Ok so I thought that uTorrent 2.2.1 was the version to have as it existed prior to all the bloat ware and malware advertising etc. A lot of start-up issues to be found, but nothing like mine just refusing to start up unless it's completely uninstalled and reinstalled. Malwarebytes keeps flagging uTorrent 2.2.1 and blocking 'websites'. Does anyone have any idea whats going on? Yeah, I checked google and a bunch of other sites, but I couldn't find anyone with my exact problem. I have no idea what the fuck is going on, but it's pretty shitty. Malwarebytes Won't Let Me Download Utorrent Torrent Nothing I did would get BitTorrent or uTorrent to open, bar uninstalling and reinstalling it, to which it'd work for a few hours, then completely stop again. And it worked, for about two hours, then it closed, and again, it would not open. Download uTorrent for Windows to download and manage torrent files with an efficient, lightweight, and customizable application. So I thought, well fuck, there must be some major problem here. Then it closed on it's own mid torrent, and would not open again. It started working again immediately, for about 4 hours.
Thinking that maybe there was just some sort of update that failed, I uninstalled and reinstalled uTorrent. It'll show up in task manager processes for a good 3 seconds then disappear. But in the last week or so, it just won't open. So for the last 3 months or so, I've been using uTorrent quite a bit. So what gives? Why is this happening? I guess uTorrent is out but what should I use instead? There must be a client somewhere that actually doesn't F* with my sh*.Īrchived Utorrent Won't Download Anything uTorrent/BitTorrent won't open I have since scanned my system with bitdefender and malwarebytes just to make sure and it didn't find anything. Finally I deleted uTorrent and the warnings went away.
Then with NOTHING being downloaded, I was still getting the warnings. Want to stay informed on the latest news in cybersecurity Sign up for our newsletter and learn how to protect your computer from threats. But as it sits here doing nothing (service running but not downloading anything) I keep getting Malwarebytes pop-ups that say it is blocking uTorrent threat coming from some sort of website.Īt first I thought it was related to the actual torrent I was downloading, so I cancelled the torrent and deleted the files it already downloaded. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware detects and removes malware, spyware, and potentially unwanted items like worms, trojans, rootkits, rogues, adware, and more with a clean user interface that should be intuitive to everyone, even a novice. From what I can tell when I launch it, all seems good. Malwarebytes products have long been a favorite of ours at, especially with our Malware Removal Gurus in our forums. Archived Malwarebytes keeps flagging uTorrent 2.2.1 and blocking 'websites'.