How to/How Not to be a Seeder

Something I forgot to mention in a previous post was exactly how one ends up becoming a seeder. In uTorrent, you are automatically set up as a seeder. You can actually specify exactly how much you want to contribute to re-seeding the file you just leeched from other users, or you can even choose not to contribute at all.

If you don't want uTorrent using up any bandwidth at all for uploading bits of your torrent files (the little amount that it does use) or it is against the law in your country to upload files via The Pirate Bay, I would recommend turning it off after you download the file. To do this you first need to open up uTorrent. After you open it, find the file that you just downloaded and under "Status" it should say “Seeding” and under “Up Speed” there may or may not be a number such as 20 kB/s, or in this case only 2.0 kB/s.

Now either right click the file and click the option called “Stop” or left click to highlight the file and click the red stop button on the top task bar.

Once clicked, the status should change to “Finished” and there should be nothing under “Up Speed.”

If you want to contribute but just don't want to give away all of your bandwidth, you can also limit the amount of bandwidth used to upload. To do this, find the file you just downloaded, right click it, find Bandwidth Allocation > Set Upload Limit > 10kB/s-250kB/s click one of the options and that's that!

It may seem annoying to have to seed and help others but just remember, you only reason you were even able to download that torrent in the first place was because there was someone else out there that was kind and willing enough to seed his file for you.

Disclaimer:

I am not responsible for any illegal activity due to this tutorial

Seeding certain files is not recommended in countries where it is illegal to do so.

Torrenting copyrighted material is not recommended in countries where it is illegal to do so