BitTorrent.exe
BitTorrent by BitTorrent Inc (Signed)
Warning 5 antivirus scanners has detected malware in various versions of BitTorrent.exe.
Overview
There are 19 versions of bittorrent.exe in the wild, the latest version being 7.7.3.28706. bittorrent.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 1.63 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to BitTorrent Inc by VeriSign. The programs BitTorrent, BitTorrent 6.0 and Windows 8 Manager have been observed as installing specific variations of bittorrent.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0057% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 24.69 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 31.14 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 10.61 MB per minute for reads and 2.43 MB per minute for writes.
What is bittorrent.exe?
BitTorrent is a desktop application that allows you to work with torrent files.BitTorrent allows you to download files available as torrents, search torrent sites for music, videos, books, software and other free or public domain material. BitTorrent will modify system settings upon installation, making the Application the default application for handling torrent files, if you do not already have an program associated with torrent files.
About bittorrent.exe (from BitTorrent Inc)
“Since BitTorrent is offered by the team who invented the BitTorrent open source protocol, you know you will always have access to the latest and greatest technologies.
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Details |
File name: | bittorrent.exe |
Publisher: | BitTorrent, Inc. |
Product name: | BitTorrent |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\bittorrent\bittorrent.exe |
Certificate |
Issued to: | BitTorrent Inc |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Expiration date: | Saturday, July 27, 2013 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of BitTorrent.)
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BitTorrent is a desktop application that allows you to work with torrent files.BitTorrent allows you to download files available as torrents, search torrent sites for music, videos, books, software an...
µTorrent is a is a free, ad-supported, lighter-weight BitTorrent client designed to consume less resources then the full BitTorrent version. Some uTorrent installs include potentially unwanted applic...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of bittorrent.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'BitTorrent' → "C:\Program Files\BitTorrent\BitTorrent.exe" /MINIMIZED
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\BitTorrent\bittorrent.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\BitTorrent\bittorrent.exe'
Malware detections
Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 5 of them detected the following malware.
Antivirus engine | Engine version | Detection | File version |
Trend Micro HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
HV_ZYX_BK0840C6.TOMC |
7.7.0.27987 |
Trend Micro HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
HV_ZYX_BK0840C6.TOMC |
7.7.0.27987 |
Vba32 AntiVirus |
3.12.20.2 |
Adware.iBryte |
7.7.0.27824 |
Vba32 AntiVirus |
3.12.20.2 |
Adware.iBryte |
7.7.0.27842 |
Vba32 AntiVirus |
3.12.20.2 |
AdWare.iBryte.chg |
7.7.0.27878 |
All file variations of bittorrent.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Ultimate |
30.91% |
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Windows 7 Home Premium |
30.91% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
14.55% |
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Windows Vista Home Premium |
5.45% |
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Windows Vista Ultimate |
5.45% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
3.64% |
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Windows 8 Pro |
3.64% |
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Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
3.64% |
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Windows 8 |
1.82% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 26.09% of BitTorrent.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Lenovo |
33.33% |
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Acer |
25.00% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
16.67% |
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GIGABYTE |
16.67% |
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American Megatrends |
8.33% |
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