Listen port error

[recently.reaped]

As of yesterday I've been unable to download or host torrents using uTorrent. I've been using uTorrent successfully for a year and have over 100 torrents being hosted or at least available when I opened up uTorrent yesterday to acquire a few new torrents.

I did get a quick pop up asking if I wanted to update my uTorrent and I clicked yes but nothing happened that I could see.

now I've tried changing the port randomly a dozen times and it's gone from ports in the 18,000's to the 50,000's and nothing has changed when I did that. I tried updating to 2.2 beta, I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, I have recently uninstalled the beta version and reinstalled 2.0.3

The majority of my torrents are from a private site, but since I've been a member for over a year, I don't think that's the issue.

I noticed that my McAfee icon has changed and it appears to have updated. It kept giving me a pop up saying my computer was at risk etc and when I checked it out it was because Windows firewall was turned off. Again this was yesterday so I tried turning the firewall on, back off etc etc and no luck. I've also tried a reboot with no luck either.

Under tracker status it says 'An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by it access permission'

Since I have recently reinstalled 2.0.3 I do believe the settings are the default. I have done a search on the listen port error, but didn't see anything that would help.

I did read the suggestion to reset to the default but am not sure where to find the recommended file. When I go into C:program files/utorrent all I see is the utorrent icon and no other files.

I am running Windows XP professional and have McAffee anti-virus and Ad-Aware running as well. None of that is new save for the changes to McAffee with kept on asking me to reboot this week for some reason. I have a copy of Nod32 and am seriously considering making the switch.

HALP!!! this sux.

[recently.reaped]

forgot to mention. I tried turning my modem off and on again too.

it's not hooked up to a router either.

[paintball9]

Probably a firewall, either as a part of mcaffe or the actual windows firewall somehow becoming activated again. Go into every firewall you have and delete all of utorrents rules/exceptions and make new ones.

[recently.reaped]

I uninstalled McAffee, I don't have any other firewalls save for WIndows which is turned off.

I removed uTorrent (had 2 instances on the list) and readded it to the windows firewall exception list and I added the current port number listed in uTorrent to the list as well, no luck.

any chance my ISP is somehow blocking a large range of ports? I wouldn't think so but I'm running out of options

[DreadWingKnight]

Check your advanced settings for any with a * by them, specifically net.bind_ip and net.outgoing_ip

Reset them to default.

[recently.reaped]

both those settings have blank value's.

is that the correct setting?

they are the only two listed without a value

[DreadWingKnight]

Blank is correct for those. Whatever is blocking is something on your system specifically. Are you using the same listen port in uT as another program.

[recently.reaped]

I doubt it. I've clicked the random port option in uT at least a dozen times with no luck.

As I said it was working up until Tuesday for over a year without any issues. The only noticeable changes was the McAffee got a new icon after several updates to McAfee and continously requests to restart the computer which I ignored for a couple of days, the other thing being a prompt to install the latest update/version of uT that appeared when uT oppened after I selected a torrent to download.

Is there a way to check my ports to see if they are open? I googled to see if my ISP is known for blocking ports this is what I found on dslreports.com

Blocked ports (#11852)

25 - SMTP

80 - HTTP

135 - WinNT

137 - Netbios

138 - Netbios

139 - Netbios

161 - SNMP

162 - SNMP

445 - SMB

1080 - Proxy

[recently.reaped]

p.s. thanks dreadwingknight and paintball9 for replying. I appreciate your efforts to help.

I'm really frustrated with this situation as I use torrents a lot and it'll be a bad, bad time for me if I can't get this going again.

McAfee ran yesterday before I removed it and found nothing.

I have ad-aware and malware bytes on the computer too, should I run them and see if it's some malicious software blocking my access? I didn't think it would be as I was randomly changing my ports with uT and my internet access has been fine for browsing with either IE or Firefox.

[Switeck]

So this happens on all torrents? (especially the test ones in 1st link in my signature?)

Is UPnP and NAT-PMP in uTorrent disabled? (They can conflict with manual forwarding...sometimes. Only 1 would be needed even if not doing manual forwarding.)

[recently.reaped]

I tried OO torrent and it went red within seconds same error message.

UPnP and NAT-PMP are checked off in settings. Is there one over the other I should have checked on?

I'll try turning NAT off, shut down uT, restarted, nothing changed.

it's like something has blocked all my open ports or something.

does anyone know of way to check and see if all my randomly open ports are blocked/closed?

