Seemed like this was worth bring up here on the forum:
uTorrent has gone into full damage control, stating that the cryptocoin-miner in their latest update is an optional install. I call bullshit tho. I tried a reinstall earlier and saw nothing which asked me about installing it. In case you're like me and didn't really know what all that meant, it basically means that uTorrent is using your computer and doing calculations behind the scene in order to create additional profits for the owners of uTorrent.
They have also shut down their forums it appears, surely due to an abundance of discussion they didn't like.
uTorrent has irked me for a while now with their forced ads and malware so I'm finally going to jump ship and try something else.
I suggest looking in your Add/Remove Programs list for EpicScale (aka: "Programs and Features" in Windows 8) if you've recently updated uTorrent. While you're there, I recommend uninstalling uTorrent as well.
Here is the discussion they removed from their forum:
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