BitComet Padding File

Tue Jan 1, 2008, 9:55am

The fake padding file trick mentioned in lots of articles across the web: 

Sympton:
An attacker can make torrent files that prevent BitComet 0.85+ from finishing. 

Reproduction of the bug:
1. Suppose that a directory contains the files that you want to share. Create a text file in the directory, and type something in it, then rename it to "_____padding_file_0_____" (with no file extension).
2. Use a torrent maker, such as the built-in maker of uTorrent, to make a torrent file out of the directory.
3. BitComet 0.85+ cannot succeed in downloading, seeding or hashing the torrent.