Ban-Peers 0.6.0

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

Ban-Peers (English/中文)

Ban-Peers wrote in Python, it is checking & banning BitTorrent leech peers via Web API, remove ads, working for μTorrent. The main banned are XunLei, Baidu, QQDownload, Offline download servers, other infamous leech clients, and BT players, fake clients, who reported fake progress, the fact in serious leech.

Execute checking per 10 seconds, the banned time can be specified by the start-up parameters, default is 12 hours. In some cases，only banned for 1 hour if the torrent is seeding. At the same time, this script will not broke the existing IP ranges (non-single IP) in ipfilter, they will be stored as-is.

A gift to the users of μTorrent 3 classic desktop free version, it wrote in Chinese, you can read via a translator. e.g. translate.google.com

Resist leech strongly, this is our own rights. If you feels Ban-Peers a good work, please recommend it to your friends, Thanks.

Notices

• Does not work in old versions of μTorrent which did not provided API getpeers.
• Please use this script in local network, μTorrent Web API does not support HTTPS connections, it is not safe.
• I took preventive measures, if you stiil found a normal peer has been banned, please tell us via issues board.

Installation

Install from

pip3 install ban-peers

Or download and Install from source code

python setup.py install

Compatibility

• Python >= 3.6

Usage

First, Web UI must be enabled in μTorrent settings; then running Ban-Peers for specified ipfilter.dat file.

Setting file ipfilter.dat, 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

$ ban_peers -h
Welcome using Ban-Peers 0.6.0

Usage:
        ban_peers       [-H IP|DOMAIN] [-p PORT] [-a USERNAME:PASSWORD]
                        [-e HOURS] [-f FORMAT] [-C] [-X] [-P] [-L] [-R] [-U]
                        [-A] [-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, 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
        -h, --help      Show this help message and exit
        -v, --version   Show version and exit

$ ban_peers -p 12345 -a username:password /var/lib/utserver
Welcome using Ban-Peers 0.6.0
19:44:35 设定 uTorrent 配置 'gui.show_plus_upsell_nodes' 到 False  **_Remove upsell tip in the sidebar_**
19:44:35 Set uTorrent setting 'bt.use_rangeblock' to False  **_Won't restore after quit_**
19:44:35 uTorrent auto-banning script start running
Choose your operation: (Q)uit, (S)top, (R)estart, (P)ause/Proceed

or

$ ban-peers
Welcome using Ban-Peers 0.6.0
Please input uTorrent settings folder path or ipfilter file path:
/var/lib/utserver
Please input WebUI username: username
Please input WebUI password: password  **_No cover_**
19:44:35 设定 uTorrent 配置 'gui.show_plus_upsell_nodes' 到 False  **_Remove upsell tip in the sidebar_**
19:44:35 Set uTorrent setting 'bt.use_rangeblock' to False  **_Won't restore after quit_**
19:44:35 uTorrent auto-banning script start running
Choose your operation: (Q)uit, (S)top, (R)estart, (P)ause/Proceed

• Quit: exit the script.
• Stop: stop checking if run script via import as package, or same as Quit.
• Restart: reload ipfilter.dat, it is useful when manually modify ipfilter.dat.
• Pause: pause checking, it is useful when manually modify ipfilter.dat.
• Proceed: just proceed checking.

Got troubles/ideas

Visit the issues board and post them, maybe someone can help you.

Related projects

• μTorrent

  https://github.com/ShenHongFei/utorrent-block-xunlei
  https://github.com/iHamsterball/utorrent_block_thunder

• qBittorrent

  https://github.com/c0re100/qBittorrent-Enhanced-Edition
  https://github.com/originqtum/banned-xunlei-for-qbittorrent
  https://github.com/jinliming2/qbittorrent-ban-xunlei
  https://github.com/Od1gree/btDownloadManager
  https://github.com/outline941/qb-ban-xunlei

Thanks

c0re100
ShenHongFei

License

Ban-Peers is released under the .