Site is down, but I noticed recently that the bit torrent client is looking more and more like 90s malware every time I download it. It has been streaming commercials for a while now. Ive decided to look for an alternative client next time I need to install one

I suspect you're referring to μTorrent, which has been descending into awful spam-infested garbage for a long time now. As another user suggested, give qbittorrent a go.

qbittorrent is the best out there for windows imo. my only complaint is that it seems to have no dpi awareness whatsoever.

Check out PicoTorrent. It's very very lightweight and simple. And DPI aware.

https://github.com/picotorrent/picotorrent