Two torrents saving to one folder

[dacker]

Hedging my bets on which of two torrents would be faster for a 5GB+ download, I downloaded and started two different torrents. When one finished (the other was about 50%), I discovered both torrents were saving data to the same folder, most likely corrupting both.

It appears uT is not checking for duplicate download locations. I would expect it would either warn users and/or append a number at the end of the 2nd folder's name to differentiate it from the 1st. (e.g. folders named "This Folder" vs. "This Folder (1)".)

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Here is my HT dump. NOTE: The dump is of the WinXP virtual machine in which I run uT. The base OS is Win7. The XP VM setup has worked very well for me for several years, giving me a way to isolate and scan new downloads before moving them to the "real" side of this PC.

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Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4

Scan saved at 10:40:55 AM, on 3/26/2011

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:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG10\avgchsvx.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE

C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe

C:\Program Files\Virtual Machine Additions\vmusrvc.exe

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

C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\avgtray.exe

C:\Program Files\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

C:\Program Files\PeerBlock\peerblock.exe

C:\Program Files\Windows Desktop Search\WindowsSearch.exe

C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\Identity Protection\agent\bin\avgidsmonitor.exe

C:\Program Files\Virtual Machine Additions\vmsrvc.exe

C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\avgwdsvc.exe

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

C:\Program Files\Virtual Machine Additions\vpcmap.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\SearchIndexer.exe

C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\Identity Protection\Agent\Bin\AVGIDSAgent.exe

C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\avgnsx.exe

C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\avgemcx.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG10\avgrsx.exe

C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\avgcsrvx.exe

C:\Documents and Settings\dacker\My Documents\My Downloads\HijackThis.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe

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

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

O2 - BHO: WormRadar.com IESiteBlocker.NavFilter - {3CA2F312-6F6E-4B53-A66E-4E65E497C8C0} - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\avgssie.dll

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: [VMUserServices] C:\Program Files\Virtual Machine Additions\vmusrvc.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe"

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG_TRAY] C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\avgtray.exe

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

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [uTorrent] "C:\Program Files\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe"

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

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [PeerBlock] C:\Program Files\PeerBlock\peerblock.exe

O4 - Global Startup: Windows Search.lnk = C:\Program Files\Windows Desktop Search\WindowsSearch.exe

O8 - Extra context menu item: Google Sidewiki... - res://C:\Program Files\Google\Google Toolbar\Component\GoogleToolbarDynamic_mui_en_60D6097707281E79.dll/cmsidewiki.html

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: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1227764091796

O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/muweb_site.cab?1254784240842

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

O18 - Protocol: linkscanner - {F274614C-63F8-47D5-A4D1-FBDDE494F8D1} - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\avgpp.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: AVGIDSAgent - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\Identity Protection\Agent\Bin\AVGIDSAgent.exe

O23 - Service: AVG WatchDog (avgwd) - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\avgwdsvc.exe

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

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[EnigmaTS]

I have observed that this _same_ behaviour that has existed since at least v1.8.

In fact, I have used it to my advantage _many_ times, to allow me to obtain the same torrent from multiple private trackers. I get portions from each, until I have it all. Right or wrong - stupid or smart - this is how I avoid leaking from one private tracker to another. Then, when complete, I seed the whole torrent to all the trackers.

Personaly, I'm happy to consider this as a _Feature_ of uTorrent, rather than a Bug.

However, you might also say that this is a modern type of Caveat Emptor (Perhaps 'Downloader beware' - Sorry, don't know the Latin for 'Downloader'. I will check if there is Latin for 'Leech' or 'Leecher').