Uttorent – How to block IP addresses
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Uttorent – How to block IP addresses
Introduction: On Tuesday, I had this email from a college student. He asked me this question and I was a little shocked! The question which he told me, it is related to uTorrent – file sharing…
“When I am at home, I’ve notice some strange domains and IP address from a specific provider. However, some of them is a little suspicious. But, don’t worry about my file sharing – habit! I am only sharing my written novel – using Torrent websites. So, could you please write an article that can help me block / filter a range of IPs and other harmful torrent leeches?”
Answer: thanks for the short email. But, you got to know the rules! Sharing illegal files through torrents is very dangerous; un-healthy for your computer and privacy!
If you go beyond these road, then, there is no turning back!
Anyway, I am glad that you’re not sharing anything that is pirate / dangerous. So, here is a little reward for you to read and learn. But, please keep away from being an evil torrent user!
That is the GOLDEN rule in Cyber-Space!!
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Notes: this tutorial will only effect uTorrent v 1.8.3 or higher. So, please update your software before you read this article…
1.] Execute Uttorent and navigate yourself to these tabs and setting: “Options >> Preferences >> Advance”.
Notes: you can also press ‘Ctrl+P’ to open the Preferences dialog.
2.] Scroll down until you see “ipfilter.enable” and check if its value is set to “True”. If not, just select “ipfilter.enable” and change it.
3.] When you’re done, just exit Uttorent and copy this into “My Computer” – address bar. This is because, the actual folder is hidden from being alter / deleted by accident.
However, when you’re in there, please be very careful!
%appdata%\utorrent
4.] Download Notepad++ (notepad-plus.sourceforge.net) and create a file called: ipfilter.dat. After that, you can add a single IP address or a range of IP address.
5.] Save your progress and drag the following file (ipfilter.dat) to this location…
%appdata%\utorrent
6.] If you have uTorrent open, just click: “Reload IPFilter“. This can be found from your “Peer” tabs. That is all…
Notes: if you want to find out individual peer’s IP address, you can use this website / software to get the information.
http://www.dnsstuff.com
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Network-Tools/IP-Tools/IP-Lookup.shtml
7.] Done!
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