Sum~guy Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 I see a peer that's downloading from me using a client being identified as [FAKE] uTorrent/2.2.0.0. They are at IP address 95.211.212.14 (hosted-by.leaseweb.com). Why would someone be using a leased server (if that's what it is) to download torrents, and why is their torrent client identifying itself with "[FAKE]" as part of it's name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiusX Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 I see a peer that's downloading from me using a client being identified as [FAKE] uTorrent/2.2.0.0. They are at IP address 95.211.212.14 (hosted-by.leaseweb.com). Why would someone be using a leased server (if that's what it is) to download torrents, and why is their torrent client identifying itself with "[FAKE]" as part of it's name?We here are not a babysitting forum what they use they use. If you have a a problem with their IP contact their IP host not utorrent. Utorrent doesn't control or manage how someone uses utorrent once they install it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sum~guy Posted November 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 > Utorrent doesn't control or manage how someone uses utorrent once they install it. How do you change the Utorrent identification string? Surely that is a question you can answer - yes? I also want mine to also say [FAKE] ! Because it is obviously a kool thing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiusX Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 > Utorrent doesn't control or manage how someone uses utorrent once they install it.How do you change the Utorrent identification string? Surely that is a question you can answer - yes?I also want mine to also say [FAKE] ! Because it is obviously a kool thing to do.Talk to your ISP provider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike20021969 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Why would someone be using a leased server (if that's what it is) to download torrents, and why is their torrent client identifying itself with "[FAKE]" as part of it's name? You can try blocking them if it's bothering you: http://www.techzilo.com/ban-utorrent-peers-ip-address/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktetch Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 You can try blocking them if it's bothering you: http://www.techzilo.com/ban-utorrent-peers-ip-address/Probably not the best guide to link to, since it's not only really old, it's basic starting premis is false"One more thing to look out for is selfish and cheating BitTorrent clients like BitComet which limits uploads severely"A claim that was debunked a year before that was written. There's a lot of rumours and 'everyone knows' stuff. That's one of them. Most of them are flat-out wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike20021969 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 since it's not only really old The link was purely for the guide to block IPs.Old or not, is the method to block IPs not accurate now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sum~guy Posted November 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 I see there is a huge reading comprehension problem here. I know how to block individual peers - if I wanted to. I wanted to understand more fully this concept, motivation or reason for changing the utorrent client identification string as it appears in the peer list. I wanted to know if the specific use of "[FAKE]" was known to those in the utorrent community (or wider p2p community) and if so, what does it tell you about the person or entity using it? There has been no answer or discussion here along those lines so far. I asked a secondary question - how exactly does one go about changing the utorrent identification string, and that question is being evaded or diverted back into a discussion about blocking peers. > Talk to your ISP provider. Oh really? My ISP is somehow in control of how utorrent displays the user-agent of peers that connect to me? Please explain how my ISP does that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makeni Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 IP address 95.211.212.14 (hosted-by.leaseweb.com). Why would someone be using a leased server (if that's what it is) to download torrentsLeaseweb is famous global hosting service, may be it is just someone's seedbox.Also http://forum.utorrent.com/topic/83741-fake-client/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sum~guy Posted November 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 So is it *my* uTorrent client that thinks the peer is running a fake version - and denotes it by putting [FAKE] in the client name? Just like in the example you posted (the screen capture on Feb 10/2013) the "Peer DL" column shows nothing for the "Fake" peer. I assume this means that nobody is downloading from that peer (yes?). I noticed that in my case too, also that the FAKE peer was taking up most of my upload bandwidth for the torrent in question, and his % Completion was the highest of all the other peers by quite a bit - which again tells me that he wasn't sharing. So I blocked him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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