I'm getting in over my limited tech head here.

p.s. prior to this I was not even having speed issues as I was hitting 3Meg in dl speed when I had multiple torrents open.

[Switeck]

Process Explorer, uTorrent's DLL list -- what's the NON-Microsoft DLLs loaded there?

(1st link in my signature, last post, last part of that.)

[recently.reaped]

here's what I got, not sure entirely what you're looking for so I'll post it all.

Also, I ran malware bytes last night, it found nothing on my computer.

Process PID CPU Private Bytes Working Set Description Company Name

System Idle Process 0 98.48 0 K 28 K

Interrupts n/a 0 K 0 K Hardware Interrupts

DPCs n/a 0 K 0 K Deferred Procedure Calls

System 4 0 K 120 K

smss.exe 628 172 K 140 K Windows NT Session Manager Microsoft Corporation

csrss.exe 676 1,744 K 2,448 K Client Server Runtime Process Microsoft Corporation

winlogon.exe 708 6,260 K 2,948 K Windows NT Logon Application Microsoft Corporation

services.exe 752 0.76 1,844 K 2,096 K Services and Controller app Microsoft Corporation

ati2evxx.exe 928 1,904 K 756 K ATI External Event Utility EXE Module ATI Technologies Inc.

svchost.exe 960 3,104 K 1,904 K Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 1024 1,920 K 2,284 K Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 1128 24,224 K 23,680 K Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 1232 2,120 K 2,180 K Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 1328 1,568 K 1,180 K Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation

spoolsv.exe 1544 3,396 K 2,136 K Spooler SubSystem App Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 504 1,364 K 984 K Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation

PhotoshopElementsFileAgent.exe 544 1,780 K 204 K Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0 (component) Adobe Systems Incorporated

AppleMobileDeviceService.exe 592 1,856 K 520 K Apple Mobile Device Service Apple Inc.

mDNSResponder.exe 652 1,220 K 1,136 K Bonjour Service Apple Inc.

IAANTMon.exe 1156 432 K 456 K RAID Monitor Intel Corporation

jqs.exe 1244 2,212 K 1,392 K Java Quick Starter Service Sun Microsystems, Inc.

LVPrcSrv.exe 1324 868 K 1,088 K Logitech LVPrcSrv Module. Logitech Inc.

NMSAccessU.exe 1444 564 K 384 K

svchost.exe 1844 2,660 K 2,256 K Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation

WDDMService.exe 1464 76,340 K 2,508 K WD Drive Manager Service WDC

WDSmartWareBackgroundService.exe 2016 12,500 K 2,504 K WDSmartWareBackgroundService Memeo

alg.exe 2496 1,228 K 512 K Application Layer Gateway Service Microsoft Corporation

lsass.exe 764 3,992 K 1,152 K LSA Shell (Export Version) Microsoft Corporation

ati2evxx.exe 1420 2,120 K 1,228 K ATI External Event Utility EXE Module ATI Technologies Inc.

explorer.exe 1768 17,680 K 9,560 K Windows Explorer Microsoft Corporation

ctfmon.exe 332 984 K 1,696 K CTF Loader Microsoft Corporation

firefox.exe 1828 193,100 K 197,808 K Firefox Mozilla Corporation

plugin-container.exe 3596 35,396 K 29,688 K Plugin Container for Firefox Mozilla Corporation

WinRAR.exe 3708 7,996 K 724 K WinRAR archiver Alexander Roshal

procexp.exe 3524 13,460 K 18,948 K Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

plugin-container.exe 1616 16,916 K 29,140 K Plugin Container for Firefox Mozilla Corporation

uTorrent.exe 3356 0.76 4,192 K 8,584 K µTorrent BitTorrent, Inc.

notepad.exe 2844 1,024 K 552 K Notepad Microsoft Corporation

Process: uTorrent.exe Pid: 3356

Name Description Company Name Version

ACTIVEDS.dll ADs Router Layer DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

adsldpc.dll ADs LDAP Provider C DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

ADVAPI32.dll Advanced Windows 32 Base API Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5755

apphelp.dll Application Compatibility Client Library Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

ATL.DLL ATL Module for Windows XP (Unicode) Microsoft Corporation 3.5.2284.2

CLBCATQ.DLL Microsoft Corporation 2001.12.4414.700

COMCTL32.dll User Experience Controls Library Microsoft Corporation 6.0.2900.5512

comdlg32.dll Common Dialogs DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.2900.5512

