Software update: µTorrent 2.1 build 16932 alpha

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On Friday, a new development branch of µTorrent started with version number 2.1. µTorrent is a very complete BitTorrent client that uses very little memory and processor, and the size of the program itself is minimal. New in version 2.1 is support for trackers and web seeds in magnet links and for RSS feeds in the WebUI. However, the intention is that even more new functionality will be added. Below is the full changelog for this release:

New features:

  • Support trackers and web seeds in magnet links
  • Added RSS feeds and filters to WebUI

Changed:

  • Made the DHT compatible with future extensions
  • Better handle torrents with files having case insensitive equivalent paths
  • Redirect WebUI requests from /gui to /gui/
  • Disable installer for Wine
  • Balance CDNs to download updates
  • Updated help file links to use redirects
  • Disable Ask for unsupported 64-bit Windows
  • Use user-supplied port in Setup Guide, save auto-portmap prefs.
  • Added European Servers in Setup Guide
  • New Icons in Setup Guide

Fixed:

  • Accounting of half-open https connections would cause uT to stop making new connections
  • Sometimes the &ip= parameter sent to trackers would be incorrect
  • Correctly order bencoded dict items in extension handshake message
  • Fixed hole punch error handling and support detection
  • Check invalid ports and IPs in the DNS resolver to avoid using them
  • Various polishing on the setup guide
  • Potential crash related to TLS not being initialized
  • Fixes bug where magnet links wouldn’t work if PEX was disabled
  • Potential crash in network code
  • More crashes when using magnet links
  • Port settings saved in Setup guide
  • Fixed crashes in setup guide
  • Greyout custom toolbar with transparency
  • Fixed UDP tracker crash when dns resolution would fail
  • Improper mutex accounting in hang detector
  • Crash when creating torrents

Version number 2.1 build 16932 alpha
Release status Alpha
Operating systems Windows 7, Windows 9x, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008
Website µTorrent Forum
Download http://download.utorrent.com/beta/utorrent-2.1-beta-16932.upx.exe
File size 361.00KB
License type Freeware
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