File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is qbittorrent_
Official qBittorrent 5.0.5 x64 installer: clean across 71 engines, high prevalence, confirmed clean by community researchers.
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Strong evidence · Widely seen for a long time, and nothing harmful found.
This is a legitimate qBittorrent installer. Proceed with installation confidently, preferably from the official website to ensure the latest version.
Good practice2 tips
We found nothing harmful in this file.
Install it only if it came from the developer's own website or an official app store.
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Antivirus results
0 of 71 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 71
- No result 5
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Completed
- First seen 1y ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
4 points against it and 4 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
The antivirus engines shows zero detections from 71 engines, including all major antivirus engines. The file matches the popular qBittorrent torrent client installer with thousands of prior submissions and positive community notes.
Zero malicious detections from high-coverage scanning, including full major consensus on clean, strongly indicates safety. High prevalence as widely seen and long established commodity software aligns with legitimate distribution of qBittorrent, a well-known open-source application. Community comments unanimously confirm it as the official installer. No malicious behavior in drops, contacts, or runtime.
What We Detected
Clean scan: 0/71 engines malicious, 17/17 major clean.
Threat Behavior
NSIS installer behavior: drops temp files (nsvD5A0.tmp, UAC.dll), launches qbittorrent.exe. Offensive MITRE techniques present but routine-heavy (18/22), no malicious sandbox outcome, no a control server/malicious hosts.
Contextual Evidence
widely seen and long established prevalence (8369 submissions), fileName matches qBittorrent 5.0.5, community confirms official. Unsigned but reputable torrent client.
What To Do Now
Safe to install from official sources. Download fresh from qbittorrent.org if concerned.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- externalIntel.yaraify.ruleCount=2 ('win_rat_generic', 'Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE' notes potential FP) — generic rules without engine consensus.
- triggeredHeuristics 'one of our behaviour rules' fired on 15 IPs (e.g. 20.75.60.91), but these match CDN ranges for benign software updates.
- tags include 'overlay' and peAnalysis.overallEntropy=7.999999 — can trigger obfuscation rules but common in installers.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- engines: 0 malicious / 17 major clean
- prevalence: widely seen and long established (3661 sources)
- communityComments: 4x clean/qBittorrent confirmations
- Its community reputation score is 7, it was first seen on Apr 13, 2025
- triggeredHeuristics: one of our behaviour rules (high severity)
- externalIntel.yaraify: 2 rules ('win_rat_generic')
- behaviour.offensiveTechniques: T1055, T1134
- tags: detect-debug-environment, overlay
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. See every source
Chapter 03
What it did in our test
It ran in our isolated test environment; no test environment rated what it did as risky.
Test run summary
Capture complete- 22sandbox rule tags
- 5spawned processes
- 8network contacts
- 33filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file did when executed
This file was run in a sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Techniques observed in the sandbox
22MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1010
- T1012
- T1027· Obfuscated code
- T1036
- T1055· Process injection
- T1059· Runs commands
- T1071· Application protocol
- T1082· System recon
- T1083· Scans your files
- T1112
- T1115
- T1125
- T1129· Loads modules
- T1134
- T1222
- T1485
- T1497· Sandbox evasion
- T1497.001· Sandbox evasion
- T1529
- T1547.009· Auto-start
- T1548
- T1574.002· Execution hijack
Observed activity
Processes started
5Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
qbittorrent_5.0.5_x64_setup.exe"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\qbittorrent_5.0.5_x64_setup.exe"qbittorrent.exe"C:\Program Files\qBittorrent\qbittorrent.exe"qbittorrent_5.0.5_x64_setup.exe%SAMPLEPATH%\qbittorrent_5.0.5_x64_setup.exe875c13a389eac2c656c26ec2c676168b91acf5ba376bea4c31e2efe40f75ec7f.exe%SAMPLEPATH%\875c13a389eac2c656c26ec2c676168b91acf5ba376bea4c31e2efe40f75ec7f.exe._installer_temp_folder_qbittorrent_5.0.5_x64_setup_x64_5.0.5.exe%SAMPLEPATH%\._installer_temp_folder_qbittorrent_5.0.5_x64_setup_x64_5.0.5.exe
Network contacts
88 hosts, listed as 8 addresses. Links show the host and path only.
- IP address
20.75.60.91 - IP address
23.53.122.199 - IP address
23.32.75.18 - IP address
23.96.180.189 - IP address
104.98.118.178 - IP address
20.24.121.134
Show all 8 entries for network contacts
- IP address
20.96.153.111 - IP address
20.24.249.45
Files
30Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsvD5A0.tmp - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsaD5C0.tmp\UAC.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsaD5C0.tmp\LangDLL.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsaD5C0.tmp\System.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsaD5C0.tmp\modern-header.bmp - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsaD5C0.tmp\modern-wizard.bmp
Show all 30 entries for files
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsaD5C0.tmp\nsDialogs.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsaD5C0.tmp\FindProcDLL.dll - Written
C:\Program Files\qBittorrent\qbittorrent.exe - Written
C:\Program Files\qBittorrent\qt.conf - Written
C:\Program Files\qBittorrent\qbittorrent.pdb - Written
C:\Program Files\qBittorrent\translations\qt_gl.qm - Written
C:\Program Files\qBittorrent\translations\qt_lt.qm - Written
C:\Program Files\qBittorrent\translations\qt_pt_PT.qm - Written
C:\Program Files\qBittorrent\translations\qt_sl.qm - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsaD5C0.tmp\FindProcDLL.dll - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsaD5C0.tmp\LangDLL.dll - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsaD5C0.tmp\modern-header.bmp - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsaD5C0.tmp\modern-wizard.bmp - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsaD5C0.tmp\nsDialogs.dll - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsaD5C0.tmp\nsisFirewallW.dll - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsaD5C0.tmp\System.dll - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsaD5C0.tmp\UAC.dll - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsaD5C0.tmp\ - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\KnownGameList.bin - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\qBittorrent\qBittorrent_new.ini.ugsIxY - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\qBittorrent\qBittorrent_new.ini.lock - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\qBittorrent\qBittorrent.ini - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\qBittorrent\qBittorrent_new.ini - Deleted
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\KLT1I0ZU\update50[1].xml
Mutexes
3Named locks a program uses so only one copy runs; malware families often reuse them.
