uTorrent crashes, becomes unkillable

[bugmenot2]

Well, since I updated to 2.0.1, uTorrent crashes frequently and becomes undead or something.

I cannot restart it since starting uTorrent just tells me to get rid of the first process. However, nothing short of a reboot helps, and this is very annoying. Task Manager, TASKKILL/F, nothing can end it.

Any help?

[Melmac]

I experienced the same thing (XP 32bit SP3).

I updated uTorrent when it told me there was a new version, then when the update process was running nothing happened. I couldn't access internet and couldn't kill uTorrent.

First I killed the network connection. Then I killed F-Secure (release and accept all connections) and then the uTorrrent in taskmanager dissapeared by itself (The update was finnished, that's where it hangs, in the update stage)

I restarted uTorrent and it started up fine. Restarted F-Secure and first deleted the acceptance of uTorrent connecting to Internet. Then I manually acceptet uToorent connection to Internet.

Restarted network and there you go, everything works (so far.....)

[bugmenot2]

It wouldn't be that big of a problem if it only happened on updates, but to me it happens regularly and 8 out of 10 times when I just try to close uTorrent... very annoying.

[Firon]

Are you on Windows 7? If so, it's a bug in Windows 7 itself, which you can bypass by disabling IPv6 on your system.

[bugmenot2]

Actually, I think I'm going to downgrade to 1.8.5 again...

Which brings me to another question: Why doesn't this occur with, say, uTorrent 1.8.5, if it's a Windows 7 bug? 1.8.5 also uses IPv6, doesn't it?

[DreadWingKnight]

Not to the same extent, and downgrading is not only not troubleshooting, it is not supported.

[Firon]

You have to be using UDP with IPv6 to trigger it. Microsoft has already confirmed the bug, they just are having trouble fixing it (they'd seen it on Vista, but it went away without them fixing it).

[rafi]

1.8.5 doesn't use IPV6/UDP if uTP is enabled ?

[ratonjd]

I'm having the same issue since I installed 2.01. Now yesterday I updated to 2.02 and the problem still seems to be there. Sometimes if I'm lucky utorrent closes, but most of the time I have to reboot my computer. I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate. Any suggestions?

Here is my hijackthis log:

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4

Scan saved at 10:36:23 AM, on 5/15/2010

Platform: Windows 7 (WinNT 6.00.3504)

MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.7600.16385)

Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:

C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe

C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE

C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe

C:\Program Files\RegCure\RegCure.exe

C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgtray.exe

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe

C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe

C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil10e.exe

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Contacts\wlcomm.exe

C:\Program Files\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IELowutil.exe

C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe

C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HiJackThis\HiJackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896

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R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896

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R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =

R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =

R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =

O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll

O2 - BHO: (no name) - {5C255C8A-E604-49b4-9D64-90988571CECB} - (no file)

O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll

O2 - BHO: Java Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG9_TRAY] C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG9\avgtray.exe

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O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [msnmsgr] "C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe" /background

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [sidebar] C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /autoRun

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O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')

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O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')

O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~4\Office12\EXCEL.EXE/3000

O9 - Extra button: Blog This - {219C3416-8CB2-491a-A3C7-D9FCDDC9D600} - C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Writer\WriterBrowserExtension.dll

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: &Blog This in Windows Live Writer - {219C3416-8CB2-491a-A3C7-D9FCDDC9D600} - C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Writer\WriterBrowserExtension.dll

O9 - Extra button: ICQ7 - {88EB38EF-4D2C-436D-ABD3-56B232674062} - C:\Program Files\ICQ7.0\ICQ.exe

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: ICQ7 - {88EB38EF-4D2C-436D-ABD3-56B232674062} - C:\Program Files\ICQ7.0\ICQ.exe

O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~4\Office12\REFIEBAR.DLL

O16 - DPF: {87BE3784-6977-4E84-AA08-55A96B9CEAC5} (Bl_camera Control) - http://192.168.1.253:50000/bl_camera.cab

O16 - DPF: {9191F686-7F0A-441D-8A98-2FE3AC1BD913} (ActiveScan 2.0 Installer Class) - http://acs.pandasoftware.com/activescan/cabs/as2stubie.cab

O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://fpdownload2.macromedia.com/get/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab

O16 - DPF: {E2883E8F-472F-4FB0-9522-AC9BF37916A7} - http://platformdl.adobe.com/NOS/getPlusPlus/1.6/gp.cab

O16 - DPF: {EF791A6B-FC12-4C68-99EF-FB9E207A39E6} (McFreeScan Class) - http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/iss-loc/mcfscan/3,0,0,5951/mcfscan.cab

O20 - AppInit_DLLs: avgrsstx.dll

O23 - Service: AVG Free WatchDog (avg9wd) - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgwdsvc.exe

O23 - Service: Google Update Service (gupdate) (gupdate) - Google Inc. - C:\Program Files\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe

O23 - Service: LexBce Server (LexBceS) - Lexmark International, Inc. - C:\Windows\System32\LEXBCES.EXE

O23 - Service: lxbc_device - - C:\Windows\system32\lxbccoms.exe

O23 - Service: TeamViewer 5 (TeamViewer5) - TeamViewer GmbH - C:\Program Files\TeamViewer\Version5\TeamViewer_Service.exe

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Should I disable something? maybe there is a process here creating conflict? I'm confused...

Thanks a lot for all your help.