uTorrent tricking users into changing default browser settings?

Re:uTorrent tricking users into changing default browser set... by cmsimike on Thursday October 24, 2013 @10:04PM (#6609356)

Wasn't uTorrent The Best Thing Ever when it first hit the scene? I seem to recall it was this application. It was about a 93k executable that didn't need to be installed. Just download and run. It was my go to torrent client of choice during my Windows days. Sad to see it become this.

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Re:uTorrent tricking users into changing default browser set... by orbitur on Thursday October 24, 2013 @10:20PM (#6609402)

As annoyed as I am by the reactions here (uTorrent didn't maliciously install adware behind anyone's back), I moved to Mac in 2009 and stayed there until I decided to build an HTPC for my living room. First thing I did was install uTorrent, and I was confronted with so much bloat. There are ads INSIDE the torrent list, and there are options to stream video/music. Completely unexpected.

From what I understand, there hasn't been a client that's truly taken its place.

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Re:uTorrent tricking users into changing default browser set... by girvo on Friday October 25, 2013 @02:07AM (#6610046)

> From what I understand, there hasn't been a client that's truly taken its place.

For myself and my brother, Transmission has handily replaced uTorrent. Simple, downloads torrents, lets me make new ones to send files between friends, and that's it. Perfect!

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Re:uTorrent tricking users into changing default browser set... by hayksaakian on Thursday October 24, 2013 @11:21PM (#6609561)

Like others have noted, if you were happy with uTorrent in 2009, just use an older version.

There's really not much different with torrents in the last few years.

Magnet link support is the only thin I can think of.

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Re:uTorrent tricking users into changing default browser set... by plaguuuuuu on Friday October 25, 2013 @12:19AM (#6609729)

What about security vulns

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Re:uTorrent tricking users into changing default browser set... by gcb0 on Friday October 25, 2013 @01:27AM (#6609931)

The new version runs ten ad networks' code.. I'd bet the 93k one is safer

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Re:uTorrent tricking users into changing default browser set... by LaikaF on Friday October 25, 2013 @12:59AM (#6609847)

Magnet links work fine in 2.2.1

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Re:uTorrent tricking users into changing default browser set... by jrs99 on Thursday October 24, 2013 @10:58PM (#6609519)

you should google utorrent toolbar mystery. many people have chosen not to install the toolbar and ended up with a toolbar.

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Re:uTorrent tricking users into changing default browser set... by csomar on Friday October 25, 2013 @07:34AM (#6610923)

Indeed. I started using uTorrent back in 2006. It was VERY lightweight, and had a good and detailed documentation. And then things started to change: custom UI, styles, Ads, Video Player, Market (or something like an App Store)...

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Re:uTorrent tricking users into changing default browser set... by xaro on Friday October 25, 2013 @05:39PM (#6614810)

I met the creator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludvig_Strigeus) the other day, and he LOVES to micro-optimize. He's a genius, and made a vere light uTorrent (it was supposed to be a really light bittorrent client) and then he sold it to bittorrent and stopped developing it (and that's why it stopped being lightweight).

Awesome and interesting guy.

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Re:uTorrent tricking users into changing default browser set... by gantengx on Thursday October 24, 2013 @10:08PM (#6609369)

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