Yourname942

you can tell the VPN what you want to include/exclude:

Exclude mode: Selected apps and IP addresses are excluded from VPN connection, Include mode: Only selected apps and IP addresses connect via VPN, all other traffic is unprotected.

I had to enable port fowarding, thank you.

What do you mean? Is that not correct? Is it where I have to choose between one or the other?

Yeah that does seem a bit complicated, or at least confusing to me - I'm not sure what you mean by container.

oh okay, thank you. For some reason, I didn't realize binding the torrent was effectively the same as a kill switch (or at least in terms of protecting my ip)

Honestly, I'm not really sure - I am using Proton VPN and qbittorrent.

I meant that if I was unable to figure out a solution, at least I would be able to transfer it to a VM (which apparently Windows Sandbox isnt really)

Oh wow, I didn't realize it isn't a VM.. Thank you for the in depth response.

Thank you. Do you mean even with ProtonVPN it is hard to configure?

I'm not sure what you mean by bare metal. Yeah mostly the avoiding malware, but I think I can just download it via torrent and VPN > upload to my email > open the VM > download from email > check with virustotal > try running the exe if it seems normal

should I just not use a VM while torrenting and using a VPN then?

If I don't use a VM, is it possible to torrent with a VPN but surf the net without the vpn concurrently?

I haven't purchased the VPN yet, and I've only downloaded and ran the qbittorrent setup file. (then that window appeared (image above). The VM should be set up correctly (all I had to do is just enable the feature - Windows Sandbox).