FAQ

My memory usage is very high while running µTorrent.

If you find your µTorrent process uses a huge amount of memory abnormally, or steadily increases to hundreds of MB of usage, it could be because of the NVIDIA firewall. If you have the Forceware Network Manager installed, please uninstall it.

I get "Error: Access Denied" / "Error: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.".

The most common causes of this error are Google Desktop and MSN Desktop. A possible fix is turn off their indexing feature, or to uninstall them. Excluding the download folders from indexing should work.

WinZIP Quickfind, Roxio Media Manager and Nero Scout all yield the same behavior. They are installed by default when using their respective software and must be disabled uninstalled.

Viewing the folder in Explorer while downloading can occasionally trigger this error. The solution is to not view the folder until you're finished downloading.

My µTorrent freezes sometimes and uses 100% CPU while using Avast.

This can be caused by Avast!'s P2P shield, which scans P2P apps. Disabling this option will fix your problem.

Alternatively, Avast! has a Customize option button besides the Sensitivity slider bar. You can exclude programs from the P2P shield in there. Excluding utorrent.exe may also solve the problem.

Spyware Doctor 5 causes µTorrent to freeze when installed. The only fix is to uninstall it, or roll back to version 4 of Spyware Doctor.

I get very high CPU use when running µTorrent.

This can be caused by the McAfee Firewall, Norman Personal Firewall, and Cybersitter. The only solution is to uninstall the relevant software.

µTorrent crashes regularly

V-Com System Suite, Norman Personal Firewall, NVIDIA Firewall and Cybersitter can cause this. The only solution is to uninstall the relevant software.