MrCrowley Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 I don't know a hell of a lot about utorrent since i just started using it and i've read that just because the yellow light is on doesnt mean it's hurting anything, but I'm just wondering on how i can fix this.I do not use a router, my internet is straight off the modem (cable) so i don't have to port forward for the router. But, you can randomize the port, but mine never opens, it use to about a few days ago, but I've tried many random port numbers but it still will not open. I've unplugged the modem in hope to maybe restart my connection, that didnt work. I am currently dl an episode of the soprano's, 62 (547) seeders, 23 (268) peers and my dl speed is 14.0 kB/s. Thats offly slow when i've seen half the seeders and dl at 300 kB/s or higher when i had the green light.. any advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 What you download is of no significance in troubleshooting unless it is virus-infected/trojan-infected trash designed to sabotage your computer. However sometimes slowness is torrent-specific, so try other torrents to see if they have the same problems.Is there even the REMOTEST chance your computer has any new software on it of any kind, virus or otherwise, since it last worked well? Even surfing the internet is not without risks of aquiring something you don't want, thanks to the security holes found regularly in Windows OS's.Just because a file is called something (like has a .WMV extension) doesn't mean that's what it really is. And things like hacks, cracks, and "zero-day releases" are just begging to be a timebomb that does a LOT more than what you want. I've seen even "true" .ASF and .WMV files launch websites halfway through playing them...that then tried to put stuff on my computer that I certainly wouldn't want. Thank Microsoft for making Media Player so multifeatured!This is why people use antivirus software...often to protect themselves from people who don't! (And thank ludde for making µTorrent do basically what it's asked to do and nothing more -- that's why it's SMALL and FAST!)...but I digress, back to the problems at hand:What's your upload speed? Is it considerably below the speed of your connection?Did you disable DHT? (It causes problems on poor-quality hardware.)Does your particular cablemodem have router-like abilities which might also firewall your connection? (Many new ones do, and you'll have to visit the manufacturer's website to find out if yours does and how to configure it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrowley Posted May 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Ok, well it was a firewall issue. I currently don't use a anti-virus program, i do have one, but it's not installed. I got a virus on AIM a few days ago, found my MOBO disk and installed micro or some shitty anti-virus for the time being, i just recently uninstalled it, restarted my computer and opened utorrent and everything works fine now.So, when i install norton, how can i prevent this from happening again. I believe i've read about it while i was searching yesterday but i just want to make sure all is well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Norton is a terrible AV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
µtorrent-Guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 http://copton.net/Personal_Firewalls/ccc-vortrag-en.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrowley Posted May 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 http://copton.net/Personal_Firewalls/ccc-vortrag-en.htmlThank you for the link. I'm going to read it right now.Norton is a terrible AV.Eh? How so.. im not arguing i just want specifics on how's it's bad. If its a bad AV like you say, im going use a different one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 I remember a virus/trojan that was commonly shared as "BearShare 5.1.1.exe" on various file-sharing networks by 100+k people. Even 6 months after I first saw it, Norton AV fully updated didn't detect it. It was simply shameful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
µtorrent-Guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 the tv show u mentioned is heavily poisoned by "Media Sentry and Co." guys.you will very likely NOT get real high speeds on that torrents!!at least the peers in the 38.100.x.x range are the bad guys!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Not just the fact that dection rate isn't that great, but NAV causes a lot of issues for other softwares, and it hogs system resources. The perceived increase in system responsiveness after uninstalling NAV was definitely not placebo, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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