BitTorrent.exe

BitTorrent by BitTorrent Inc (Signed)

Remove BitTorrent.exe
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)

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DetailsDetails

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

ResourcesPrograms installed in

(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of BitTorrent.)
Apple Inc.
6% remove
QuickTime is an extensible multimedia framework capable of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and interactivity. QuickTime for Microsoft Windows has always be...
BitTorrent Inc.
6% remove
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...
BitTorrent Inc.
12% remove
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...
Yamicsoft
9% remove

BehaviorsBehaviors

(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'

MalwareMalware detections

Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 5 of them detected the following malware.
Antivirus engineEngine versionDetectionFile 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

VersionsAll file variations of bittorrent.exe

MD5SHA-1File size
d0a12ed17be1366cb59845937da3b854 ab319eef11c49509371477fc16b1c00597b498d5 957.4 KB
2c9a6b08c48df57b6b7ed44a8f89e568 e287c17f3df832aaafcd3391f70ac45e3d40d245 957.4 KB
15e5c5657bf10afed9d51577a870ef1f 2945c9303e257a043b6ef164c2aa06a0057a9eaa 1.22 MB
b605503895b759bfe986256baa6b6c23 46815282825cfe6a0b8946a2236b0d0f8941883f 1.22 MB
c9149cf3a3734b96d28822d6a5f78db9 0f41d82b07ceae1a433790448a352d2ab70a1be5 956.4 KB
4ec90df51c0598a23b46fd25965ba67a 7b2933e232bc507e787bbd9ae523a45e756d7a76 956.4 KB
fa10c257575ca9af64ab2299af2c2bec be273e2ba84a93ab37203e6ff93a865af637a51e 956.4 KB
36239f0e555d56071def7897fe8d656d f694e47a16527d0e1463b89feab740cc663a4fe7 1.33 MB
75e8a30fa3460f9596b0f4c9f8051c09 3d48657165ea599fbe3ee9e615c32b722af9285a 1.33 MB
e801dc1a8a1049b3d4338e227222b4f0 b60d9cdc1afd292d5fb5682bd6efacf778d0516a 1.33 MB
c5745202f6bd2512b5f099205f2410e7 d5a0e62aa2556a45a2928d924d177ca300f252c3 1.34 MB
2b8e69d66f57bf3c86787c4a5d90168c 82460da752cad6ce05d1cd68889243743ba00b2e 1.33 MB
c7d170f8da726eb9a2b16a864a8ecf2d 62e77d802cf4e5fc580f8bf8c4aaa6209f264fd7 1.32 MB
753e8743fb660b3ba790e25ec40a14b2 0a26663bfde5270ff9bec42ea6fb687d3170e701 1.33 MB
5ba96464f924bd62ea8c924167db0837 44fc5f2a572b7be02bb20a6eee698b5f682e2fd2 6.08 MB
050e37125bfecb562aa9b8ce067aa120 cfa1a7434fbeaa5751a17316ed4dbdc51349b9e8 391.37 KB
9f78da1a10b925e72e011a00c6e17085 6fb6919f96b7319701cb5521a09b5794aa4be7d0 4.55 MB
3a84ded7617cf97ab8f47fbf80712284 863eb7d119e4129eba4e2706ab8722671aa5228f 2.85 MB
ac4655e79c4078f27d8f9d401b370322 8625363c65143f7a9f594b54ed41cf27dd1cfdfd 672.37 KB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate 30.91%
Windows 7 Home Premium 30.91%
Microsoft Windows XP 14.55%
Windows Vista Home Premium 5.45%
Windows Vista Ultimate 5.45%
Windows 7 Professional 3.64%
Windows 8 Pro 3.64%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 3.64%
Windows 8 1.82%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 26.09% of BitTorrent.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Lenovo 33.33%
Acer 25.00%
Hewlett-Packard 16.67%
GIGABYTE 16.67%
American Megatrends 8.33%
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