malwarebytes ignoring my allowed files/folders utorrent

[thecomputerguy81]

ok so ive noticed ever since the last update my utorrent hasnt been working via sock5 proxy

so i turned proxy off.. and i just ran the actual ipvanish app on the pc

and i was suspecting malwarebytes was the issue..  and malwarbytes just went nuts blocking everything coming from utorrent..  i mean i can sit there clicking the x button on the popups and they just keeps coming and coming

ive added every utorrent folder i can find to the exceptions list..  but its ignoring the exceptions  

and i have zero connectivity because of it

 

im a lifetime subscriber since  the late 2000's      so this is a first for me..      malwarebytes is ignoring my wishes

 

any help would be greatly appreciated

 

im on windows 10

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[Porthos]

As for why Malwarebytes blocked uTorrent, this is because uTorrent, and all Bittorrent software, are what are known as Peer-to-Peer (P2P) applications meaning it connects to many different servers/IP addresses (this is how files are downloaded through uTorrent) and because of this, sometimes uTorrent will connect to a server that is also known for hosting malicious content.  This is because servers/IP addresses are often shared by multiple sites, so while what you are downloading through uTorrent may be perfectly safe, some of the sites hosted on some of the IP addresses that uTorrent connects to may be malicious.  Such connections are not a threat however, and you may exclude uTorrent from the Web Protection component in Malwarebytes to stop the blocks from happening without compromising your protection (your web browser and other critical web facing programs will still be fully protected from malicious websites and other malicious content).  To do so, add uTorrent.exe to your exclusions using the method described under the Exclude an Application that Connects to the Internet section of this support article.

 

Edited April 12, 2023 by Porthos