What is uTorrent.exe?

uTorrent.exe is part of μTorrent and developed by BitTorrent Inc. according to the uTorrent.exe version information.

uTorrent.exe's description is "μTorrent"

uTorrent.exe is digitally signed by BitTorrent Inc.

uTorrent.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\utorrent\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected uTorrent.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on uTorrent.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameμTorrent
Company nameBitTorrent Inc.
File descriptionμTorrent
Internal nameuTorrent.exe
Original filenameuTorrent.exe
Legal copyrightc2015 BitTorrent, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Product version3.4.5.41162
File version3.4.5.41162
Special buildstable34 stable

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameμTorrent
Company nameBitTorrent Inc.
File descriptionμTorrent
Internal nameuTorrent.exe
Original filenameuTorrent.exe
Legal copyrightc2015 BitTorrent, Inc. All Rights Re..
Product version3.4.5.41162
File version3.4.5.41162
Special buildstable34 stable

Digital signatures [?]

uTorrent.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameBitTorrent Inc
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number5732c1574e6af828e1b4f93abb34ed08

VirusTotal report

3 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the uTorrent.exe file. That's a 5% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
GData Win32.Application.OpenCandy.G
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
3 of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the uTorrent.exe file.

Folder name variants

uTorrent.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\utorrent\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named uTorrent.exe

uTorrent.exe (15 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD54e19c3f4919a8ed4a5f955b100472aed
SHA256f75d9a90e005c8d75372466dd91e9b262e4f0630d162808d79f630a2525606da

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to utorrent.exe:

utorrent.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

utorrent.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

μTorrent has stopped working.

End Program - utorrent.exe. This program is not responding.

utorrent.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

utorrent.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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