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I have all but given up on relying on uTorrent's figures. For instance the other day it said I was the only one seeding and no-one had completed, the site said said 2 people were seeding and 2 had completed. I am not sure how reliable its ratio figures are.

If you really want to check your gt.ru figures, take a copy of the figures at the top of this page before and after you grab some files. You can use PrtScn or the snipping tool

And, dangkhoa, given the amount of data you have shared (and a very nice ratio, to boot) you could download a complete DVD and it would have negligible effect on your ratio - it would go from approx 1.007 to 1.000, and you'd still have a buffer of over 300 GB before you dropped to the minimum ratio 🙂

No one should be torrenting on today's internet without the use of a VPN or proxy.

A torrent client organizes the sharing of files, but does nothing to mask traffic to and from your computer.  Your internet service provider gives you access to the internet and logs everything you do by the IP they assign to your account and therefore all the activity you do from your computer.

As metafile informed, one has to encrypt the traffic as it goes out of your computer, through your ISP, to the final destination.  A VPN service hides data traffic AND masks your IP.  The only thing that your ISP can log is random gibberish data due to the encryption.  And if a group detects your sharing of a torrent, the IP provided goes to your VPN, NOT your ISP.  I strongly recommend using Private Access Internet as well.  They do not keep any logs, which some VPN services do, which defeats part of the purpose in using them.

If this is the first notification by your ISP, it likely is only a warning.  Take heed that you are actually unprotected and get a VPN if you continue in your torrent activities.

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Because I was having some issues with Vuze (I'm a paying user for that), I re-set the settings to the "factory default." I've since re-set everything like I had it, but now, when Vuze pulls in the torrent file from my default folder (I have it set up to import and start automatically), it doesn't start. I've clicked or unclicked everything that says "start torrent immediately" or "pause" or whatever is appropriate, but for now, the only way I can get a torrent to begin downloading is to manually go in and force start. Any suggestions?
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These settings should fix that > https://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?topic=16166.0

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Second, unrelated question. I was killing my ratio here and wasn't sure why. Come to find out, I needed to forward my ports, which I have done. Happy that it works -- when I'm at home where I set the port forward to work! But, I also travel with my laptop to work, to Starbucks, to friends, etc. where it appears that port forwarding wouldn't work (because of the assigned IP address, I'm assuming). Is there a way to make this work -- or am I stuck seeding just when I am at home?
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You should try to have the portforwarding made by UPnP automatically. The function for that is hidden in Vuze's plugins setting. If the modem/router is set to have UPnP activated (which should be the default by the ISP, but not on company or other organisations networks) that will work.

Vuze > Tools > Options … > Plugins (expand by click on the arrow before it) > UPnP > select "Enable UPnP" and "Release connections on shutdown" > click "Refresh" button