uTorrent Setup Guide

Setup a Windscribe SOCKS5 proxy in your uTorrent client.

SOCKS5 traffic is unencrypted meaning that your ISP can still know that you are torrenting. It's best to use the desktop app in conjunction with torrent client to prevent snooping by your provider. Click here for the guide.

Step 1

In uTorrent, click on Options and then choose Preferences.

Step 2

Click on Connection.

Step 3

From Proxy Server section, choose Type Socks5.

Step 4

Get SOCKS profile and credentials (requires a pro account).

Step 5

Input Proxy Server address, Port number, Username and Password as provided on the SOCKS5 Profile Generator page. Check mark the box next to "Authentication".

Step 6

Check mark the boxes: Use proxy for hostname lookups, Use proxy for peer-to-peer connections, Disable all local DNS lookups, Disable features that leak identifying information, Disable connections unsupported by the proxy. Press OK button once you finish.