COMRes.dll Microsoft Corporation 2001.12.4414.700

credui.dll Credential Manager User Interface Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

CRYPT32.dll Crypto API32 Microsoft Corporation 5.131.2600.5512

ctype.nls

DnsApi.dll DNS Client API DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5625

dot3api.dll 802.3 Autoconfiguration API Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

dot3dlg.dll 802.3 UI Helper Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

eappcfg.dll Eap Peer Config Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

eappprxy.dll Microsoft EAPHost Peer Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

GDI32.dll GDI Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5698

hnetcfg.dll Home Networking Configuration Manager Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

IMM32.DLL Windows XP IMM32 API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

Iphlpapi.dll IP Helper API Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

kernel32.dll Windows NT BASE API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5781

locale.nls

mdnsNSP.dll Bonjour Namespace Provider Apple Inc. 2.0.2.0

MPRAPI.dll Windows NT MP Router Administration DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

MSASN1.dll ASN.1 Runtime APIs Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5875

MSCTF.dll MSCTF Server DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

msctfime.ime Microsoft Text Frame Work Service IME Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

MSVCP60.dll Microsoft ® C++ Runtime Library Microsoft Corporation 6.2.3104.0

msvcrt.dll Windows NT CRT DLL Microsoft Corporation 7.0.2600.5512

mswsock.dll Microsoft Windows Sockets 2.0 Service Provider Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5625

netapi32.dll Net Win32 API DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5694

netshell.dll Network Connections Shell Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

ntdll.dll NT Layer DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5755

ole32.dll Microsoft OLE for Windows Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

oleaut32.dll Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

OneX.DLL IEEE 802.1X supplicant library Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

rasadhlp.dll Remote Access AutoDial Helper Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

RPCRT4.dll Remote Procedure Call Runtime Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5795

rsaenh.dll Microsoft Enhanced Cryptographic Provider Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5507

rtutils.dll Routing Utilities Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

SAMLIB.dll SAM Library DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

Secur32.dll Security Support Provider Interface Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5834

SETUPAPI.dll Windows Setup API Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

SHELL32.dll Windows Shell Common Dll Microsoft Corporation 6.0.2900.6018

shfolder.dll Shell Folder Service Microsoft Corporation 6.0.2900.5512

SHLWAPI.dll Shell Light-weight Utility Library Microsoft Corporation 6.0.2900.5912

sortkey.nls

sorttbls.nls

unicode.nls

USER32.dll Windows XP USER API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

USERENV.dll Userenv Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

uTorrent.exe µTorrent BitTorrent, Inc. 2.0.3.20664

uxtheme.dll Microsoft UxTheme Library Microsoft Corporation 6.0.2900.5512

VERSION.dll Version Checking and File Installation Libraries Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

WINSTA.dll Winstation Library Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

WLDAP32.dll Win32 LDAP API DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

WS2_32.dll Windows Socket 2.0 32-Bit DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

WS2HELP.dll Windows Socket 2.0 Helper for Windows NT Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

wshtcpip.dll Windows Sockets Helper DLL Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

WTSAPI32.dll Windows Terminal Server SDK APIs Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

xpsp2res.dll Service Pack 2 Messages Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512

[recently.reaped]

went ahead and ran hijack this too if that helps anyone.

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4

Scan saved at 7:58:25 PM, on 13/08/2010

Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)

MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702)

Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe

C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE

C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\iaantmon.exe

C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe

C:\Program Files\Common Files\LogiShrd\LVMVFM\LVPrcSrv.exe

C:\Program Files\CDBurnerXP\NMSAccessU.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

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

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe

C:\Program Files\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

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

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://sympatico.msn.ca/

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://sympatico.msn.ca/

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157

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

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

R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL,(Default) = http://ca.search.yahoo.com/search?fr=mcafee&p=%s

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = 127.0.0.1;*.local

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

O2 - BHO: WormRadar.com IESiteBlocker.NavFilter - {3CA2F312-6F6E-4B53-A66E-4E65E497C8C0} - (no file)

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

O2 - BHO: JQSIEStartDetectorImpl - {E7E6F031-17CE-4C07-BC86-EABFE594F69C} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\deploy\jqs\ie\jqs_plugin.dll

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KernelFaultCheck] %systemroot%\system32\dumprep 0 -k

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe ARM] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Recordpad] "C:\Program Files\NCH Swift Sound\Recordpad\recordpad.exe" -logon