cversions.3.mLocal\SessionImmersiveColorMutexQtLockedFile mutex c:/users/bruno/appdata/roaming/qbittorrent/lockfile
Sandbox background — not the file
22The analysis machine's own processes and connections, recorded in every run.
- VM process
services.exeC:\Windows\system32\services.exe - VM process
Explorer.EXEC:\Windows\Explorer.EXE - VM process
UI0Detect.exeC:\Windows\System32\UI0Detect.exe - VM process
updater.exeC:\Program Files\Google3596_1686482413\bin\updater.exe - VM process
updater.exeC:\Program Files\Google2096_3567123\bin\updater.exe - VM process
updater.exeC:\Program Files\Google1520_308026534\bin\updater.exe
Show all 22 entries for sandbox background — not the file
- VM process
updater.exeC:\Program Files\Google2896_365937803\bin\updater.exe - VM process
updater.exeC:\Program Files\Google464_942423439\bin\updater.exe - VM process
updater.exeC:\Program Files\Google2496_1194303201\bin\updater.exe - VM process
updater.exeC:\Program Files\Google348_1770255449\bin\updater.exe - VM host
224.0.0.251 - VM host
23.196.145.221 - VM host
20.99.133.109 - VM host
184.27.218.92 - VM host
20.69.140.28 - VM host
192.168.0.14 - VM host
192.168.0.23 - VM host
192.168.0.44 - VM host
23.55.140.42 - VM host
151.101.22.172 - VM host
104.71.214.69 - VM host
192.168.0.24
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache. 10 have no saved verdict and were not checked; that is missing coverage, not a finding.
- 314243a55c32679ad473…50c1a7Not checkedno saved verdict
- 005b0aa0c9a5b930dfdd…bea13dNot checkedno saved verdict
- 51b8ff55b37dc5907d63…a786e0Not checkedno saved verdict
- 7808ed542a7833c4bd94…687300Not checkedno saved verdict
- bb86a4094dec468cb638…a1389dNot checkedno saved verdict
- c44e0313a9414cc0e490…92034fNot checkedno saved verdict
- ec31a26cdf3b41bca0d0…645be0Not checkedno saved verdict
- f78e59b5bdd586181a99…2253d2Not checkedno saved verdict
- 7d1e5ca3310b54d104c1…b25c22Not checkedno saved verdict
- 3da6605668f9178d11a8…9c224bNot checkedno saved verdict
Chapter 04
Technical details
None of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- May 11, 2026, 8:07 AM UTC
- SHA-256
875c13a389eac2c656c26ec2c676168b91acf5ba376bea4c31e2efe40f75ec7f- SHA-1
8d3cffae35513a22d37c17407d13abf1771d26bf- MD5
0ecf83f09c19df0f3c2806c4cc2b22a6
About this file
qbittorrent_5.0.5_x64_setup.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 39.9 MB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 39.9 MB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- Apr 13, 2025On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 3,661 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 8.00 of 8
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
0 of 71 engines flagged this file
5 of the 76 engines returned no result for this file (file type not supported, or the scan did not finish), so they did not check it.
- Tier-118 engines0flagged
- Tier-236 engines0flagged
- Low-trust17 engines0flagged
View all 76 engine results
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaClean
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXClean
- ArcabitClean
- AvastClean
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGClean
- AviraClean
- BaiduClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- BkavClean
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXClean
- CylanceClean
- CynetNo result
- DeepInstinctClean
- DrWebClean
- ElasticClean
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleClean
- GridinsoftClean
- huorongClean
- IkarusClean
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyClean
- KingsoftClean
- LionicClean
- MalwarebytesClean
- MaxSecureClean
- McAfeeDClean
- MicrosoftClean
- MicroWorld-eScanClean
- NANO-AntivirusClean
- PaloaltoClean
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneClean
- SkyhighClean
- SophosClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisClean
- TencentClean
- TrapmineClean
- TrellixENSClean
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookNo result
- VaristClean
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootClean
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaClean
- ZoneAlarmClean
- ZonerClean
Signatures and behavior heuristics
Community YARA rules matched, but all of them are generic capability, anti-debug or compiler rules that ordinary software also matches. Worth noting, not on their own cause for alarm.
- Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PEgeneric
- win_rat_genericgeneric
VirusTotal's sandbox summary maps this run to MITRE T1055 (Process Injection), but no injected process of the sample's own was recorded (the analysis VM's own WMI adapter, crash handlers and Chrome updater are not counted). VirusTotal maps T1055 on about half of all files no engine flags, so the mapping alone is not evidence of injection.
EvidenceT1055 (sandbox MITRE mapping)
Section entropy & packers
No high-entropy executable section or known packer signature was detected. Data and resource sections can still have high entropy without indicating packed code.
How widely this file has been seen
Widely seen in the wild for a long time. High prior this is legitimate; isolated detections on common-old files are usually false positives.
Chapter 05
Questions & answers
Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.
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Community
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