Browsing is almost impossible if µTorrent is running

[Stevest]

Hi all,

today I updated my µTorrent from version 1.8.0 to 1.8.1., and it caused a very bad thing, it is almost impossible to browse the web, if µTorrent is running. It looks like µTorrent has exclusive rights to the upload bandwidth. Without µTorrent my upload speed is 238 kbps, with µTorrent it is 1-5 kbps. There was no such thing with the version 1.8.0. What could be the problem? Is there a way to control the bandwidth usage within µTorrent? To limit the upload and download is not a solution, because I want to upload and download as much as possible in the idle periods.

I use

ZoneAlarm 7.0.483.000, turning it off doesn't solve the problem

NOD 32 3.0.669.0, turning it off doesn't solve the problem

cFosSpeed v4.25.1431, turning it off doesn't solve the problem.

Thanks for your help in advance.

st

[DreadWingKnight]

And what about re-creating rules for uT in your three?

What about uninstalling ZA and/or NOD32 (both of which have known conflicts with uT)?

[ganmo]

I have the same problem, I dunno whether it is NOD Smart Security or if it's uTorrent though. However the speed problem disappears if I close uTorrent.

and i'm using 1.8.1 latest build

[DreadWingKnight]

And my questions?

[ganmo]

if it's about recreating the firewall rules for utorrent I've already tried that.

I removed utorrent from the rule setup list and then had NSS ask if I want to allow that program to access IN/OUT again

[DreadWingKnight]

And a temporary uninstall of NSS?

[ganmo]

hmm, for some reason the slowdown is gone now even though that utorrent is on. weird, oh well I'll try to uninstall NSS if the slowdown comes back.

[Stevest]

Please don't hate me, but I wanted to get back my computer very quickly, so I chose the easiest way, and downgrade µTorrent to 1.8.0, and the problem disappeard. I'm really sorry, I know it doesn't help you to solve the possible problems.

Maybe, in a few days I will have time to search for the reasons, but not now.

What I've done before my escape, I shutdown the ZoneAlarm, but no change happened. Re-create the cFosSpeed entry, it didn't help. Well, I didn't uninstall any of them to see what happened.

However, thank you for your fast reaction to my post.

st

[ganmo]

ok nvm, slowdown came back

so I've now uninstalled NSS, and the slowdown is no more. So apparently there's still some issue utorrent have with NSS.

Note; i have added utorrent to the exception list

[DreadWingKnight]

I shutdown the ZoneAlarm, but no change happened.

Because ZA only truly stops interfering when it is uninstalled. NOTHING ELSE STOPS IT.

[Ultima]

When something buries itself deep inside the kernel-mode level (ZA and just about any other software firewall), exiting the user-mode UI won't do anything to stop the kernel-mode driver -- it just stops letting the user know what the driver is doing.

[Stevest]

When something buries itself deep inside the kernel-mode level (ZA and just about any other software firewall), exiting the user-mode UI won't do anything to stop the kernel-mode driver -- it just stops letting the user know what the driver is doing.

I see.

[ommm]

I have the same problem!