Couple of questions regarding qbittorrent and binding my VPN to it

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Hey everyone,

I just had a couple of questions about qbittorrent.

  1. Why does Malwarebytes keep giving me multiple “website blocked due to malware” and “website blocked due to trojan” notifications every time I open and use my version of qbittorrent? I’m still able to torrent like normal, but periodically throughout the program being open it will continually give me this popup. Before I had the premium version I never noticed any type of trojan alert on my PC when using qbittorrent. Do I have an illegitimate version of the torrent client or something? I thought it was one of the more trusted torrents out there?
  2. When binding my VPN to qbittorrent, how exactly can I tell which network interface is my VPN? When I hover over my network connection on my start bar, it reads as “Local Area Connection” when my VPN is connected, and so that’s what I have it set to in qbittorrent’s settings. However I read a comment somewhere that this is incorrect. There are like 6 or 7 other options available to choose from. Is the “pseudo loop” connection the VPN? How can I confirm I have the correct network interface selected?

Would really appreciate any help, I’m a noob to all of this!

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Set exclusions in Malwarebytes to keep it from trying to block websites you know you’re going to be using.

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It would hep if we knew what OS and VPN you are using.

Look for an interface named Tun#.

Otherwise it’s trual and error. If you disconnect your VPN abd qBit stops transferring data you’ve got the right Interface. qVit does drop to 0 immediately, it takes a couple of seconds.

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Read the pinned post