With over a decade of writing experience in the field of technology, Chris has written for a variety of publications including The New York Times, Reader's Digest, IDG's PCWorld, Digital Trends, and MakeUseOf. Chris has personally written over 2,000 articles that have been read more than one billion times-and that's just here at How-To Geek. Thanks to community-driven development, they've resisted the temptation to overload their BitTorrent clients with junkware to make a quick buck.Ĭhris Hoffman is the former Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek. With the exception of the old versions of uTorrent, they're all open-source applications. Sure, there are many more BitTorrent clients for Windows, but these are our favorite ones that won't try to install junkware on your system. It may have made sense to stick with uTorrent 2.2.1 years ago, but modern alternatives have improved dramatically. So why waste your time when you could use the similar and much more up to date qBittorrent? It will also never be updated to contain new BitTorrent features that could speed up your downloads. This software is over five years old and may contain security exploits that will never be fixed. Sure, you get to keep using uTorrent and you won't have to worry about updates trying to install garbage software onto your system, activating obnoxious ads, and pushing BitCoin miners on your PC.