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I never updated uTorrent, I run 2.2.1 so either find it or I can probably send you the exe.
by sydbarrett 13y ago
I never updated uTorrent, I run 2.2.1 so either find it or I can probably send you the exe.
- endgame 13y agoFor other readers: The consensus on the reddit thread was that 2.2.1 was the last good version.
- sydbarrett 13y agoDidn't know it was consensus but 2.2.1 will max out your DL and UL without the BS malware. I have been using bittorrent since before uTorrent so there's a reason I stuck with 2.2.1.
- Wingman4l7 13y agoIIRC some people even run the older 1.8.x versions, for reasons which escape me at the moment.
- pogue 13y agoI'm surprised someone is trying to distribute a "uTorrent Light" with all the adware and bloat stripped out.
- sydbarrett 13y agoAny torrent veteran knows it's [uTorrent 2.2.1] better than whatever most of the top commenters propose. Folks, you don't always have to upgrade, especially when the upgrade is simply a revenue stream for THEM.
- Wingman4l7 13y agoIt's closed source -- how would you do that? Most people settle for using one of the older versions.
- pogue 13y agoWell, you may not remember Kazaa Lite. But, basically, all you would need to do is unpack the installer with a tool that creates installer programs. You would basically need to decompress it, strip out all the adware or anything else you didn't want, create a new installer and you're done! Kazaa lite had a lot of other tweaks and hacks to the exe, which I assumed used some sort of decompiler to essentially "crack" it and modify it in certain ways. Then, along with registry patches and changes to other libraries it used made some fundamental changes to how it worked and connected to the network. Someone wouldn't need to do this for uTorrent if they just wanted vanilla uTorrent and nothing else, but the possibilities exist.
- lingben 13y agosame here, the trick is to not upgrade and turn auto-update check off Here is version 2.2.1 http://www.filehippo.com/download_utorrent/9859/ http://www.filehippo.com/download_utorrent/9859/
- Wingman4l7 13y agoYup, this is where I got it -- it's the last build before v3, which had a bunch of really questionable changes.