> i haven't tried it on multiple sites.  but i'm pretty 
sure 
> since it's happening to multiple people and that it's not 
> just one site.
> 
> httrack starts out fine but it never finishes.  this site 
> is there some sort of log (other than the download log), 
> perhaps one that can keep track of why httrack was 
closed, 

Can you test this winhttrack.exe version? :
<http://www.httrack.com/httrack-test.zip>
(unpack this patched winhttrack.exe file in your winhttrack 
program directory to replace the old one)

In case of crash, a CRASH.TXT file should be generated in 
the httrack directory.