µTorrent 1.8 alpha 8682

µTorrent Version 1.8 alpha build 8682 changelog
2008-02-24:
- Fix: crash when right-clicking category view

2008-02-23: Version 1.8 alpha (build 8680)
- Feature: support 'failure reason' in scrape response
- Feature: optional piece progress bar
- Change: (yet another) new installation dialog
- Change: More informative error message for misc. autoupdate errors
- Change: Return to 1.7-style RSS errors
- Change: remove 1000 files warning in create torrent
- Change: Turn off sparse files and turn on compact allocation by default on Vista, because it has a terrible bug
- Change: don not enable a feed when Update Feed is selected
- Change: send rejects to FAST extension peers that request the same piece again before it's sent
- Change: grey out Update Feed when feed is disabled
- Change: change Toggle Feed to Enable/Disable Feed
- Change: update free space on focus change in create torrent
- Change: some RSS speed optimizations for large history and feed item counts
- Fix: Tab order issues in Add Feed dialog
- Fix: magnet URI download directory is now default download directoy
- Fix: Display of "&" characters in title of folder browsing dialog on Windows versions less then Vista, and give Vista version a title
- Fix: Preferences tab order
- Fix: Longstanding bug where dialogs that inside tab controls did not have the proper background when using XP themes
- Fix: Issue where it would stay as admin user after autoupdating through a normal user
- Fix: element not found and 99% cpu bug with partfiles
- Fix: piece picker bug that would cause it to start more equally rare pieces than needed
- Fix: key sort order with extension handshake
- Fix: download bar toggle
- Fix: external IP detection with NAT-PMP and non-conforming routers (like the Airport Extreme...)
- Fix: rare "invalid packet length" bug with encrypted connections
- Fix: Feed names not displaying unicode characters properly in category view
- Fix: Element Not Found when using partfiles with compact allocation

Downloads

uncompressed
False positive must be lower as the original upx version 3.00 compressed.
See section, res,... and construction in a good hex viewer!

http://download.utorrent.com/beta/utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.uncompressed.exe (549 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.trim.exe (504.50 KB) /keep overlay /internal crc correct
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.rebuild.exe (506.00 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.uncompressed-rebuild.exe (573.11 KB)

Compression Comparison:

utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.WinUPack039.exe (246.32 KB) - stability ?
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.XComp 0.98-LZMA.exe (248.75 KB) - (~246.27 KB is possible)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.trim-XComp0.98-LZMA.exe (248.76 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.uncompressed-rebuild-XComp0.98-LZMA.exe (249.25 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.trim-PEC2.8b5.exe (251.00 KB)
PEC2.80B5: /Cl:9 /Wl:No /Dt:Small /Cic:No /Ri:No
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.upx.exe (255.80 KB) Original UPX 3.00 (higher UPX Versions as 3.00 can produce more false positive by utorrent.exe / bittorrent.exe, see LZMA lib also by using XComp with utorrent.exe/bittorrent.exe)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.upx302.exe (255.80 KB)
--best --ultra-brute --all-methods --all-filters
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.yzpack12-LZMA.exe (262.87 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.rebuild-XComp-LZSS.exe (273.36 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.trim-XComp0.98-LZSS.exe (273.37 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.nPack11.exe (283.50 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.yzpack2b.exe (290.45 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.FSG20.exe (290.75 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.rebuild-XComp0.97-LZRW.exe (311.79 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.trim-XComp0.97-LZRW.exe (311.79 KB)

Ignore the AV scanner results which shown Packer.XComp, Packer.byDwing (UPack), Packer.YZPack, Packer.FSG.A, Packer.RLPack and some other Packers as a Virus. It's a False Positive.
These Antivirus Scanner can not scan inside the packed file. A Product fault by some Antivirus Programs. Changing to a better AV Security Solution will fix it.

PE id Signatures see: Exeinfo PE http://www.exeinfo.go.pl it detect with Anti Cheat Mechanism up to all kinds of packer, compressor detector + shows unpack info and hints to see how a file is done.
(PEiD doesn't recognize new(er) Files for example utorrent 1.7.7 Original uncompressed from utorrent website show Armadillo 1.x instead of Microsoft Visual C++ ver 7 - not packed -)

Unpacker: RL!de + sdk + kit + extras (updated latest version): RL!de+sdk+kit.zip

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