Our Download of the Day today is uTorrent 1.8.2.

µTorrent was written with efficiency in mind. Unlike many torrent clients, it does not hog valuable system resources - typically using less than 6MB of memory, allowing you to use the computer as if it weren't there at all. Additionally, the program itself is contained within a single executable less than 220 KB in size.

Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in µTorrent, including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT (compatible with BitComet). Additionally, µTorrent supports the Protocol Encryption joint specification (compatible with Azureus 2.4.0.0 and above, BitComet 0.63 and above) and peer exchange.

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The latest version includes the following changes:

Changes in Version 1.8.2

- Feature: allow btsearch bundling
- Fix: installer crashes after installing on Vista
- Fix: total downloaded and total uploaded was being truncated to 32-bit integer (affected only 14153)
- Fix: PEX address parsing bug
- Change: installer will appear based on revision number instead of executable modification time
- Change: add bt.transp_disposition value (3) for uTP-only
- Change: allow 16kB piece sizes