KDE’s powerhouse torrent application, KTorrent comes with a formidable set of plugins including an IP filter. Here’s how to get it working.
Launch KTorrent. Head to Settings > Configure KTorrent. Look for the Plugins options in the side bar. Under Plugins, select the IPFilterPlugin. A new set of options should appear in the side bar called IP Filter.
You should find the option to Use PeerGuardian filter already selected and a url filled in the IP filter file area. Under that, the status will inform you that it’s not loaded. There’s a Download/Convert button, but that won’t work either, giving you a cryptic error message about no IP’s found in level1.txt.
Here’s what the problem is: the splist.zip file hosted at bluetack.co.uk is no longer hotlinkable. Which means, the url doesn’t work. You need to manually get this file from here and use the file browser to load it. Now, the Download/Convert button should work properly and the status message will inform you that the plugin is Loaded and running. Congratulations, you are in P2P heaven. 
You can uncheck the automatic update option since you may delete the splist.zip file from your hard disk. Otherwise, KTorrent will periodically check the location to see if there is an updated list available.
A proper workaround is to find an up to date list of blacklisted IP’s that KTorrent users can happily hotlink to and have it updated automatically. But for now, you’ll need to manually update the splist.zip file from the link above and load it into KTorrent. Does anyone know of a viable option to manually updating the file every few days?
