Whenever I torrent I use uTorrent and ExpressVPN and yet I got a notification about the activity. Why is this happening. I need to fix this asap.
I’m downloading qBittorrent because I heard good things and has a setting for it to stop activity as soon as the VPN is inactive. Just in case.
Anyone have any advice for me?
Get a different VPN and bind it to qbit so you don’t have a leak. Express got bought out and is now generally listed as unreliable/sketchy. Mullvad is 5 euro per month with great security and features.
Definitely don’t use uTorrent ever again.
Don’t respond to the warning notice, but definitely be very careful now and always/going forward. They can deactivate your service at any time and the copyright owners can pursue you if they choose, don’t make yourself a target.
Oh, and try to get yourself into good quality private trackers to avoid torrents with malicious software or that are uploaded intentionally to bait users into downloading them
Mulvad + qbit (maybe deluge if you are cool)
*1 Never have the torrent program start with Windows.
*2 Always have the VPN on before the torrent program
*3 Always turn the torrent program off before the VPN.
*4.Check the Task Manager to be sure the torrent app is
off before turning off the VPN.
What you’re referring to is binding Qbit to your VPN. Go to advanced setting and select your VPN for network interface.
Some VPN services have leak protection too, so if for some reason the VPN shuts off randomly it will shut off your internet completely.
I am using AdguardVPN–considered one of the best–and I too got this notice from my ISP. I’ve done some research and–although I haven’t yet fixed the situation–from what I understand, the VPN is not “binded” to the P2P program. Since I use Vuze and most of my research has been based specifically on Vuze, I believe I can point you in the right direction. First–without having ANY torrents uploading or downloading in qBittorrent, go to www.ipleak.net. Look at the information you are getting there to see if ExpressVPN is directing you to an IP address that is not your own. Then, second, scroll down about 1/2 way and look for the “Torrent Address detection” link. Click on “Activate”, then click on “Add this magnet link to your torrent client”. Third, check qBittorrent to make sure the magnet was added and then, fourth, go back to www.ipleak.net and look for the IP Address that is being shown every 10 seconds in the area where you activated “Torrent Address detection”. This is where I found that my real IP address was leaking through my VPN. And as I said, I’ve been researching it for a while (AdguardVPN basically provided ZERO/NILCH/NADA help). If your REAL IP Address was being shown under “Torrent Address detection” at ipleak.net, then there is a good chance your situation is like mine and that our VPNs are not binded to our torrent clients. I recommend for your particular situation, you start with this search: Google Search
GOOD LUCK! AND PLEASE LMK HOW YOU MAKE OUT
Thank you so much. I downloaded and subscribed to Mullvad a little bit ago. I’ll do the rest when I’m home. I really appreciate the help.
Awesome advice. I should have included it in my response as well! But I’m sure glad you brought it up because even those of us who know better sometimes need a reminder!
Thanks a lot. Got it all set up and Qbit bound to the VPN. Just hope everything will be alright as I didn’t realize my torrenting was being seen by mg ISP for… A little too long.
I’m sorry… I also wanted to mention above that Windscribe VPN is AWESOME and they provided 10GB of data for FREE each month. I don’t know what kind of plan you have with ExpressVPN, but you can buy LIFETIME licenses to quite a few VPNs here: https://stacksocial.com/search?utf8=✓&query=vpn&sort=lowest_price
That said, that’s where I initially bought a 3-year license to Windscribe (and I’m now kicking myself for not buying the lifetime license). Then I bought the LIFETIME license for FastestVPN for $19.99 and the program worked well and did not leak my real IP address, but then one day, it didn’t work, but on their website, they had directions for connecting through OpenVPN and that connection works REALLY well. But I would like to use Adguard VPN and not have it leak my real IP address, especially since I paid $29.99 for a three year license and also because AdguardVPN’s download speeds were INCREDIBLE. I’m talking downloading torrents at 12 MBps (and I don’t mean 12 Mbps!!)! And finally, regarding the Stack Social website, I read some good reviews about SlickVPN which is only $19.99 for a lifetime license and allows torrenting (https://stacksocial.com/sales/slickvpn-lifetime-subscription). Whatever you do, please READ each description of the VPNs before buying. Some do NOT allow torrenting, others allow torrenting only via selected cities, and still others are for mobile use only!
Also don’t forget to disable Qbit launch on startup and you’re good to go, also tick the boxes for require encryption, and anonymous mode. Test your setup with ipleak
Oh crap. I guess I should have read the whole thread before I posted my lengthy diatribe to you. How did you get the VPN binded to qBittorrent? Are there directions on a website you followed? If yes, can you please share them with me?
All set! I checked ipleak earlier with VPN Express and it showed my actual location, then with Mullvad and it shows the location of my choosing so it seems to be all set.
Sure thing. I believe I used this one.
And don’t apologize. You got some good stuff in there. I need to check on ipleak for torrent activity you mentioned. It should be fine as my ip shows another region/country but it would be good to look into the torrent information they provide. I hadn’t seen/looked into that yet.
Nice , sounds like you’re good to go!
My vpn express doesn’t have this issue…
Awesome! Thank you! I will be sure to check it out! And yes, please check out “torrent address detection” on ipleak.net. It is VERY important, because with AdguardVPN, all of the information on ipleak.net was showing the AdguardVPN IP address I was connected to EXCEPT “torrent address detection”. ONLY “torrent address detection” was showing my real IP address AND port number, and when I got the copyright infringement notice, sure enough, they had my real IP address AND port number, even thought I was using AdguardVPN. When I’m connected to FastestVPN (through OpenVPN), all of the information, including “torrent address detection” shows the same FastestVPN IP address! So please check “torrent address detection” for EVERY VPN you use!
I really appreciate all the help. Definitely puts my mind at ease.
I just remote logged in to my PC (I’m at work) activated Mullvad then Qbit and downloaded the file for tracking on ipleak and my ip surely was hidden/showing as the country selected.
I even tried the location test and sure enough showed a map of somewhere in Norway.