Awesome-HD News - uTorrent announcement

uTorrent 3.x will be removed from the whitelist indefinitely. A serious security exploit has been found that can easily allow a remote attacker to steal passkeys, peer information, or even download things to the remote computer. AHD site and user security are paramount, so please switch to an alternate client in order to keep seeding. uTorrent 3.x will remain a disallowed client up until it has been provably patched and secured and staff are certain it no longer poses a security risk. More information can be read about the specific exploit HERE. An easier-to-read version is available HERE.

For now, uTorrent 1.8.x and 2.x will fleetingly stay on the whitlelist. However, if using these versions, it is imperative that you minimize the attack vector. To do this, set the net.discoverable advanced option to "False", disable WebUI, and restart your client. However, given uTorrent's less-than-stellar history of releasing a secure product, these versions may also be disallowed in the future. It would be prudent for any users using these versions of uTorrent now to migrate their data to an alternate client soon.

A non-comprehensive list of alternate clients include (in no particular order):

qBittorrent [Third-party Migration Tool: LINK]
Transmission [Third-party Migration Tool: LINK]
Deluge [Third-party Migration Tool: LINK]
rTorrent
Disclaimer: None of the third-party tools linked are associated with or maintained by AHD. You use them entirely at your own risk. Do your own research before blindly using random scripts off the internet.

Thanks for helping to keep AHD secure!