No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

WoodyAutumn

Windows XP
uTorrent 3.1.3

I am not able to connect and download.
I am getting the following message on the uTorrent Tracker Tab:
"No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it."

This is only happening with GTRU. My torrents from other sites are connecting and downloading.
I was using uTorrent 3.2.1 and I downgraded it to 3.1.3 after reading some messages in the GTRU Forums. However, I am still not able to connect and download. I also reset my passkey but I still cannot connect and download.

The two torrents that I am trying to download are:
Brandon Mckale.torrent
AmateurXXX.-.Rodeo.Rookies.02.torrent

Is this happening to others? Or, is it only affecting me?

Can you help with this?

Popper

If the passkey is reset, the torrent needs to be re downloaded and opened with the torrent client programme (sometimes the download redirected to the files) to have the new passkey used by the torrent programme.

I get from time to time that error message you mention using a proxy server and it goes away after a while. Therefore, are you using a proxy server by coincidence?

WoodyAutumn

I am not using a proxy.

I have tried what you have suggested. I have deleted both the torrent and its data from uTorrent. I then re-downloaded the torrents and added them to uTorrent again and the tracker is still not connecting. I even tried a different torrent to eliminate the possibility that it was the other two torrents and still no connection to the tracker.

I disabled my firewall in an effort to see if that was causing the problem and still I was not able to connect to your tracker.

I then disabled UPnP in uTorrent and on my router and created a Port Forwarding entry on my router. The other trackers from other sites continue to connect and download and upload with the new port forwarding entry but GTRU tracker will not connect. I still get the same message.

The message indicates to me that the port is closed or blocking me on your end. I have not used the GTRU site in over a year to connect to a tracker. Is it possible that this could be the problem?

I am able to connect and download/upload from other trackers that are using port 2710 without any issues.

Popper

One possibility is that you've modified your "hosts" entries from times were we had DNS issues and it was a quick fix. It was the case on one of my PCs.

To correct that with Windows Vista and 7:
1/ In the Start menu select Accessories > right click on Notepad and select to start as administrator
2/ In the Notepad select File > Open > navigate to C:/ > Windows > System32 > drivers > etc
3/ Select in Notepad to show all files bottom right instead .txt files only, open the hosts file you'll see

If you see entries for gaytorrent.ru and gtru.net, just put an # sign in front of them or delete those line.

Save the file, which will only possible if you opened notepad with right mouse click as administrator as said upstairs.

WoodyAutumn

Issue Is Resolved!
:thankyou:
Uwe,

Thank you! It was my "hosts" file as you had suggested. And yes, I must have at some point in the past have made an entry when there was some sort of DNS issue going on or when GTRU got a new IP that had not yet been updated on many of the DNS servers.

A very simple fix.

Thank you!
:clap2:

Popper

Actually you were pointing to that cause by all the detailed description about your port forwarding and firewall settings to work, but then saying:

… I have not used the GTRU site in over a year to connect to a tracker ...

The last IP change was some months ago. The URL for the site has changed at the same time so it is not effected by the hosts file, but the tracker URL didn't change. That made the site usable, but torrenting not working with the hosts file sleeping still modified from upon.

Reiky

as I am having the same problem right now with these exact problem, I found that I don't need to open up another thread and create unneeded clutter.

However, I have not modified my host file except for adding 2 or 3 sites that are for the purpose of ad-blocking and is no way related to gt.ru. Yet here I am having this problem. I was hoping some other solution could present itself here if I asked.

Addendum: My gay-torrent.net tracker is working fine it's just my gt.ru acting up.

corbyguy

I get the same message "No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it."

The message is shown in the tracker list on Utorrent for http://tracker.gaytorrent.ru:

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

cannonmc

Tracker back to normal at my end

Just having problems logging in with Firefox

Popper

Our tracker had some issues from about 08:30 to 10:30 CET (UTC +2).

sohrab55

Cannot download/upload anything

I have read the forum and tried the suggested solution with erasing all five lines in the host list that included gaytorrent.ru. (And, of course, rebooted my PC.)

Still cannot download or upload any torrent. Always get the information ¨"DNS connection error 10061 …". What is more, after the change, I cannot even login into your site with Mozilla any longer but only with IE (which I do not like).

I am using WIN XP Professional.

Can you, please, instruct me what I should/could do.

Many thanks!

Speedmaster8

Hi sohrab55,

to fix your problems with Mozilla, please go to your settings of the browser and delete the cache and uncheck the automatic cache management. As well, please delete all offline data, which might be stored in the browser ( be sure to keep your saved passwords ).
Afterwards you might close the browser and open it again and your browser problems should be fixed.

If you still experience problems with your browser, please deactivate all firewalls and other security or virus programs and then try again.
If your problem is solved after this procedure, please report again here, which firewalls and security programs you have, for that we could guide you to some solutions.

Should you still have problems after all with Mozilla, even that you made the above changes, please report them and report your router or wlan connection as well, please. Because you are able to visit this site with IE shows that the problem might either be in the settings from your browser, or in the settings from your router or wlan - connection. Your DNS - problem should be fixed by now, after you edited the hosts-file.

To complete the support from Uwe earlier in this thread, here is the original hosts - file for Windows PCs:


# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
# For example:
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
#	127.0.0.1       localhost
#	::1             localhost

sohrab55

Thank you, Speedmaster, for your swift and kind reply.

The problem with Mozilla was easily solved.
Unfortunately, the DNS problem is still here: cannot download/upload anything, despite the edited hosts-file.

Any other suggestion – or should I just leave it at that for a while?

sohrab55

SOLVED!!!

After many (far too many) hours spent by searching for all sorts of possible solutions for my trouble with your (only your) website, it suddenly dawned on me that perhaps you, after all, offered the right solution but not the right way to get there. Namely, the suggested path through "Accessories" and "Notepad" didn't work at all. Not for me.

So I took the "classical" route:

My Computer > C:\ > WINDOWS > system 32 > drivers > etc

And – surprise, surprise! – there was yet another "hosts" file (apart from the one that I had created/modified under your instruction). It had only two entries referring to your website (not five as in the other "hosts" file).

I opened the file with Notepad, deleted both "wrong" entries, saved the file, rebooted the computer — and, here we are: IT WORKS AGAIN!

I described my "inventive" procedure in order to help some other miserable soul like me who would not be successful by strictly following your instructions.

Thanks for all your help and patience. I am almost happy now.

eobox91103

I had about a dozen torrents seeding, and then over the last day every one eventually stopped seeding and showed ""No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it" as tracker status in my client (uTorrent 3.2.3 under Windows XP). I read this, and many other, help threads, checked my hosts file (everything was fine), looked into resetting my passkey, etc., etc., etc.

Then, I decided to just close my uTorrent client and then restart it. Now everything is fine. So, if you have this problem, try the simple stuff first. I need to remember that myself…

Popper

I read this morning that there were issues with our tracker …, I guess your problems were related to that and had nothing to do with your settings or the restart of your torrent client programme.