You can try the ClickOnce installer with this link: Install Now (Internet Explorer only)
Having troubles installing with the above link? Download Setup.exe
Instructions
Using IPFilter Updater
- Run IPFilter Updater if you haven’t already
- Wait a moment while the list of list mirrors is downloaded from SourceForge.net
- A mirror close to you will automatically be selected, but you may also manually choose one
- Click Go
Once the list has downloaded and extracted, you can click the X in the top-right corner to close the utility
Configuring uTorrent to use the IPFilter
You will only have to do this once
- Open up uTorrent
- Go to the Options > Preferences menu
- Select the Advanced option in the tree
Find ipfilter.enabled in the list and make sure it’s set to true - Click OK
Enable the IPFilter in uTorrent
Updating the IPFilter
You should update the list often (at least once a month)
- Run IPFilter Updater as usual to update the list
Getting uTorrent to pick up the updated list
If uTorrent is running when the ipfilter is updated, you have a couple of options to get it to reload the filter:
- Exit and restart uTorrent
or
- Select a torrent in your list, click the Peers tab in the bottom panel, right click in the list and choose Reload IPFilter.
Verifying uTorrent is reading the ipfilter:
In the Logger tab, you should see something similar to “Loaded ipfilter.dat (xxxxxx entries)”
General FAQ
What is “IPFilter Updater”?
It’s a small Windows application that will download and update an ipfilter list for uTorrent
What is an ipfilter?
An ipfilter list is a simple (but usually very large) list of addresses and ranges of malicious peers that will transmit junk data (i.e. anti-P2P) or peers that may be intrusive on your net privacy.
Why do I need an ipfilter?
For privacy and more reliable peers
Why do I need IPFilter Updater?
It will make it easier to download a list, and keep it up to date
Where does the list come from?
I do not maintain the list. The list is currently obtained from here, but IPFilter will be changed to allow you to obtain lists from other sources soon.
This program was originally written for a blog post in 2009
Original blog post: http://www.davidmoore.info/2009/05/27/set-up-ip-filtering-in-utorrent-and-keep-your-ipfilterdat-up-to-date-easily/
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Very handy! however is there’s anyway I can use switches, for example: IPFilter.UI.exe /autoupdate that way I can setup task scheduler to perform automatic update for my home server since I have my utorrent running webui as well.
Thanks! this should’ve been done by utorrent natively
Thankyou Sir, for your excellent utility.
sir, before downloading, it’s better to detect if utorent is portable. if true, save to ./utorrent, else save to utorrent’s default
thank you for your software !
Thanks, I’ll look into detecting and supporting portable uTorrent.
Hi,
I was wondering if the emulepawcio lists have been updated recently as the changelog seems to be <2008.
Wondering why you are using these old lists as your (great) program is quite new.
On the other hand i could be completly wrong and they just havent updated the changelogs or something.
Thanks anyway.
The files do get updated regularly; you can open the filter file and check the dates on that.
I am working to allow the program to download from other places, such as BISS. Hopefully within the next month!
I’m sorry, very unintelligent question, but I have to ask:
Are these files (http://blocklistpro.com/download-center/ip-filters/) incorporated into the IPFilter updater? If not, how can I put it into the ipfilter.dat file? And, does this IPFilter Updater manually update itself? It’s been a week, just wondering.
I’ll appreciate any type of help. Thank you very much!
I think the list is a combination one, but it’s not as comprehensive as some of the lists from BISS, but I am working to integrate these too.
After downloading the mirror,I could not find where its destination folder is to extract it. Any help? Thanks
Robert, the program will extract the file and place it in the destination folder where uTorrent requires it automatically. You just have to worry about which mirror to download from. And make sure uTorrent is configured for ip filtering.
That’s Awesome , Thx alot
When i click the install link, it just brings me to a page with the code written out. Is there anyway i could copy the code and save it on notepad as something?
If the “Install Now” doesn’t work, click on the Installation page link instead, and follow the instructions there.
Is this still under development? Does it work with Windows 7 x64?
Yes to both questions.
Thank you David for automating IP filtering in uTorrent. I use Peer Guardian on my XP machine but this is even easier to use on my Vista portable.
Great job! I shall be following your progress.
Mike
David ,is this to use instead of peerblock or can I use it along and at the same times as peerblock,is it better or worse or the same ,thanks in advance
This is an alternative to using something like PeerBlock. This will only give you peer blocking in uTorrent, not in any other applications like your web browser, which something like PeerBlock will do.
I am getting the same problem as Andrew above. Both the Oneclick link and the “Install” button lead to http://ipfilterupdate.sourceforge.net/install/IPFilter.UI.application, which just gives me a page of code. The same thing happened on both Firefox 3.6.8 with Adblock and Noscript installed (but allowing all scripts), as well as on a vanilla IE 6 browser. Here is the pasted code (sorry to uglify your comments page with a WALLOFTEXT).
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I’ve updated the page to link directly to the setup file. The ClickOnce installer will only normally work in Internet Explorer.
The installer is at http://ipfilterupdate.sourceforge.net/install/setup.exe if you want to try that.
Hey David,
Great stuff you got here. Just cleaned my whole comp, and when I tried to download your IP filter again, it didn’t work. Here’s what it says after getting through with the download:
“There was a problem decompressing: object reference not set
to an instance of an object”
Probably something wrong with code, but I’m not savvy enough with programming to track it down. Can you help?
David i have a problem after the install I go to do an update then receive the following error “Error Decompressing, There was a problem decompressing: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.” im tried the following mirrors: Switch (Zurich Switzerland CH), CDN NEtworks San Jose CA US, SurfNet Amsterdam Netherlands, all error the same way. ??? windows xp and utorent 2.03. tried uninstalling and reinstalling still no dice.
Thanks Steven and David for bringing this to my attention.
If you restart the updater, it should download the new update to fix this problem (1.0.0.1)