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Ad-Watch] C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\AAWTray.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iSUSPM Startup] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\UpdateService\ISUSPM.exe" -startup

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background

O4 - HKCU\..\RunOnce: [FlashPlayerUpdate] C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil10h_Plugin.exe -update plugin

O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~4\Office10\EXCEL.EXE/3000

O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jp2iexp.dll

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jp2iexp.dll

O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {CD67F990-D8E9-11d2-98FE-00C0F0318AFE} - (no file)

O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe

O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

O16 - DPF: {0713E8D2-850A-101B-AFC0-4210102A8DA7} (Microsoft ProgressBar Control, version 5.0 (SP2)) - http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/Shared/ComCtl32/6,0,80,22/ComCtl32.cab

O16 - DPF: {1663ed61-23eb-11d2-b92f-008048fdd814} (MeadCo ScriptX Advanced) - https://www.epost.ca/printing/smsx.cab

O16 - DPF: {4ED9DDF0-7479-4BBE-9335-5A1EDB1D8A21} - http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcinsctl/4,0,0,101/mcinsctl.cab

O16 - DPF: {5CB1506E-1DEA-4E63-89A7-E40E52AEA1FD} (OnagerCtrl Class) - http://fulfillment.puretracks.com/onager.cab

O16 - DPF: {BCC0FF27-31D9-4614-A68E-C18E1ADA4389} - http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcgdmgr/1,0,0,26/mcgdmgr.cab

O16 - DPF: {FFB3A759-98B1-446F-BDA9-909C6EB18CC7} (PCPitstop Exam) - http://utilities.pcpitstop.com/Optimize2/pcpitstop2.dll

O18 - Protocol: skype4com - {FFC8B962-9B40-4DFF-9458-1830C7DD7F5D} - C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\Skype\SKYPE4~1.DLL

O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Browseui preloader - {438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll

O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Component Categories cache daemon - {8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll

O23 - Service: Adobe Active File Monitor V7 (AdobeActiveFileMonitor7.0) - Adobe Systems Incorporated - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 7.0\PhotoshopElementsFileAgent.exe

O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - ATI Technologies Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe

O23 - Service: ATI Smart - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ati2sgag.exe

O23 - Service: Bonjour Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe

O23 - Service: DSBrokerService - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\DellSupport\brkrsvc.exe

O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe

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

O23 - Service: Intel® Matrix Storage Event Monitor (IAANTMon) - Intel Corporation - C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\iaantmon.exe

O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe

O23 - Service: Java Quick Starter (JavaQuickStarterService) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe

O23 - Service: Lavasoft Ad-Aware Service - Lavasoft - C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\AAWService.exe

O23 - Service: Process Monitor (LVPrcSrv) - Logitech Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\LogiShrd\LVMVFM\LVPrcSrv.exe

O23 - Service: McAfee Personal Firewall Service (MpfService) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\MPFSrv.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: Intel NCS NetService (NetSvc) - Intel® Corporation - C:\Program Files\Intel\PROSetWired\NCS\Sync\NetSvc.exe

O23 - Service: NMSAccessU - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\CDBurnerXP\NMSAccessU.exe

O23 - Service: PnkBstrA - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\PnkBstrA.exe

O23 - Service: WD SmartWare Drive Manager (WDDMService) - WDC - C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD SmartWare\WD Drive Manager\WDDMService.exe

O23 - Service: WD SmartWare Background Service (WDSmartWareBackgroundService) - Memeo - C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD SmartWare\Front Parlor\WDSmartWareBackgroundService.exe

--

End of file - 7938 bytes

[Switeck]

Seems McAfee's firewall isn't completely gone:

O16 - DPF: {4ED9DDF0-7479-4BBE-9335-5A1EDB1D8A21} - http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcinsctl/4,0,0,101/mcinsctl.cab

O16 - DPF: {BCC0FF27-31D9-4614-A68E-C18E1ADA4389} - http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcgdmgr/1,0,0,26/mcgdmgr.cab

O23 - Service: McAfee Personal Firewall Service (MpfService) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\MPFSrv.exe (file missing)

This have any firewall functions?:

O16 - DPF: {FFB3A759-98B1-446F-BDA9-909C6EB18CC7} (PCPitstop Exam) - http://utilities.pcpitstop.com/Optimize2/pcpitstop2.dll

Any clue about these?:

O16 - DPF: {1663ed61-23eb-11d2-b92f-008048fdd814} (MeadCo ScriptX Advanced) - https://www.epost.ca/printing/smsx.cab

