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uTorrent.exe

µTorrent

BitTorrent Inc

µTorrent is a free ad-supported lightweight BitTorrent client. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘uTorrent’. This file is installed with the program µTorrent. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.utorrent.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
BitTorrent, Inc.  (signed by BitTorrent Inc)

Product:
µTorrent

Version:
3.0.1.25815

MD5:
5b16d1c004d5494434788459835aa460

SHA-1:
54b24fb7a7606d91315691a4fe9b6e74442fb630

SHA-256:
73d0600bf20fecbd5cb82dd0d2a37ae011b86295b0a5943ca68d344ac05e3d0d

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Clean  (2 probable false positive detections)

Explanation:
These detections are probably false positives (erroneous), the file is probably malware free.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 6:59:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.46875
8.14.03.02.12

Trend Micro House Call
HV_ZYX_BL132900.TOMC
7.2.61

File size:
630.9 KB (646,008 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.1.25815

Copyright:
©2011 BitTorrent, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Original file name:
uTorrent.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\utorrent\utorrent.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BitTorrent Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/21/2010 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/27/2013 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=BitTorrent Inc, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=BitTorrent Inc, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
36BC30562A650AFAA5AD101ECD643AB4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/19/2011 11:52:37 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:YLzWouZ3EyZvNymb0fNXD2EfGyXwlnTcK5vou6GIwHKbfoS6V:o6VZtZFyfFXrsF5vTGIdV

Entry address:
0x17CEB0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, C0, 4F, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 50, F0, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, F1, FC, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 69, A3, 17, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, A2, 0E, 08, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 07, 00, 04, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.5854

Code size:
520 KB (532,480 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
uTorrent

Command:
"C:\Program Files\utorrent\utorrent.exe" \minimized


Windows Firewall Allowed Program
Name:
E:\Program Files\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe


The file uTorrent.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

µTorrent  by BitTorrent Inc.
µTorrent is a is a free, ad-supported, lighter-weight BitTorrent client designed to consume less resources then the full BitTorrent version.
www.utorrent.com
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The file uTorrent.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://download.utorrent.com/.../utorrent.exe

http://download-euro.oldapps.com/.../utorrent-3.0.1-build-25815.exe

http://utorrent.hu/.../utorrent_301.exe

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