I have been having this problem for a long time and cannot figure out what the issue is. Everytime I download a torrent using any program (utorrent,bittorrent,etc.) my computer freezes about 5 min in. It also happens when using a program called PopcornTime, which also accesses torrent files. My computer never freezes any other time. Is there some network settings that need modified? Should I try buying a different NIC and try that? Please, any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!