By default avast doesn’t scan uTorrent in the P2P shield because of the way it works, creating multiple small files which it then cobbles together and this creates a lot of scanning activity by avast and could slow performance.
So if there was no problem before the utorrent update, nothing has changed in the way avast handles utorrent. Have they enabled utorrent in the P2P Shield, Customize ?
Sorry I can’t be a lot of practical help I don’t use P2P applications.
As I said (by default utorrent isn’t selected in the P2P shield) there aren’t any rules to be set for utorrent in avast as it doesn’t use rules, the P2P shield either scans content or it doesn’t.
There are many freeware firewalls such as, Comodo, PCTools Firewall Plus, Jetico, etc. - Zone Alarm free works fine with avast and has a reasonably friendly user interface, however, the free version is becoming bloated with trial ware and is also crippled as far as outbound protection goes In the Program Control, configuration area, the slider will only goes as far as Medium protection, if you want more you have to buy the Pro version.