Download µTorrent 1.8 build 9578 beta

A new beta release of version 1.8 of the popular BitTorrent client µTorrent was released on Monday. µTorrent is a very complete Bittorrent client that has little or no load on memory and processor. In addition, the size of the program is also minimal. Below are all the changes and improvements that have been made to the program since the previous entry in the Meuktracker:

Changes in version 1.8 beta (build 9578):

• Feature: show PEX and LSD in Trackers tab
• Change: warn about file size exceeding volume limit in add torrent dialog
• Change: do not open files that do not exist, in Files tab
• Change: remove 10000 cap on share ratio display
• Change: remove default search engines (see for search plugins)
• Change: local peer connections do not count towards the NAT light
• Fix: smart sparse hash check on compressed NTFS volumes
• Fix: context menu copy of peers entry (was stripping whitespace)
• Fix: loading .btsearch files on startup and from drag’n’drop
• Fix: loading the same .btsearch again caused a second entry
• Fix: RSS items marked as “Previously Downloaded” even on error
• Fix: lexicographical ordering of bencode dict keys (fixes .torrent creation)
• Fix: UNC path handling of storage directories

Changes in version 1.8 beta (build 9363):

• Fix: crash with some RSS settings files
• Fix: DHT processing

Changes in version 1.8 beta (build 9360):

• Change: improved DHT processing
• Fix: infrequent lock ups with the Files tab
• Fix: Some cases where icons in add torrent dialog were not loaded properly
• Fix: Display of ‘&’ characters in various places including general tab
• Fix: title bar speed formatting
• Fix: ‘remove’ and ‘removedata’ actions in webui now respect the ‘remove to trash’ option

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