Hi MrMuse:

The first (& most important imo)
would be to dump µTorrent
because of known security issues with that client.

The client I use is qBittorrent,
which is also open source.

Also,
qBittorrent has the ability
specify the NetWork InterFace to "Local Area Connection 2"
which I can Configure my VPN (PIA) to only use.
That way if my VPN drops off,
no traffic no detection.

;r