A python tool working for newer μTorrent (3.5.5)

[SeaHOH]

Hi, I will introduce a new anti-ads tool for you. It called Ban-Peers, wrote in python, it is also a anti-leech tool.

Install command: pip3 install ban-peers

If you don't care of anti-leech, run command like this, then press Ctrl c or q to close Ban-Peers.

ban_peers -p WEBUI_PORT -A -O ANY_EXISTING_FOLDER

I also wrote a guide (in Chinese) to modify the Windows uTorrent.exe file. If you interest this and can't read Chinese, please read it via a translator.

This is the help informations:

$ ban_peers -h
Welcome using Ban-Peers 0.6.1

Usage:
        ban_peers       [-H IP|DOMAIN] [-p PORT] [-a USERNAME:PASSWORD]
                        [-e HOURS] [-f FORMAT] [-C] [-X] [-P] [-L] [-R] [-U]
                        [-A] [-O] [-h] [-v] [IPFILTER-PATH]

Checking & banning BitTorrent leech peers via Web API, remove ads, working for
uTorrent.

Positional Arguments:
        IPFILTER-PATH   Path of ipfilter dir/file, wait input if empty.
                        IMPORTANT NOTICE: must be the uTorrent settings path!

Optional Arguments:
        -H IP|DOMAIN, --host IP|DOMAIN
                        WebUI host, default 127.0.0.1
        -p PORT, --port PORT
                        WebUI port, default 8080
        -a USERNAME:PASSWORD, --authorization USERNAME:PASSWORD
                        WebUI authorization, wait input if required
        -e HOURS, --expire HOURS
                        Ban expire time for peers, default 12 HOURS
        -f FORMAT, --log-header FORMAT
                        Format of log header, see time.strftime, default %H:%M:%S
        -C, --resolve-country
                        Set uTorrent to resolved peer's country code at start-up
        -X, --no-xunlei-reprieve
                        Banned XunLei directly, no more checking
        -P, --no-fake-progress-check
                        Don't checking fake progress
        -L, --no-serious-leech-check
                        Don't checking serious leech
        -R, --private-check
                        Enable checking for private seeds
        -U, --log-unknown
                        Logging unknown clients
        -A, --remove-ads
                        Remove ads via set Advanced Settings, only working for
                        localhost, and to fail in older uTorrent
        -O, --no-close-pairing
                        Don't turn off Web Pairing setting after remove ads
        -h, --help      Show this help message and exit
        -v, --version   Show version and exit

It's not only a anti-ads tool, to use it, you must pass the ipfilter argument, it is generally located in the path corresponding to the following cases.

Mac:
        ~/Library/Application Support/uTorrent
        or
        /Applications/uTorrent.app/Contents/MacOS
Unix utserver:
        use utserver argument "-settingspath" to specify settings folder path.
Win XP:
        C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\uTorrent
Win 7 & above:
        C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\uTorrent
Portable mode:
        μTorrent installation folder path. To enable this mode, first put file
        settings.dat into it.
PortableApps:
        <PortableApps folder>\App\uTorrent
Android:
        I don't know any informations about it, welcome to help add those informations,
        even Android is unavailable.
Network File:
        run μTorrent at other machine, setup the settings folder as a network file path.
        e.g.
        NFS       mount –t nfs 192.168.1.20:/var/lib/utserver /mnt/utserver
                  /mnt/utserver
        SMB/CIFS  //machine1/share/uTorrent

I wish you will like it. Thanks for reading.