µTorrent 1.6.1 is out

µTorrent 1.6.1 is out

The developer behind this tiny BitTorrent client has finally released a new version. The latest version is now µTorrent 1.6.1.

This new update comes with some features and also fixes a remote exploit vulnerability that was discovered recently.

Changelog for this version:

Version 1.6.1 (build 489)
- Feature: Select upload/download speed for a torrent through the rightclick menu
- Feature: Added encryption box to speed guide

- Change: Don’t check as many pieces at the same time.
- Change: Misc WebUI changes.
- Change: Switch to JSON for webinterface

- Fix: Problem with category list in the gui when updated from the webui
- Fix: WebUI not clearing state between requests.
- Fix: Redirect also index.html to guest.html
- Fix: Added On Now shows the time it’s added, not loaded.
- Fix: JSON uses ” instead of ‘
- Fix: (a) Upnp fix
- Fix: Show pause icon when checking is paused.
- Fix: Fixed problems with XML parser
- Fix: Don’t allow two message boxes to be shown in the RSS window
- Fix: Changed some window titles
- Fix: Fix malformed .torrent exploit
- Fix: Boss key field is now larger

Checkout: µTorrent