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    T61 crashes, uTorrent probable cause

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by stevensol, Oct 23, 2007.

  1. stevensol

    stevensol Notebook Consultant

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    Recently I have been experiencing crashes on my T61 in which all apps open will stop responding, the screen eventually goes black with a cursor if I try to kill enough processes. And all I can do is restart the system to get back. But i have been doing some experiments and I have come to the conclusion that this happens only when uTorrent is open. I believe uTorrent is making my system crash somehow. Is anyone else experiencing crashes when uTorrent is open. and this only started happening after the very latest uTorrent update.
     
    stevensol, Oct 23, 2007
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  2. Tim

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    I would check your laptop for viruses and spyware.
    Tim
     
    Tim, Oct 23, 2007
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    stevensol Notebook Consultant

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    What tools do you recommend I do this with. I have scanned with adaware, spybot and nod32. None of them have found a serious threat. I honestly don't thinks its spyware or a virus as I maintain my system very carefully.
     
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  4. Tailic

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    Try either reinstalling it or use different torrent software like Azureus if you think its the torrent software.
     
    Tailic, Oct 23, 2007
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    I'm running uTorrent with no problems. However, did you manually turn off the firewall in order to try to attain higher speeds? If so, this, combined with whatever virus/malware you may have picked up, could be the culprit.
     
    alchemy, Oct 24, 2007
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    im running utorrent 1.7.5 build 4602 with no probs.
     
    gordievsky, Oct 24, 2007
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    do you have turbo memory?
     
    eyecon82, Oct 24, 2007
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    you have a a torrent program installed.... that alone disqualifies you from "maintaining your system very carefully".... :rolleyes:
     
    Sean S, Oct 24, 2007
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    I got the app on my T61..works perfectly fine...use it cause azereus uses more resources
     
    neonlazer, Oct 24, 2007
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  10. stevensol

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    True. But I am still very careful i scan every torrent I download with nod32. Not to mention nod32 constantly monitors ALL internet traffic for viruses. But as for spyware I am starting to think I may have some spyware hidden but Im not finding anything. I will reinstall utorrent and see what happens.
     
    stevensol, Oct 24, 2007
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  11. Tailic

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    I found torrenting to be pretty safe. I've downloaded tons of stuff from respectable torrent hosting sites and never got a virus. Just have to watch and see if people seed the torrent to each other. They tend not to seed if theres a virus on it.
     
    Tailic, Oct 24, 2007
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    I found the best method would be to look at the comments associated with the torrents; people post if it is fake or it has flagged their antivirus
     
    eyecon82, Oct 24, 2007
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