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uTorrent.exe
µTorrent by BitTorrent Inc (Signed)
| Version: | 3.2.0.27886 |
| MD5: | 2c1ef6485eeb834187fc69556a64eafe |
| SHA1: | c959e7d82203d234eb4912c61f05a450417c8c36 |
| SHA256: | 7f25b9bbec978f3f3810d1e064d2ca9330061bd9d0f7df9c3370f020e9d38e56 |
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: | 3.2.0.27886 |
| Size: | 875.89 KB (896,912 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
Programs
The following programs will install this file
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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 programs 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.
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}'
Network connections
Access through an approved Windows firewall exception
[TCP] 85.17.73.199:1025
[TCP] 189-78-92-221.dsl.telesp.net.br (189.78.92.221:16582)
[TCP] 219.248.172.149:41788
[TCP] 28.44.21.95.dynamic.jazztel.es (95.21.44.28:46395)
[TCP] blk-89-252-112.eastlink.ca (24.89.252.112:48815)
[UDP] listens on port 55620
[UDP] listens on port 52890
[UDP] listens on port 51443
[UDP] listens on port 1600
[UDP] listens on port 61309
[UDP] listens on port 50990
[UDP] listens on port 49164
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00672531% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00295628% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00376903% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 514,119,421 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 20,719,837/sec | |
| Context switches: | 224/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 28.17 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 38.51 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 19.46 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 28.17 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 189.78 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 207.97 MB | |
| Working set: | 26.84 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 43.43 MB | |
| Page faults: | 729,796/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 1.44 MB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 126/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 316.1 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 12/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 1.06 MB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 71,756/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 16 | |
| Handles: | 707 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 411 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 463 | |
| GUI USER count: | 163 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 200 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Program Files\utorrent\utorrent.exe" /minimized
- "C:\btguard\utorrent.exe"
- "C:\Program Files\utorrent\utorrent.exe" "C:\users\specgate\downloads\d3e3b66df3f6a082bbb450aa3a9dfdf5a49b91ec.torrent"
- "C:\Program Files\utorrent\utorrent.exe" "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\opera\opera\temporary_downloads\[kat.ph]the.twilight.saga.breaking.dawn.part.2.2012.ts.720p.xvid.ac3.adtrg.torrent"
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| Owner: | User |
| Parent process: | explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation) |
Threads
Averages
| uTorrent.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.33413300% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.22460547% | |
| User CPU: | 0.10952754% | |
| CPU cycles: | 9,429,512/sec | |
| Context switches: | 8/sec | |
| Memory: | 5.32 MB | |
| ole32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.01326864% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00821664% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00505200% | |
| CPU cycles: | 208,418/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.36 MB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00555968% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00422790% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00133178% | |
| CPU cycles: | 106,850/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.23 MB | |
| mswsock.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00209403% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00209403% | |
| CPU cycles: | 43,729/sec | |
| Memory: | 240 KB | |
| wow64.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00082564% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00016143% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00066421% | |
| CPU cycles: | 21,130/sec | |
| Memory: | 252 KB | |
| SSDPAPI.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00079986% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00079986% | |
| CPU cycles: | 6,408/sec | |
| Memory: | 52 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
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% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
5.00% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
4.00% |
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| 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% |
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| 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% |
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| GIGABYTE |
15.09% |
|
| Acer |
9.43% |
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| Lenovo |
7.55% |
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| American Megatrends |
7.55% |
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| ASUS |
7.55% |
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| Compaq |
3.77% |
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| Alienware |
1.89% |
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| Samsung |
1.89% |
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