Is there a reason why uTorrent can't download but Transmission can?

[rawdawg]

I've been a long time uTorrent user but recently after 24+ hours trying to download a torrent gave Transmission a quick shot. Within a minute it fully downloaded the torrent where as uTorrent never even latched onto a peer.

 

[Duff-Man]

Duff-Man says...perhaps the tracker that particular torrent was on does not allow uTorrent - I know there are some that do not allow certain client software....oh yeah!

 

[Namtaro]

Can you link to the torrent file? Maybe it's just your computer.

 

[rawdawg]

I can't provide the specific torrent link because it's a private torrent site and the torrent won't work without my key. But interesting about certain clients not working. Poking around on uTorrent I clicked the "tracker" tab and I now see it actually says "Failure: access denied, banned client"!

I didn't even know this happens? That must be it.

Why are some clients banned? What's wrong with uTorrent?

 

[Puevlo]

Some torrent clients could be banned because they are leech only, or report bad data or automatically include malware. Dunno why uTorrent is banned though.