Torrent client provider BitTorrent was hit by user uproar earlier this year when it was found that their most recent uTorrent versions included a bundled software that mined for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.
Starting with version 3.4.1, uTorrent came bundled with Epic Scale, a mining software that used your PC's idle CPU time to "solve complex problems" and mine for currencies.
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Originally posted by Bozobub: ..! Seriously, BitTorrent, Inc.?!
Yet again, I'm forcefully reminded why uTorrent clients past 2.2.1 are unmitigated greasy poo. Bleh.
OMG!!!!
I was just about to say that 2.2.1 is the last one worth using too!!! I just bumped back down to it a few weeks back after not really paying attention to the poo-filled nastiness that is EVERY RELEASE AFTER THIS ONE.
Originally posted by Bozobub: ..! Seriously, BitTorrent, Inc.?!
Yet again, I'm forcefully reminded why uTorrent clients past 2.2.1 are unmitigated greasy poo. Bleh.
OMG!!!!
I was just about to say that 2.2.1 is the last one worth using too!!! I just bumped back down to it a few weeks back after not really paying attention to the poo-filled nastiness that is EVERY RELEASE AFTER THIS ONE.
Words could never be truer my friend!
Whenever needing a torrent client I still use uTorrent 1.6 haha
Originally posted by Bozobub: ..! Seriously, BitTorrent, Inc.?!
Yet again, I'm forcefully reminded why uTorrent clients past 2.2.1 are unmitigated greasy poo. Bleh.
OMG!!!!
I was just about to say that 2.2.1 is the last one worth using too!!! I just bumped back down to it a few weeks back after not really paying attention to the poo-filled nastiness that is EVERY RELEASE AFTER THIS ONE.
Words could never be truer my friend!
Whenever needing a torrent client I still use uTorrent 1.6 haha
I went back to that one too.......then realized that the connections were more effective and quicker and the speeds were quite better on 2.2.1
