Using utorrent 2.2 build 24402 in Windows 10 and can't download a few torrents

[cool9]

Majority of my torrents over last 10 yrs download with no problems but I just downloaded a few torrents which won't download and I'm getting "Invalid URL" in utorrent Trackers tab and "DNS resolution failed for tracker" in utorrent Logger tab. Do I need a text editor to fix these torrents or do I need to update to a newer utorrent version? (I guess "BEncode" editor isn't useful are not available for my utorrent version? I just read about BEncode and I tried downloading it but its webpage doesn't exist anymore.)

I have Windows Defender Firewall and I just installed Mozilla VGN to change my IP address in Firefox 122.0 (64-bit) and I added "Ublock" extension last week because I reset Firefox and started getting annoying website advertisement popups every other minute at some websites telling me to buy a VPN.

Where should I go from here? If I install a newer version of utorrent do I have to add all of my existing torrents again and restart them?

I'm not knowledgeable at all with editing torrents.

 

[raddyst]

36 minutes ago, cool9 said:

but I just downloaded a few torrents which won't download and I'm getting "Invalid URL" in utorrent Trackers tab and "DNS resolution failed for tracker" in utorrent Logger tab. Do I need a text editor to fix these torrents or do I need to update to a newer utorrent version?

Maybe, these trackers are already not existed now. You can remove invalid trackers anytime from Trackers tab. 

39 minutes ago, cool9 said:

I guess "BEncode" editor isn't useful are not available for my utorrent version? I just read about BEncode and I tried downloading it but its webpage doesn't exist anymore.

What you mean? 

https://sites.google.com/site/ultimasites/files?authuser=0

43 minutes ago, cool9 said:

If I install a newer version of utorrent do I have to add all of my existing torrents again and restart them?

You can update current version of utorrent without loss of data. But, you don't need to upgrade.

[cool9]

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Maybe, these trackers are already not existed now. You can remove invalid trackers anytime from Trackers tab. 

In these new torrents that aren't downloading the Trackers say "Invalid URL" and [DHT], [Local Peer Discovery] and [Peer Exchange] all say "not allowed".  And in the Logger all the trackers say "DNS resolution failed for tracker". All my other torrents are working and have been downloading with no problems.

My Firewall has Utorrent enabled and my speeds have been good for torrents that are downloading.

I don't understand what these messages mean. I don't understand why some torrents are working and some aren't. Are these just corrupt torrents I downloaded? Is there anything I can do?

 

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[raddyst]

1 hour ago, cool9 said:

In these new torrents that aren't downloading the Trackers say "Invalid URL" and [DHT], [Local Peer Discovery] and [Peer Exchange] all say "not allowed". 

When these "new torrents" created? What year?

[cool9]

I don't know when they were created but they come from popular torrent sites.

I ran the speed test in Utorrent and it failed but I read that I shouldn't pay attention to that.

I did a few things to try and change "DNS resolution tracker failure" and "invalid URL" messages after reading this page: https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/dns-server-not-responding/

1. I cleared the DNS cache.

2. I changed the default DNS server in Windows 10 and then I couldn't access my email accounts so I changed DNS back to default settings. Then I got into my email accounts and I got emails from Microsoft that suspicious activity was taking place on my computer. (So changing the DNS server wasn't a good idea.)

3. Then I added some free trackers to the bad torrents but that hasn't worked.

Meanwhile, I do I have some other torrents that are downloading with no problem. I don't have many seeders in my torrents.

I hesitate to run Windows in Safe mode or change to a different browser to see if that helps.

I didn't reboot my router. (I don't know what model router I have - I haven't looked.)

I read that Mozilla VPN (which I installed last week) is safe to use for torrents.

[raddyst]

11 minutes ago, cool9 said:

I don't know when they were created but they come from popular torrent sites.

Look in utorrent Info tab like that

11 minutes ago, cool9 said:

I ran the speed test in Utorrent and it failed but I read that I shouldn't pay attention to that.

Yes, utorrent test sites not working many years.

 

19 minutes ago, cool9 said:

3. Then I added some free trackers to the bad torrents but that hasn't worked.

If you have torrent-files with 

On 2/4/2024 at 11:32 PM, cool9 said:

[DHT], [Local Peer Discovery] and [Peer Exchange] all say "not allowed"

free trackers not helps you.

[PiusX]

FYI: torrents trackers can die off or be deleted even if the torrent file exists the site or trackers don't exists. Not sure why Firefox has anything to do with utorrent software itself here. Remember regardless of what IP you us your ISP knows your locations so your not really stopping them from tracking you but telling them what site your going to by doing that. One can't edit torrent links that is set by the creator of that torrent link itself. You need to find a better torrent link if you having issues with the site your using. Website and their ads has noting to do with utorrent here that is between you the user and the browser and what blocking software you using to resolve that issue.