If you recently installed or updated uTorrent on your PC, you may have have picked up an unwanted passenger: a Bitcoin miner called Epic Scale. That piece of code comes attached at the hip with the latest uTorrent build (version 3.4.2) and uses your computer as part of a Bitcoin farm to generate revenue for someone other than you. Users first reported the situation on uTorrent's forums, and it was quickly confirmed by a senior support manager. He said that the app "cannot be installed without permission," but one user pointed out that there was "never a warning about it," even though he opted out of other bundled software.
Once it's installed, the program will take up CPU cycles, slowing your machine and causing it to burn more power. The support person described Epic Scale as "easy to uninstall," but that's doesn't seem to always be the case. It didn't show up in the "Programs and Features" list for Windows for one user, and another said he needed anti-adware software to be rid of it. (Epic Scale said the app can be uninstalled normally, but confirmed that it leaves behind registry keys.)
uTorrent's parent company BitTorrent said that the Epic Scale is "a great partner for us to continue to generate revenue for the company, while contributing funds to (philanthropic initiatives)." With the recent Lenovo SuperFish affair, however, users are on edge about unwanted software. One uTorrent forum user called Epic Scale's unexpected presence "disgraceful and quite a pity," adding "I will switch because of this."
Stop pirating shit, problem solved you broke ass crackers.
Stop pirating shit, problem solved you broke ass crackers.
it's not about money, it's about "i want this shit right now" or being too lazy to rip an iso.
also, amazing how shit utorrent is. I'm still on that super old build before they implemented all the bloatware.
I'm using qBittorent. It's practically the same thing.(http://i.imgur.com/NkdyjSH.png)
Stop pirating shit, problem solved you broke ass crackers.
it's not about money, it's about "i want this shit right now" or being too lazy to rip an iso.
also, amazing how shit utorrent is. I'm still on that super old build before they implemented all the bloatware.
Bullshit, it's "I'm entitled so I want to watch this movie that cost 100 million dollars to make for free, because fuck whoever financed it and the workers"
Don't feed me that "I want it now bullshit" that worked 5 years ago, not now.
What's ironic is this is the same person that bitches because movie tickets are 15 dollars now. You are part of the problem, skippy.
PS: I could give two fucks about taking money out of a A list actor's pocket, they have enough. But you also hammer the 15 dollar an hour guy, the gaffer, the catering crew, and whomever else thrives off the production of the movie.
Stop pirating shit, problem solved you broke ass crackers.
it's not about money, it's about "i want this shit right now" or being too lazy to rip an iso.
also, amazing how shit utorrent is. I'm still on that super old build before they implemented all the bloatware.
Bullshit, it's "I'm entitled so I want to watch this movie that cost 100 million dollars to make for free, because fuck whoever financed it and the workers"
Don't feed me that "I want it now bullshit" that worked 5 years ago, not now.
What's ironic is this is the same person that bitches because movie tickets are 15 dollars now. You are part of the problem, skippy.
PS: I could give two fucks about taking money out of a A list actor's pocket, they have enough. But you also hammer the 15 dollar an hour guy, the gaffer, the catering crew, and whomever else thrives off the production of the movie.
I'm not entitled to shit. I just take it because I can. If I could download a car, or food, or rent, or whatever else, I would. Fuck the world as long as I get mine.
Stop pirating shit, problem solved you broke ass crackers.
it's not about money, it's about "i want this shit right now" or being too lazy to rip an iso.
also, amazing how shit utorrent is. I'm still on that super old build before they implemented all the bloatware.
Bullshit, it's "I'm entitled so I want to watch this movie that cost 100 million dollars to make for free, because fuck whoever financed it and the workers"
Don't feed me that "I want it now bullshit" that worked 5 years ago, not now.
What's ironic is this is the same person that bitches because movie tickets are 15 dollars now. You are part of the problem, skippy.
PS: I could give two fucks about taking money out of a A list actor's pocket, they have enough. But you also hammer the 15 dollar an hour guy, the gaffer, the catering crew, and whomever else thrives off the production of the movie.
Stop pirating shit, problem solved you broke ass crackers.
it's not about money, it's about "i want this shit right now" or being too lazy to rip an iso.
also, amazing how shit utorrent is. I'm still on that super old build before they implemented all the bloatware.
Bullshit, it's "I'm entitled so I want to watch this movie that cost 100 million dollars to make for free, because fuck whoever financed it and the workers"
Don't feed me that "I want it now bullshit" that worked 5 years ago, not now.
What's ironic is this is the same person that bitches because movie tickets are 15 dollars now. You are part of the problem, skippy.
PS: I could give two fucks about taking money out of a A list actor's pocket, they have enough. But you also hammer the 15 dollar an hour guy, the gaffer, the catering crew, and whomever else thrives off the production of the movie.
a little of column A, a little of column B. that's why we got whales :yeshrug
Open Source. It is what it is. :lolI'm using qBittorent. It's practically the same thing.(http://i.imgur.com/NkdyjSH.png)
This website is so ugly I have to assume this is made by and for torrent connoisseurs who dwell in the deepest of basements
And 15 dollar movies, and stupid disc protection, and why we are going completely digital, and why we don't own our own games, and why it costs so much to attend a sports event. Etc.
