Well, doesn't really matter what yours is/does, since it's not his MDS64 You are using a download manager right? You said you usually just let it sit and wait until it starts downloading again. Why not just pause/stop the download then resume?
Not every file has its torrents and they has a very unstable speed, depending very much on the seeders. Do this trick if pausing/resuming didn't work. It never fails me on 138 Kbps dial-up.
I don't trust them when I discovered about the "trap" torrents-too risky for me I've been doing that for the last few hours...that's why I posted-for once it hasn't worked-it would show something going on and show less than 1kb and then flutter away... After this is done I'm uninstalling it!