johndoe99 Posted May 2, 2021 Report Share Posted May 2, 2021 I try to download a torrent today, and first time ever Windows 10 displays a popup "Potentially Unwanted App", and utorrent will not open. I go to Windows Security and allow the utorrent app, and all is fine. But when i restart windows i have to do this each time. Is there a fix or workaround? Have Microsoft just declared war on torrents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosFred Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 Same problem, uTorrent 45988 blocked. So far downgrading to 45966 works for me, just don't update uTorrent when asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe99 Posted May 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 Never Mind, i dl Q bitorrent and this program is not blocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueleo65 Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 I'm having the same problem, but I didn't understand the poster's solution. Can someone assist me please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted May 10, 2021 Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 On 5/2/2021 at 2:21 PM, johndoe99 said: Have Microsoft just declared war on torrents? You'd just need to exclude it in Defender https://www.windowscentral.com/how-exclude-files-and-folders-windows-defender-antivirus-scans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe99 Posted May 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 10 hours ago, rafi said: You'd just need to exclude it in Defender https://www.windowscentral.com/how-exclude-files-and-folders-windows-defender-antivirus-scans thanks, i excluded the utorrent folder and that worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe99 Posted May 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 On 5/4/2021 at 8:20 PM, Blueleo65 said: I'm having the same problem, but I didn't understand the poster's solution. Can someone assist me please? Click Start / Documents, choose View, click "Hidden Items" checkbox (otherwise 'AppData' won't appear). Click Start / Settings / Update and Security / Windows Security / Virus & Threat Protection / Manage Settings / Add or Remove exclusions Click "add an exclusion" select "folder", in the page that appears browse to: C:/Users/name of pc/AppData/Roaming highlight utorrent folder, click select folder That's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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