"The hugely popular download service uTorrent is still taking heat after announcing it would no longer freight downloads with software that slows the user's computer for the parent company's bitcoin-mining purposes -- a practice most users weren't aware of and hadn't agreed to. The software, known as Epic Scale, hijacks a user's computing and memory power in order for uTorrent owner BitTorrent Inc. to generate computing power to mine for bitcoin."
http://www.ibtimes.com/slow-computer-utorrent-epic-scale-bit...
Comment by moeburn on http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/epic-scale-and-utorre...
"Your investigation neglected to point out the fact that the choice to install Epic Scale only appears about 25% of the time, but installs 100% of the time. Try going through the installation process a few times, I guarantee you that you will find it doesn't always ask you."
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