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µTorrent taking up huge amounts of RAM


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Hi

I've been using µTorrent 3.0 Alpha for a while now and it's been working great until today. As soon as I started the program my RAM usage started increasing rapidly until my 4GB of physical memory was 98% full, and then it started paging to the hard disk.

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My only fix for the problem so far has been to suspend the highlighted thread in Process Explorer. This causes the RAM increase to stop, but the memory usage stays constant then until µTorrent is closed. Suspending this thread also causes File Rechecking to freeze in µTorrent.

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It's a little messy but here:

Process PID CPU Description Company Name Private Bytes Handles CPU Time I/O Reads

chrome.exe 2368 0.37 Google Chrome Google Inc. 220,632 K 1,758 0:03:20.445 506,046

csrss.exe 588 0.33 Client Server Runtime Process Microsoft Corporation 2,864 K 538 0:00:12.417 118,933

uTorrent.exe 3716 23.48 µTorrent BitTorrent, Inc. 9,192 K 401 0:00:09.219 18,651

Rainmeter.exe 2516 0.17 Rainmeter - A Customizable Resource Meter 10,248 K 351 0:00:03.478 11,869

Dropbox.exe 2712 0.01 Dropbox Dropbox, Inc. 40,812 K 432 0:00:03.962 9,901

explorer.exe 2004 0.16 Windows Explorer Microsoft Corporation 75,140 K 956 0:00:19.203 1,928

flux.exe 2492 0.01 6,832 K 208 0:00:00.967 920

System 4 3.18 168 K 634 0:05:05.028 368

csrss.exe 492 Client Server Runtime Process Microsoft Corporation 1,928 K 435 0:00:01.060 180

peerblock.exe 2508 < 0.01 PeerBlock PeerBlock, LLC 13,604 K 106 0:00:03.151 73

winlogon.exe 632 < 0.01 Windows Logon Application Microsoft Corporation 2,988 K 121 0:00:00.343 4

AutoHotkey.exe 2724 AutoHotkey 7,288 K 144 0:00:00.187 4

wininit.exe 572 Windows Start-Up Application Microsoft Corporation 1,476 K 76 0:00:00.124 2

msseces.exe 2436 Microsoft Security Client User Interface Microsoft Corporation 5,760 K 255 0:00:00.218 1

MaxMax.exe 2500 0.05 MaxMax Marcin Nowok 1,612 K 62 0:00:00.140 1

System Idle Process 0 61.89 0 K 0 1:44:38.806 0

Process: uTorrent.exe Pid: 3716

Name Description Company Name Version

advapi32.dll Advanced Windows 32 Base API Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

apisetschema.dll ApiSet Schema DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

apphelp.dll Application Compatibility Client Library Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

bcrypt.dll Windows Cryptographic Primitives Library (Wow64) Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

bcryptprimitives.dll Windows Cryptographic Primitives Library Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

cabinet.dll Microsoft® Cabinet File API Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

clbcatq.dll COM+ Configuration Catalog Microsoft Corporation 2001.12.8530.16385

comctl32.dll User Experience Controls Library Microsoft Corporation 6.10.7601.17514

comdlg32.dll Common Dialogs DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

credssp.dll Credential Delegation Security Package Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

crypt32.dll Crypto API32 Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

cryptbase.dll Base cryptographic API DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

cryptnet.dll Crypto Network Related API Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

cryptsp.dll Cryptographic Service Provider API Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

devrtl.dll Device Management Run Time Library Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

dhcpcsvc.dll DHCP Client Service Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

dhcpcsvc6.dll DHCPv6 Client Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

dnsapi.dll DNS Client API DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

dwmapi.dll Microsoft Desktop Window Manager API Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

FirewallAPI.dll Windows Firewall API Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

FWPUCLNT.DLL FWP/IPsec User-Mode API Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

gdi32.dll GDI Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

gpapi.dll Group Policy Client API Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

iertutil.dll Run time utility for Internet Explorer Microsoft Corporation 8.0.7601.17514

imm32.dll Multi-User Windows IMM32 API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

index.dat

index.dat

index.dat

IPHLPAPI.DLL IP Helper API Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

kernel32.dll Windows NT BASE API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

KernelBase.dll Windows NT BASE API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

