I've just installed qBittorrent, but it tries to access Google?
https://i.imgur.com/OeRNaXm.png
After I blocked the network request, my firewall application created this rule.
https://i.imgur.com/gAEV1pV.png
Why does qBittorrent needs such request? And how to stop it from doing that.
qBittorrent trying to access Google?
Re: qBittorrent trying to access Google?
[quote="jcunews"]
I've just installed qBittorrent, but it tries to access Google? ... Why does qBittorrent needs such request?[/quote]
Maybe Google is the search engine that's used if looking for torrents to download...?
I've just installed qBittorrent, but it tries to access Google? ... Why does qBittorrent needs such request?[/quote]
Maybe Google is the search engine that's used if looking for torrents to download...?
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Re: qBittorrent trying to access Google?
It is for the tracker favicons.
If it fails to download a favicon using the tracker domain/ip, it fallbacks to using a google service for that which sometimes has better success.
The url for google is:
and the tracker domain/ip is appended to that in order to get a reply
If it fails to download a favicon using the tracker domain/ip, it fallbacks to using a google service for that which sometimes has better success.
The url for google is:
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https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=
Re: qBittorrent trying to access Google?
So, disabling the "Download tracker's favicon" setting should (indirectly) disable that request, correct?
I don't need any favicon, anyway.
I don't need any favicon, anyway.