Comments on: uTorrent Vulnerable to Remote Exploits http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/ Breaking File-sharing, Copyright and Privacy News Wed, 29 Oct 2014 02:35:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 By: Jamaz /utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/#comment-286314 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:33:55 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/#comment-286314 I was hacked while running utorrent 1.6 last week.

From my logfiles I could read his ip (dail-up) and computer name: MORTIMATI. I found his emailadress on http://www.wieowie.nl and found his emailadres mortimati@gmail.ro.

Please beware of his attacks.

Jamaz

]]> By: ma942zda /utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/#comment-177879 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:42:16 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/#comment-177879 c307t

]]> By: Does port forwarding create security risk? « The Official MartinZ Blog /utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/#comment-166622 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:06:42 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/#comment-166622 [...] that application is written well and has no exploits. However, there are always software bugs and instances of such exploits is not [...]

]]> By: Butch /utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/#comment-57926 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 17:46:08 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/#comment-57926 Downloaded and installed newest version on WIN XP and was exploited by a virus. AVAST found it and it totally froze my computer.I was finally able to delete it and unintall and delete the virus and program. Everything was fine so I tried it again. Went back to site and downloaded it again and got the same results.

]]> By: uTorrent 1.6.1 released | Cormac Moylan /utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/#comment-50117 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:29:45 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/#comment-50117 [...] It still pretty much looks the same and does the same things as before…so it’s still the best torrent application out there at the moment. The only change of note is a fix to a recently announced exploit which can allow a remote connection via a tracker. It’s probably best to update to the latest version so.. [...]

]]> By: Iain Cheyne /utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/#comment-49558 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:15:31 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/#comment-49558 If you are on XP SP2 or Vista and activate Data Execution Prevention (DEP), you can avoid buffer overflow exploits. Use Securable (http://www.grc.com/securable.htm) to see if you can activate DEP.

]]> By: uTorrent 1.6.1 Released | TorrentFreak /utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/#comment-49533 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:29:58 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/#comment-49533 [...] The stable 1.6.1 release is not yet on the download page, but is already available for download over here. The uTorrent team was aware of the exploit vulnerability in version 1.6 months ago according to former uTorrent developer Ludvig Strigeus. [...]

]]> By: gabriel /utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/#comment-49520 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:59:01 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/#comment-49520 uTorrent beta is blocked in many private sites. :(

]]> By: jacotyco /utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/#comment-49515 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:55:09 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/#comment-49515 @kdsde
the beta was available long before the Bittorrent Inc. deal was announced. :p

]]> By: BitLair.org :: µTorrent 1.6.1 Final :: February :: 2007 /utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/#comment-49469 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:37:26 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-vulnerable-to-remote-exploits/#comment-49469 [...] Fix: Fix malformed .torrent exploit [...]

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