It did include an offer to install the password manager Dashlane, but that offer was not checked.
Windows Defender did not prevent the installation. The software installed fine on the same machine.The program was not blocked from being downloaded. uTorrent Classic downloaded fine in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 with Windows Defender enabled.Whether that program has been offered as part of uTorrent's installation is unclear at this point.Ī test download and installation revealed the following: ESET lists Web Companion as a reference and that leads to Ad-Aware's Web Companion application. What is being detected? Most engines list "PUA or potentially unwanted application" as the reason and that indicates some sort of software bundling or file dropping on user systems. The main release, uTorrent Classic, is detected by ten antivirus engines including Microsoft Defender, Sophos, Eset Nod32, GData, and Dr.Web.īeing flagged does not necessarily mean that a program is malicious or problematic false positives happen but the likelihood is reduced when mainstream security solutions flag a program. Both uTorrent Classic - the local version of uTorrent - and uTorrent Web - the new web-based solution - and BitTorrent are flagged by multiple antivirus solutions at the time of writing.
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