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45% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
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uTorrent.exe
µTorrent by BitTorrent Inc (Signed)
| Version: | 3.2.1.28086 |
| MD5: | 2ae03e4766a13f47b518f9d4c382f836 |
| SHA1: | aee9cf63cf857a9278b964225b729c35eee4b3cb |
What is uTorrent.exe?
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 adware in the form of the Conduit Engine, which installs a toolbar, and makes homepage and default search engine changes to a user's web browser.
About uTorrent.exe (from BitTorrent Inc)
“µTorrent is designed to consume as few resources as possible to avoid impacting your computer use. µTorrent will work on Windows XP and up, including Windows 7. BitTorrent's two main products today in”
Details
| File name: | uTorrent.exe |
| Publisher: | BitTorrent, Inc. |
| Product name: | µTorrent |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\utorrent\utorrent.exe |
| File version: | 3.2.1.28086 |
| Size: | 941.39 KB (963,984 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | BitTorrent Inc |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Sunday, June 20, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, July 26, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| Entropy: | 7.581874 |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'uTorrent' → "C:\Program Files\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe" /MINIMIZED
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\PROGRAMAS\utorrent\utorrent-plus\utorrent-plus-3.1.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\Administratör\Skrivbord\26051-671819-utorrent.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\věruška\Dokumenty\Stažené soubory\uTorrent.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\uTorrent.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Software\uTorrent.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe'
Scheduled tasks
- The job '{3E0C592A-6E89-47B8-B8E8-7EFA3DE8B8BB}' runs on registration in the path '\{3E0C592A-6E89-47B8-B8E8-7EFA3DE8B8BB}'
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
36.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
23.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
18.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
6.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
5.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
4.00% |
|
| Windows 8 |
2.00% |
|
| Windows XP Professional |
1.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.50% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise N |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Release Preview |
0.50% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 15.00% of µTorrent.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
26.42% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
18.87% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
15.09% |
|
| Acer |
9.43% |
|
| Lenovo |
7.55% |
|
| American Megatrends |
7.55% |
|
| ASUS |
7.55% |
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| Compaq |
3.77% |
|
| Alienware |
1.89% |
|
| Samsung |
1.89% |
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