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doctorarcane

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BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)
Newbie asking....
Does it work?
Is it a scam?
How can I tell if it's working?
Which settings I need to verify are configured correctly?
What are the correct settings (windows XP & utorrent)?

Somebody out there must know these answers.
Please help a lot of us without extensive p2p knowledge to understand.

Thanks!

moogly

Member

Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

What's that? A VPN service?

doctorarcane

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Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

it's a proxy server. this is the link: http://btguard.com/

Firon

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Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

Well, it works, but it only really works if you trust the people running BTGuard.

doctorarcane

Member

Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

the proxy settings didn't "stick" when I opened utorrent after reboot.
when i re-installed BTGuard i got this message as it finished installing:

uTorrent
This program is freeware.  If you paid for it, you have been scammed, and you should get a refund.

This implies I should have just used the freeware. 
what freeware????
please help me here

avatarl

Member

Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

Isn't that a message for utorrent, basically saying the usual, that if you've paid for utorrent, you've been scammed?

doctorarcane

Member

Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

this message seems reasonable if i were installing utorrent, but it appears when i install BTGuard.

it appears to be a utorrent message (the window is even labelled "utorrent").

"This program" is not identified.
i wish they would give us a clue which program we're talking about.

avatarl

Member

Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

Well, since BTGuard is a bittorrent oriented program, maybe it displays a warning about your torrent programs or something? Also, why ask here of all places.  If it's a BTGuard message, you should ask them.  You paid them, they should answer questions you have regarding a message their program displays.

It's (or should be) common knowledge that a number of sites trick users into paying when downloading Vuze or uTorrent, so yeah, if you paid for these, you've been scammed, obviously.

Lord Alderaan

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Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

http://btguard.com/install

BTGuard has an "easy install" option which installs a pre-configured version of µTorrent. The popup you get is about µTorrent. But you didn't pay for µTorrent but for the service.

Although afaik they aren't allowed to redistribute the µTorrent client like this* they aren't selling you the µTorrent software, they sell you the BTGuard service and afterwards provide you with a pre-configured version of the free µTorrent application purely for your convenience**.

Although the popup you get is about µTorrent you aren't actually paying for µTorrent** so it isn't a scam.

Please note that BTGuard comes with µTorrent 1.8.2 and has "Check for updates automatically" disabled. Since this version of the µTorrent client is severely outdated it is recommended to update by enabling Options -> Preferences -> General -> Privacy -> Check for updates automatically.

When you get a popup to update to the latest build simply press Yes and wait a minute for µTorrent to download and restart.

* They are breaking the law. Not you, and neither are you accountable in any way. So you don't need to worry about this.

** Their "Advanced Install" instructs you to download µTorrent yourself and then provides you instructions to set it up, the "Easy Install" method is merely a free alternative.

Last edited by Lord Alderaan (2010-03-15 03:30:42)

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doctorarcane

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Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

thanks Lord Alderaan !!!
i'd just figured out that there was a second version of utorrent that pre-configures the proxy settings.
i didn't know about the 1.8.2 version thing, so extra thanks for the updating info.!!

spacey666

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Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

I've used BTG for about 3 yrs. and never had a problem until last week - an ISP threat and service cutoff.  Maybe they found a way around it...or was it just complete B.S. the whole time while they take your money.  Won't respond to emails either.  Was using version 2.0 with encryption and socks5.  You're still rolling the dice with them as far as I'm concerned.  Their claims of "100% safe, 100% anonymous" are not true.  It would be worth the $7/month if, and I say IF...it worked.

Switeck

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Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

As far as I know, a proxy won't proxy uTorrent's DHT, Local Peer Discovery, Resolve IPs, Teredo/IPv6 or uTP connections -- which all use UDP packets (or possibly multicast in the case of Local Peer Discovery).
These will all go through your regular line "in the clear" and show your real internet ip.
Only a VPN might route them properly...though in the case of Teredo/IPv6, your IPv4 address may still be discoverable.

isepiq

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Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

Just in case anyone still reads this, the older uTorrent clients had some leaks with proxies. The newest uTorrent client supposedly has these leaks fixed. If you look at the proxy settings for uTorrent on the older, then the newest version, you will see a whole new set of settings for your proxy server. This was a bug/leak in uTorrent which should be fixed now. I also use Blocklist Manager a free program from Bluetack along with BTGuard's proxy service. Two lines of protection. Hopefully with these two lines of protection & the uTorrent update for socks 5 proxy services everyone will be properly protected.

IMHO
isepiq:cool:

mrchinaplate

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Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

G'day, as I read the BTGuard page, there are 2 alternatives (and price) offered. One is to hide your uTorrent traffic and the other to hide all traffic. I've just reinstalled the preconfigured install and it installed uTorrent version 2.0.3. not the earlier version mentioned above. The links on the bottom of the uTorrent page to the beta versions only takes me to Ver2.2, does anyone have a proper link to the betas?

DreadWingKnight

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Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

2.0.3 is insecure and unsupported.

2.2 and newer are the only versions we support.

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mrchinaplate

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Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

2.0.3 is insecure and unsupported.

2.2 and newer are the only versions we support.

G'day, where are these betas ?

Switeck

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Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

Look here for the recent betas:
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewforum.php?id=4

DreadWingKnight

I never claimed to be nice.

Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

And 2.2 isn't a beta.

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mrchinaplate

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Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

And 2.2 isn't a beta.

It seems to run like one.

isepiq

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Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

After 3 days of break in time with 'not responding', my uTorrent 2.2 is running just fine on windows 7 & XP SP3 Pro. Don't know what the problem was for those 3 days, ,but it appears to have fixed itself. 2.2 is NEWER than 2.0.3 also.

IMHO
isepiq:cool:

mrchinaplate

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Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

2.2 is NEWER than 2.0.3

G'day isepiq, I was refering to some 1.* series some mentioned.

Anyway, I've loaded 2.2.1 without problems, touch wood.

roscoepkoleman

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Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

nooby asks; where can I find instructions info for BTguard configuration ?

DreadWingKnight

I never claimed to be nice.

Re: BTGuard - Does it provide p2p privacy from everyone (Including ISP's)

From BTGuard.

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