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I've never seen anything like this before...The peers listed for a torrent I'm seeding

62.212.84.2:30099 [FAKE] utorrent/1.8.2.0

62.212.84.49:0 [FAKE] utorrent/1.8.2.0

62.212.84.50:0 [FAKE] utorrent/1.8.2.0

62.212.84.51:0 [FAKE] utorrent/1.8.2.0

And their completed percentages are all 0.0. They were uploading at 50 kB/s (total) which is my max U/L bandwidth. I don't know for how long. The combination of "FAKE" client, sequential IPs and 0 percent is fishy to me. Anyone have any ideas on what is happening?

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Surely a poisoner of p2p networks. They 'catch' you (and other peers sharing a specific torrent) with honey pot client and flood your client. You have surely a ton of hashfails for this torrent (see General tab) that's the sign of a torrent poisoner.

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A search here:

http://www.db.ripe.net/whois?form_type=simple&full_query_string=&searchtext=62.212.84.51&do_search=Search

...listed them as this:

inetnum: 62.212.84.0 - 62.212.84.255

netname: LEASEWEB

descr: LeaseWeb

descr: P.O. Box 93054

descr: 1090BB AMSTERDAM

descr: Netherlands

descr: www.leaseweb.com

At least that rules out a bunch of consumer ADSL/cable lines that just incidentally are on the torrent. A poisoner seems the most likely explanation.

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