And 15 dollar movies, and stupid disc protection, and why we are going completely digital, and why we don't own our own games, and why it costs so much to attend a sports event. Etc.
All good reasons to continue pirating shit.
In other words, he's right lolThis website is so ugly I have to assume this is made by and for torrent connoisseurs who dwell in the deepest of basementsOpen Source. It is what it is. :lol
The faulty assumption is that I would pay for the things I download. (Though probably more half the stuff I download is TV shows so I can watch them at my leisure on different devices rather than watching it as it airs.) I can't be assed to download games anymore because of Steam/Origin, I just play Civ V until it's under the price threshold then buy it and play more Civ V.spoiler (click to show/hide)Or that I care about Intellectual "Property." :shh[close]In other words, he's right lolThis website is so ugly I have to assume this is made by and for torrent connoisseurs who dwell in the deepest of basementsOpen Source. It is what it is. :lol
Argue's politics, has no fucks to give about intellectual property...yup you're a democrat :kobeyuck
(http://i.imgur.com/3DO4nl4.png)
benji is a libertarian, an anarchist to boot
Yeah, pretty much. :hehIn other words, he's right lolThis website is so ugly I have to assume this is made by and for torrent connoisseurs who dwell in the deepest of basementsOpen Source. It is what it is. :lol
BarfKinda hard to miss I would think?
µTorrent has been shit for a while. Impressive trajectory though. From ads to this.
I'm using qBittorent. It's practically the same thing.
Lolol look at AiA getting all bent out of shape over this, talking about "think of the workers!" meanwhile you support a group that works to pay ppl literally as little as their (multinational billion-dollar) employer wants to. is this what senility looks like
:umad
Stop pirating shit, problem solved you broke ass crackers.
it's not about money, it's about "i want this shit right now" or being too lazy to rip an iso.
also, amazing how shit utorrent is. I'm still on that super old build before they implemented all the bloatware.
Bullshit, it's "I'm entitled so I want to watch this movie that cost 100 million dollars to make for free, because fuck whoever financed it and the workers"
Don't feed me that "I want it now bullshit" that worked 5 years ago, not now.
What's ironic is this is the same person that bitches because movie tickets are 15 dollars now. You are part of the problem, skippy.
PS: I could give two fucks about taking money out of a A list actor's pocket, they have enough. But you also hammer the 15 dollar an hour guy, the gaffer, the catering crew, and whomever else thrives off the production of the movie.
Arguing over this stuff is pointless. People are gonna pirate. It's 2015.
I think just about every "normal" person buys a lot of things and pirates some things. Most of us aren't pure angels.
One isn't stealing, it's business.Copyright infringement isn't stealing either, it's breaching the terms of a state granted monopoly. The original goods still exist.
One isn't stealing, it's business.Copyright infringement isn't stealing either, it's breaching the terms of a state granted monopoly. The original goods still exist.
One isn't entitled to an income just because they get the government to use force against others.
So if you spend years of your life writing a book in order to provide income for yourself I should have the right to read it for free because entitlement. That's what I surmise you're getting at.Sounds like a library.
So if you spend years of your life writing a book in order to provide income for yourself I should have the right to read it for free because entitlement. That's what I surmise you're getting at.Sounds like a library.
Yup, one whom purchased the book and are within their rights to distribute said literature.Under the logic of copyright infringement, everyone who reads the book from the library is "stealing" from me by not purchasing their own copy of the book for my asking price. One original copy is being shared with tons of other people.
So if you spend years of your life writing a book in order to provide income for yourself I should have the right to read it for free because entitlement. That's what I surmise you're getting at.Sounds like a library.
But no, I'm not entitled to make money just because I wrote a book. People have to want to purchase it.
Yup, one whom purchased the book and are within their rights to distribute said literature.Under the logic of copyright infringement, everyone who reads the book from the library is "stealing" from me by not purchasing their own copy of the book for my asking price. One original copy is being shared with tons of other people.
Really? I'm pretty sure the relationship between author and library is a little different than you and the game you stole. Just saying.I didn't steal a game anymore than I steal your thoughts when you post them.
Use a circular argument much? Answer my question. If you write a book with the intent to sell it is it okay for me to hope online and read it for free?Of course it is. You feel the price of my book that you're willing to pay for it is zero. It's my duty to convince you otherwise in some manner.
mods helpWe have pirated your thread.
i made this thread so we could make fun of nerds being used as cyber mules, stop arguing about piracy like it's 2005
qBittorent kept re-downloading shit if it didn't shut down properly for me.
I use Deluge
When I write the Great Esperantine NovelI'm going to publish it under a NC Creative Commons license. Hack the planet (for Bitcoin mining). :gun