Author Topic: Active torrents on profile and utorrent is turned off  (Read 296 times)

Offline jaro990

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Active torrents on profile and utorrent is turned off
« on: January 23, 2013, 09:35:11 PM »
So as title says, my torrent client is turned of, but i still have active torrent on my tracker profile. Has my torrent pass been compromised? Should i reset it?

P.S. I have 28 active torrents(when is utorrent active ofc) so updating tracker on every one is kinda bother.
EDIT: Only i use my PC and i'm not stupid to share my torrent pass..
« Last Edit: January 23, 2013, 09:36:43 PM by jaro990 »

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Re: Active torrents on profile and utorrent is turned off
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2013, 09:44:55 PM »
If tracker connnections are aborted for some reason (you or network issues) rather than properly closed, it can take some hours before they disappear from the site. So unless it persists for days rather than hours, ignore it.

Offline jaro990

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Re: Active torrents on profile and utorrent is turned off
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2013, 09:47:23 PM »
If tracker connnections are aborted for some reason (you or network issues) rather than properly closed, it can take some hours before they disappear from the site. So unless it persists for days rather than hours, ignore it.
Ok. I'll see tomorrow in the morning if there will be active torrents. Thanks for quick reply.

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Re: Active torrents on profile and utorrent is turned off
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2013, 04:17:47 AM »
Make sure you fully close uTorrent via File->Exit/Close/whatever it is. If you just hit the X, it stays open in your tray.

Your pass is not likely compromised unless you notice downloaded amounts greater than the file size (unless you happened to download things more than once), or downloads showing up that you never started.

Offline Big Teeth

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Re: Active torrents on profile and utorrent is turned off
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2013, 11:16:52 AM »
Do check uTorrent's advanced setting bt.graceful_shutdow n. It should be true (enabled).
It will take a little more time before uTorrent is actually shutdown,
but then it's for sure the tracker is updated correctly and all connections are closed correctly.

Offline jaro990

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Re: Active torrents on profile and utorrent is turned off
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2013, 11:32:21 AM »
Make sure you fully close uTorrent via File->Exit/Close/whatever it is. If you just hit the X, it stays open in your tray.
(click to show/hide)
Your pass is not likely compromised unless you notice downloaded amounts greater than the file size (unless you happened to download things more than once), or downloads showing up that you never started.
I think that all depends on the one who has your key. What if its a good guy and he just want to help u seed(lets say he saw my upload speed and thought "look at this poor guy, he has upload speed of 128kbps")? xD
Do check uTorrent's advanced setting bt.graceful_shutdow n. It should be true (enabled).
It will take a little more time before uTorrent is actually shutdown,
but then it's for sure the tracker is updated correctly and all connections are closed correctly.
Yesterday there were five active torrents after few hours i turned off uTorrent. But today the list is empty so i guess its fine now. Dunno what that was. Thanks for help.

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Re: Active torrents on profile and utorrent is turned off
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2013, 11:43:04 AM »
What Big Teeth said. It happens occasionally, and you need not concern yourself too much about it