KernelBase.dll.mui Windows NT BASE API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

locale.nls

lpk.dll Language Pack Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

MaxMaxH.dll Hook helper Marcin Nowok 1.0.0.0

msasn1.dll ASN.1 Runtime APIs Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

msctf.dll MSCTF Server DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

msi.dll Windows Installer Microsoft Corporation 5.0.7601.17514

msimg32.dll GDIEXT Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

msimsg.dll Windows® Installer International Messages Microsoft Corporation 5.0.7600.16385

msisip.dll MSI Signature SIP Provider Microsoft Corporation 5.0.7600.16385

msvcr90.dll Microsoft® C Runtime Library Microsoft Corporation 9.0.30729.4974

msvcrt.dll Windows NT CRT DLL Microsoft Corporation 7.0.7600.16385

mswsock.dll Microsoft Windows Sockets 2.0 Service Provider Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

ncrypt.dll Windows cryptographic library Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

nsi.dll NSI User-mode interface DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

ntdll.dll NT Layer DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

ntdll.dll NT Layer DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

ole32.dll Microsoft OLE for Windows Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

oleaut32.dll Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

profapi.dll User Profile Basic API Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

psapi.dll Process Status Helper Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

rasadhlp.dll Remote Access AutoDial Helper Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

rpcrt4.dll Remote Procedure Call Runtime Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

RpcRtRemote.dll Remote RPC Extension Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

rsaenh.dll Microsoft Enhanced Cryptographic Provider Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

schannel.dll TLS / SSL Security Provider Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

sechost.dll Host for SCM/SDDL/LSA Lookup APIs Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

secur32.dll Security Support Provider Interface Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

SensApi.dll SENS Connectivity API DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

shell32.dll Windows Shell Common Dll Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

shfolder.dll Shell Folder Service Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

shlwapi.dll Shell Light-weight Utility Library Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

SortDefault.nls

sspicli.dll Security Support Provider Interface Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

StaticCache.dat

urlmon.dll OLE32 Extensions for Win32 Microsoft Corporation 8.0.7601.17514

user32.dll Multi-User Windows USER API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

userenv.dll Userenv Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

usp10.dll Uniscribe Unicode script processor Microsoft Corporation 1.626.7601.17514

uTorrent.exe µTorrent BitTorrent, Inc. 3.0.0.25137

uxtheme.dll Microsoft UxTheme Library Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

version.dll Version Checking and File Installation Libraries Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

wininet.dll Internet Extensions for Win32 Microsoft Corporation 8.0.7601.17514

winnsi.dll Network Store Information RPC interface Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

wintrust.dll Microsoft Trust Verification APIs Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

Wldap32.dll Win32 LDAP API DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

WLIDNSP.DLL Microsoft® Windows Live ID Namespace Provider Microsoft Corporation 6.500.3165.0

wow64.dll Win32 Emulation on NT64 Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

wow64cpu.dll AMD64 Wow64 CPU Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

wow64win.dll Wow64 Console and Win32 API Logging Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

ws2_32.dll Windows Socket 2.0 32-Bit DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514

wship6.dll Winsock2 Helper DLL (TL/IPv6) Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

WSHTCPIP.DLL Winsock2 Helper DLL (TL/IPv4) Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385

Posted

I stopped file rechecking that was being done on several large torrents at once and the bug seems to have gone away. I think µTorrent might be trying to cache entire files in RAM while checking, causing the huge RAM usage.

  • 4 weeks later...
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f it's not the utorrent.exe process eating the ram, it's the windows disk cache being stupid.

Same issue here :/ Updated to 3.0 Beta (build 25220) and noticed that utorrent is eating up RAM as long as something downloading. Stopping the download or closing utorrent instantly frees up the RAM.

Tried different "Disk Cache" settings, enabling/disabling windows cache and setting cache size manually - nothing helped. Either settings do not work or issue is somewhere else.

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Having the same problem with 3.0 (Win7 HP 64-bit). Although if the download/upload is relatively slow it seems to catch up and release the memory.

Edit:

Perhaps the file size matters most. 2 files at about 400 MB each at high speed without issues. The really problematic file before was 3.50GB.

Same behaviour in the 64-bit alpha and 32-bit beta.

Posted

I'm having the exact same issue.

uTorrent begins to eat my RAM until it hits 99% (4GB of RAM in my PC) and becomes unusable

This has only happened to me in the latest 3.0 Beta.

Windows 7 x64 OS

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Yesterday I noticed the swap was huge and computer response was greatly impaired. When I looked into it, uTorrent (v 2.2.1 build 25031) was using 1,400,000 kB of memory, much of it paged to the swap. I killed the process and restarted with the same torrents active and after it settled, uTorrent was using only 110,000 kBytes total memory. Currently, after 17 hours uptime, that has increased to 422,000 kB.

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