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It has come to light that the latest version of uTorrent, the "widely recommended" torrent client is bundled with a bitcoin miner that will heavily stress your computer. Usually this wouldn't be a problem for discovery at all, but as we have recommended the torrent download for 4.88.1 in the release thread, it does matter.

As such, I invite you to ensure your computer does not have the software "Epic Scale" installed. If it is, uninstall it.

I also personally do not recommend uTorrent at all. Since they have been bought the program is constantly being bloated.
We recommend a free open-source alternative, qBittorrent. You can download it here: http://www.qbittorrent.org/download.php (Stable - SourceForge).

You can read more about it here: http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/6/8161251...re-malware
Thanks a lot for that (:
Sorry I am bad at tech stuff but... Which folder inside the 4.88.1 would you find it?
Nomnom,Alley means the torrent download client you would have to use to download the mod setup file.

If the game is already installed and you don't use torrents you don't need to do anything Smile
ah ok... I dont use torrents but I do have uTorrent... From a while back installed I think.
Do I need to worry or is this just an updated version that is bad?
Should I just uninstall utorrent?
Yeah, just uninstalled mine yesterday cause my AV was going Nuts every like 30 seconds and kicking me out of games. That explains a lot.
Thanks again Alley for your efficiency!
We should send some Corsairs to catch this bitcoin miner Tongue)
I'm glad I haven't updated μTorrent for like 5 years. Thanks for the heads up.
What greedy little demons. Thanks.
I was wondering why lately uTorrent was stressing my PC like crazy. Thanks a lot for the info.
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