uTorrent 1.8.1 behebt einige längst überfällige Bugs in Version 1.8 des beliebten P2P-Programms. Unter anderem nutzt die Windowssoftware in der neuen Version ausschließlich die maximal zugelassene Anzahl verfügbarer halboffener Verbindungen. Besonders unter Windows XP hatte dies in der Vergangenheit für Probleme gesorgt. Oft war die Folge, dass nach einigen Stunden alle Tracker als offline angezeigt wurden. Nur ein Neustart des Programms half und unbekümmertes Downloaden über Nacht war so beispielsweise unmöglich.

Das CDS wurde gefixt und verhält sich nun wieder wie aus Version 1.7.7 gewohnt - der P2P-Client verbindet sich mit allen verfügbaren Quellen und sorgt so für einen gleichmässig hohen Download.

Was viele Windows Vista Nutzer freuen wird, ein Bug der uTorrent 1.8 unter Vista zum Absturz brachte wurde ebenfalls gefixt. Zudem wurde uTorrent so angepasst, dass das AntiVirenProgramm NOD32 uTorrent nicht mehr behindert. Trotzdem raten die Entwickler weiterhin von einem gleichzeitigen Betrieb von IMON mit der Filesharingsoftware ab.

uTorrent unterstützt mehrere gleichzeitige Downloads (Multiple simultaneous downloads) und die schnelle Aufnahme abgebrochener Downloads (Quick-resumes for interrupted transfers), zeitgesteuerte konfigurierbare Bandbreitennutzung (Configurable bandwidth scheduler), globale oder individuelle Limitierung der Geschwindigkeit per Torrent (Global and per-torrent speed limiting) sowie die von Azureus und Bittorrent bekannte Unterstützung trackerloser Torrents DHT (Trackerless support Mainline DHT). Per RSS Feed Downloader (RSS Downloader) lassen sich downloads automatisieren.

Weitere Informationen
uTorrent 1.8.1 Download (für Windows)
uTorrent FAQ auf deutsch
uTorrent Wikieintrag

uTorrent 1.8.1 Changelog

— 2008-10-06: Version 1.8.1 (build 12616)
- Fix: disconnect inactive peers sometimes not taking effect
- Fix: rare crash with very large peer lists

— 2008-10-02: Version 1.8.1 RC1 (build 12549)
- Feature: detect IPv4 external IP from Teredo address
- Change: revert “remaining” bytes to seeding goal change
- Fix: parsing of IPs with leading zeros, in ipfilter.dat

— 2008-09-29: Version 1.8.1 beta (build 12495)
- Feature: Remaining column displays bytes left to meet seed goal, when seeding (webui too)
- Fix: crash when deleteing torrent data
- Fix: do not log about moving torrent data if it is already in the correct place
- Fix: do not leave webui password field blank if no change occurred
- Fix: parsing of URLs with username:password@
- Fix: avoid duplicate connections with the same ID
- Fix: a few UPnP log messages
- Fix: crashes on Vista when network was changed (VPN, enabled/disabled, hibernation)

— 2008-09-21: Version 1.8.1 beta (build 12323)
- Fix: diskio.no_zero also when not pre-allocating
- Fix: magnet URI .torrent storage path still was not being set

— 2008-09-20: Version 1.8.1 beta (build 12320)
- Feature: diskio.no_zero, to avoid zeroing a file during allocation, where available (>= XP)
- Fix: kB/s truncated off upload speed in speed guide
- Fix: connection distribution system with large number of torrents and a low global limit

— 2008-09-19: Version 1.8.1 beta (build 12285)
- Feature: parse ‘downloaded’ if sent with announce response
- Change: do not include IPv6 addresses in ‘Copy Peer List’ if IPv6 is not installed (fixes []:12345)
- Fix: store .torrents from magnet URIs in correct storage path
- Fix: halfopen miscount with aborted https connections

— 2008-09-12: Version 1.8.1 beta (build 12183)
- Fix: duplicate connections to same IP
- Fix: canceled connection counting (solves tracker stuck in “updating…”)

— 2008-09-10: Version 1.8.1 beta (build 12154)
- Fix: IP detection on < Win2k
- Change: write DefaultIcon for .torrent association

--- 2008-09-09: Version 1.8.1 beta (build 12132)
- Fix: crash with udp:// URLs

--- 2008-09-09: Version 1.8.1 beta (build 12130)
- Feature: resolve hostnames through SOCKS4a and HTTPS proxies
- Feature: add option for hostname resolution through proxies
- Feature: isp.bep22, default off, inactive for private torrents (see: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0022.html)
- Feature: report successful upgrade, with statistics
- Change: make room for the 'Downloaded' column header
- Change: save resume file when graceful_shutdown is off and the time runs out
- Fix: handle timed out sockets that connect eventually
- Fix: crash with guest login for the webui
- Fix: remove Teredo-specific logic from IPv6 support
- Fix: IPv6 with SOCKS5
- Fix: literal IPv6 addresses in tracker and web seed URLs

--- 2008-09-05: Version 1.8.1 beta (build 12083)
- Feature: Double clicking RSS feed in category view edits feed
- Change: Filter RSS log messages
- Fix: guest account for webui
- Fix: move halfopen counting improvements - should fix "tracker stuck in offline state" errors
- Fix: work around Kaspersky bug with DNS SRV records

--- 2008-08-29: Version 1.8.1 beta (build 12024)
- Change: reduce coalesce_write_size back to 2MB
- Fix: improved halfopen counting
- Fix: slow load with slow drives that are present

--- 2008-08-25: Version 1.8.1 beta (build 11962)
- Fix: Issue where dialogs would focus main window when closed instead of last focused dialog
- Fix: Copying of corrupt data from certain fields in the general tab
- Fix: Corruption and various other settings-related issues caused by previous 1.8.1 betas
- Fix: webui hashed password field auto-blanks and only hashes on change

--- 2008-08-19: Version 1.8.1 beta (build 11903)
- Change: Allow custom seeding time maximums
- Fix: webui hashed password upgrade from <= 1.8
- Fix: resolve conflicts between .torrents in move complete path with .1.torrent etc
- Fix: crash with cancelling HTTPS requests

--- 2008-08-18: Version 1.8.1 beta (build 11882)
- Feature: 2x faster hashing
- Feature: Open Containing Folder for Files tab
- Change: sort torrents without ETA after torrents with infinity
- Change: remove "Download Limited" behaviour
- Change: turn sparse files off by default, due to fragmentation issues
- Change: relax min_interval restriction on manual updates to 60 seconds if the last tracker request failed
- Change: store hash of the webui password instead of plaintext
- Fix: force non-sparse with preallocate on
- Fix: 'hostname not found' on NT4
- Fix: slow load with lots of torrents that point to a dead/missing drive
- Fix: Some checkboxes overlapping others in the connection section of preferences
- Fix: work around NOD32 IMON bug (HTTP 400)