Topic: Utorrent & Malwarebytes

[Belexes]

I recently got a new computer to jump to Windows 7 and have put Utorrent and Malwarebytes on it. Malwarebytes has warnings that pop up consistently when I am downloading from sites like Dimeadozen. Anyone seen this and are their settings on either program I could change to make this go away?

TIA.

[Ultfris101]

I don't have malwarebytes but use utorrent and run norton and don't get these. Doesn'tmean I don't have a problem I don't know about...

What are some of the specific alerts?

I'm wondering if it's a default warning against torrents that maybe you could make a little less sensitive or maybe whitelist in some way, but that's tough since you aren't actually downloading from Dime.

[Belexes]

I think the alerts are popping up since I am on a P2P. Next time an alert pops up, I will post the message.  I likely need to dial back my Malwarebytes somehow I am guessing. (too sensitive)

[Fried Chicken Boy]

I haven't used Malwarebytes real-time version but it sounds like you're getting false positives.  If there's a "heuristics" setting it may be a little too sensitive, as you noted. 
Their original (and free) anti-malware app is a killer; an excellent on-demand search & destroy program.

[mccordo]

I've got Malwarebytes, Spybot and Avast! and use Utorrent as my primary torrent program, but I've not had any issues between any of them.

I did just had an issue trying to connect to a torrent from Dime using Utorrent. After about an hour of trying to get it to connect (all the while successfully connected to 2 etree torrents) I finally contacted a Dime admin. They told me that the current Utorrent is not compatible with Dime and that I would need to either use an older version of Utorrent or get a different torrent program. After getting a new torrent program the Dime d/l finished in about 15 minutes.

[anhisr]

A lot of torrent sites are not whitelisting Utorrent 3.4.1.  I had to move back to 3.4.0 after What would not whitelist it.  Easy to do. If you already have 3.4.1 installed you can just install 3.4.0 with out losing any data or settings.  Filehippo keep all the old utorrent programs.

[bombdiggity]

Utorrent is now full of malware/adware...  and also runs like crap...  so malwarebytes is probably correct. 

I suspect you applied a new version of it when you rebuilt.  People are constantly writing the Dime list saying it suddenly stopped working after an unintentional update. 

Go back to about 2.2.1 and it should solve your issue. 

http://www.oldversion.com/windows/utorrent-2-2-1-25302

Don't let it upgrade (make sure you turn off that setting in preferences - and make sure that sticks since certain versions seem to ignore that setting).

OTOH as far as being security conscious if you put PeerBlock on your system then try a few torrent sites you'd be amazed at what you find (seems like at least half the peers are in China!  ).  So really the best approach is to strip an old machine clean, wall it off from the rest of your computers/network, and set it to do only torrents with nothing else on it. 
 

[adrianf74]

^^ What bombdiggity just said.

Version 2.2.1 should be pretty much the last version of uTorrent that any serious uTorrent user wants to use.  It's safe, not bloatware, not malware/adware or slow.   Definitely make sure you turn off the setting to check for upgrades as well (and don't upgrade at any cost).

[jagraham]

^ What the previous 2 said is correct. This may not be your problem for sure but I would start with that. The new uTorrent programs load your PC up with all kinds of crapware. I am personally using 3.1.2(early 2012 version) but the one mentioned above might be even better.

When all else fails, update Malwarebytes, start PC in safe mode and do a scan. You might find something you don't find with "normal" scans. What I'm getting at is its always possible something else is up.