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:\Program Files (x86)\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 copyright©2011 BitTorrent, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Product version2.2.1.25249
File version2.2.1.25249

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 copyright©2011 BitTorrent, Inc. All Rights R..
Product version2.2.1.25249
File version2.2.1.25249

Digital signatures [?]

uTorrent.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameBitTorrent Inc
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA
Certificate serial number36bc30562a650afaa5ad101ecd643ab4

VirusTotal report

5 of the 66 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the uTorrent.exe file. That's a 8% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
APEX Malicious
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/uTorrent.D potentially unwanted
Fortinet Riskware/Conduit
GData Win32.Application.OpenCandy.R
Rising PUA.Conduit!8.122 (CLOUD)
5 of the 66 anti-virus programs detected the uTorrent.exe file.

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TCP/UDP Listening Ports [?]

uTorrent.exe has been reported to listen on the following TCP/UDP ports.

PortProtocol# Occurrences
10000TCP v44
1900UDP v41
6771UDP v41
28377TCP v41
28377UDP v41
28377TCP v61
28377UDP v61

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5aa556c0975038af80f3e9f6041247cde
SHA256fdf6ca2af7993b5307b18d3259fd8e4a2676dca7c04b1cbd3b8df19f39646397

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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