O16 - DPF: {5CB1506E-1DEA-4E63-89A7-E40E52AEA1FD} (OnagerCtrl Class) - http://fulfillment.puretracks.com/onager.cab

Punkbuster (from Call of Duty and many other 1st person shooter games):

O23 - Service: PnkBstrA - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\PnkBstrA.exe

[recently.reaped]

Seems McAfee's firewall isn't completely gone:

O16 - DPF: {4ED9DDF0-7479-4BBE-9335-5A1EDB1D8A21} - http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcinsctl/4,0,0,101/mcinsctl.cab

O16 - DPF: {BCC0FF27-31D9-4614-A68E-C18E1ADA4389} - http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcgdmgr/1,0,0,26/mcgdmgr.cab

O23 - Service: McAfee Personal Firewall Service (MpfService) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\MPFSrv.exe (file missing)

I went to c:\program files\mcAfee and it appears to be just the folder and one sub folder, I deleted it. not sure how to get rid of that other thing though.

This have any firewall functions?:

O16 - DPF: {FFB3A759-98B1-446F-BDA9-909C6EB18CC7} (PCPitstop Exam) - http://utilities.pcpitstop.com/Optimize2/pcpitstop2.dll

I don't think so, it's one of those scan and fix your computer sites. I believe i removed the program with add/remove programs after I tried it back in May.

Any clue about these?:

O16 - DPF: {1663ed61-23eb-11d2-b92f-008048fdd814} (MeadCo ScriptX Advanced) - https://www.epost.ca/printing/smsx.cab

O16 - DPF: {5CB1506E-1DEA-4E63-89A7-E40E52AEA1FD} (OnagerCtrl Class) - http://fulfillment.puretracks.com/onager.cab

Punkbuster (from Call of Duty and many other 1st person shooter games):

O23 - Service: PnkBstrA - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\PnkBstrA.exe

epost.ca is Canada post's website so it should be alright. probably some java script was needed.

puretracks is some music website I've never visited, but that doesn't mean someone else hasn't on this computer, I inherited from someone else.

punkbuster has been on here for ages, I don't think it would affect uT, but I could remove it if necessary.

still stumped on what the hell is blocking me from downloading.. if I cannot find an answer by Monday, I'm borrowing a laptop from work, tossing on uTorrent and seeing if using the internet through that works.

[Switeck]

"if I cannot find an answer by Monday, I'm borrowing a laptop from work, tossing on uTorrent and seeing if using the internet through that works."

Try that anyway...but watch out that they don't have a ridiculous 3rd party firewall.

Windows firewall will work nicely with uTorrent, but many 3rd party firewalls won't.

[recently.reaped]

noooooooo problemo, department just bought some new laptops and I've had one at my desk that hasn't been imaged yet so it's just got windows on it.

[recently.reaped]

interesting story, I just installed Vuze and it's allowing me to download torrents.

thoughts/ideas on what I can do to get uT working again?

[paintball9]

what port is vuze setup to use. Turn vuze off and try setting utorrent to use that port.

If that doesn't work try disabling uTP (bandwidth management) that's the one main difference between vuze and uTorrent. Utorrent uses UDP packets with uTP and some network hardware doesn't like to handle large volumes of UDP connections.

[Switeck]

"Utorrent uses UDP packets with uTP and some network hardware doesn't like to handle large volumes of UDP connections."

Some firewalls in "learning mode" will key into the uTP/UDP traffic by uTorrent and eventually and/or near-instantly block that port.

[recently.reaped]

I'll give it a try but that wouldn't explain why it worked for a year for me and then stopped working and the only firewall I could have possibly have had on was Windows and at one point I used a router but it didn't give me any problems when I did use it.

tried the same port, nadda.

unchecked 'turn on uTP' in BitTorrent options and turned off 'apply rate limit to uTP connections' under bandwith too, shut down uT restarted, still giving a listening port error message.

[Switeck]

Windows firewall have lots of old uTorrent entries from earlier versions and/or installed in multiple locations?

Try removing ALL of them and letting Windows Firewall detect the uTorrent you're now running.

[recently.reaped]

did that still not working.

forgot to grab a laptop this week, will try again next week.

Azerus/Vuze is working well but I'd still love to get uT working as I like it better.

anyone thing for a second an uninstall/reinstall will work? I tried it a couple of times, but maybe a restart before reinstalling will help?