uTorrent Users Warned of Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

https://threatpost.com/utorrent-users-warned-of-remote-code-execution-vulnerability

 

https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/torrent-download-software.html

 

They've released new version that fixes this vulnerability:

uTorrent 3.5.3 For Windows (build 44358)
http://blog.utorrent.com/releases/windows/

 

Better use Qbittorrent, deluge or other alternatives.

 

I've tried few of them in past but didn't like any of them better than uTorrent.

 

I personally used 2.2.1 for years before moving to qbittorrent. Are you using the latest version of utorrent?

 

Yes I use latest version. Bugs similar to this, doesn't make me comfortable using older versions.

 

Me too but under SBIEs and AppGuards supervision. I feel safe.

 

Only thing I like about utorrent is its small file size while having just as many or more features than others. But not worth to me dealing with those offers and ads. Sure you have workarounds but I don't want to deal with the annoyances.

 

Yes, few settings have to be changed to avoid ads (to be frank I haven't seen any, so I don't even know how they look). Since this are one time, set and forget modification I don't see it as a problem.

 

uTorrent Flagged as ‘Threat’ by Microsoft and Anti-Virus Vendors

https://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-flagged-as-threat-by-microsoft-and-anti-virus-vendors-180312/

 

Want to try a client that is as small as µTorrent was back in 2005? Picotorrent is an alternative. Open source and not quite as "bloated" as the other great alternative qBittorrent.

 

Thanks, looks nice. Going to try it out.

https://github.com/picotorrent/picotorrent/releases