port on your system or something.
Suggestion:
Go to the website for your firewall. Find their forums or support center & ask them to explain what you are seeing.
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graham day
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# Posted: 15 Feb 2009 05:52
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I'm thinking bout download UTorrent anybody got any better p2p sites?
download from it
Read up on this and it gets good reviews all round.
So if i have got this right it's not the program that has nasties but what you download from it?I'd imagine most nasties will be in adult stuff and not music downloads
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FHteam
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# Posted: 16 Feb 2009 06:26
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Usually but not necessarily graham, nasties get put *into* the most popular files, & music is high on the list, but they can also become *attached* to *anything*!!
Using any P2P service to download from a reputable source is likely to be safe. Downloading *anything* from Joe Blog's computer in China, India, or even the good old USA is a RISK!!
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graham day
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# Posted: 17 Feb 2009 02:12
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Ok thanks for the input
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