Torrent traffic can cripple your home or business network. While torrents can be a great way to get files, they can hog all the bandwidth available, making the Internet slower for every other user and task. Simply turning the torrent program off is a temporary solution, as downloads can easily be resumed by another user of the computer. This guide will show you how to block torrent traffic so that other Internet tasks are not impacted by BitTorrent downloads. Microsoft Windows includes a firewall feature that we will use to block unwanted traffic
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How to Block Torrent Traffic
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How to Block Torrent Traffic
Instructions
1
Click "Start" and select "Control Panel." In the "Control Panel," select "Windows Firewall."
2
On the left side of the window, click "Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall." A list of allowed programs will appear.
3
Click "Change Settings" and look for any torrent clients in the list. Remove the check mark from the boxes next to the torrent clients. If your torrent client doesn't appear in the list, click "Allow another program."
4
Select your torrent client from the list on the following screen. If it still does not appear, click "Browse" and from the drop-down menu select "My Computer" then double click "C:" and go to "Program Files" and locate the torrent client in the list. Double click on the torrent client once you find it.
5
Click "Add." Remove the check mark from all the boxes next to the torrent client(s) you added. Click "OK" to save these settings.
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