I updated ktorrent to the latest git and now it quickly consumes multiple GB of RAM - I managed to get to a konsole to kill it before it completely rendered my system unusable, but it had already gotten over 10GB of usage.

Weird thing happens with new Ktorrent.
1) High CPU usage - it occupies two cores of Core 2 duo.
2) Low download/upload speed - it has very low download speed and intermittent