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Verdict Suspicious

Analyzed , 1 month ago

Is utorrent safe? Treat it as suspicious.

16 of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it flag the file, three of them major, with labels pointing to adware or PUA.

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Why Suspicious? 16 antivirus engines flag it; nothing else confirms it.

Limited evidence · One sign points to a problem; nothing else confirms it.

Don't run it until you know where it came from

Treat the installer as potentially unwanted; obtain uTorrent only from the vendor's official website and keep all security software active.

What to do now4 steps

Some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. Treat it with caution.

What to do

  1. Don't run it unless you're sure where it came from.

  2. Check where you got it: an unexpected attachment, a link someone sent you or a re-upload is a red flag.

  3. If you can't confirm where it came from, delete it. If you need the program, download it again from the publisher's own website.

If you already ran it

  1. Stop using it, run a full scan with your antivirus and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts.

Not sure what to do?

Ask the MalwareTips community before you run it. If you already ran it, follow the cleanup guide.

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Why we think so

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utorrent: Suspicious — MalwareTips file scan

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Antivirus results

16 of 61 flagged

  • Flagged 16
  • No detection 45
  • No result 14
Fileutorrent3.9 MBSHA-256 e2837e13d80e…25f3b7
  • Code signing Rainberry Inc
  • Test run Completed
  • First seen 5mo ago
16 of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it flag it, including Malwarebytes and Sophos.

Chapter 02

Why we think so

4 points against it and 3 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.

MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The reasoning behind this verdict

Analyst conclusion

The combination of unwanted program detections from major antivirus engines, revoked-cert tag, and six offensive MITRE techniques outweighs the clean contacted-hosts result and medium prevalence. Similar-hash history shows prior borderline verdicts on the same signer. No malicious files it created or sandbox consensus exist, leaving the file in mixed-signal territory.

Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
  • contactedHosts.inspected=11, maliciousHosts.length=0 — no complete contacted-host reputation result was available observed.
  • No dropped file is known to be malicious — 10 children inspected, none malicious.

These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.

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
  • 37sandbox rule tags
  • 10spawned processes
  • 31network contacts
  • 40filesystem & mutex artifacts

What the test run showed

What the file did on a test computer

Confirmed in the test run

  • Moderate concern: Contains packed or scrambled code that is harder to inspect (common in installers too).

  • Moderate concern: Ran commands or a script on the test computer.

  • Moderate concern: Used an unusual way to talk to a server.

  • Moderate concern: Downloaded a file during the test run.

  • Moderate concern: Checked whether it was running on a test computer.

  • Moderate concern: Hid files or windows on the test computer.

  • Note: Read the user name of the test computer.

Sandbox labels we could not confirm (common in safe files too)

  • Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as code injection, but no injected program was recorded.

  • Not confirmed: Showed activity a sandbox rule links to file encryption; no ransomware behaviour was confirmed.

  • Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as setting up auto-start; no auto-start entry was recorded.

  • Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as changing how Windows loads code; nothing confirms it.

This file was run on a test computer (a sandbox), not on yours. Labels we could not confirm are listed so you can see them, but they are not treated as evidence against the file.

Recorded behavior

What happened in the test

Grouped by step. The order is not a timeline.

Seen in the test runWorked out from other results

  1. Input file

    The submitted object

    1
    1. Evidence 1 of 7: FileSeen in the test run

      utorrent

      e2837e13d80e4602b0c2d711c6d6c17217f4a80c8ff0b33dd90df219f025f3b7

      Uploaded file

  2. Processes

    What ran

    2
    1. Evidence 2 of 7: ProcessSeen in the test run

      program.exe

      "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\program.exe"

      Test run
    2. Evidence 3 of 7: ProcessSeen in the test run

      utorrent.exe

      "C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nskB1FB.tmp\utorrent.exe"

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

  3. Files

    Created or changed

    2
    1. Evidence 4 of 7: Written fileSeen in the test run

      System.dll

      C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nskB1FB.tmp\System.dll

      Test run
    2. Evidence 5 of 7: Written fileSeen in the test run

      nsislog.txt

      C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nskB1FB.tmp\nsislog.txt

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

  4. Network

    Hosts contacted

    2
    1. Evidence 6 of 7: Contacted hostSeen in the test run

      44.216.234.183

      Contacted during the test run.

      Test run
    2. Evidence 7 of 7: Contacted hostSeen in the test run

      3.225.226.96

      Contacted during the test run.

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

7 facts from the test run. See the full activity list.

Chapter 04

Technical details

16 of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; signed by Rainberry Inc.

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.

SourceStatusResultChecked
Antivirus enginesVirusTotal · 75 enginesCompleteRisk signal: 16 of 61 engines flagged it · 14 gave no result Details for antivirus engines
Sandbox runVirusTotal sandboxesCompleteRuntime behaviour was recorded Details for sandbox run
Contacted hostsMalwareTips URL scannerPartial11 of 31 contacted hosts were cross-checked; coverage is incomplete Details for contacted hosts
Signature rulesYARAify community rules + MalwareTips rulesComplete3 community YARA rules (generic only) · 1 MalwareTips behaviour rule Details for signature rules
Malware sample databaseabuse.ch MalwareBazaarCompleteNot listed
Known-software referenceCIRCL hashlookupCompleteNo match

Engines that flagged it 16

  • DrWeb (major engine)Adware.Downware.20091
  • Fortinet (major engine)Riskware/uTorrent
  • Sophos (major engine)Generic Reputation PUA (PUA)
  • alibabacloudTrojan:Win/UTorrent.E
  • CTXexe.trojan.utorrent
  • DeepInstinctMALICIOUS
  • GoogleDetected
  • K7AntiVirusUnwanted-Program ( 005ce0291 )
8 more in the full engine list

File fingerprint

Last analyzed
Sep 7, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC
SHA-256
e2837e13d80e4602b0c2d711c6d6c17217f4a80c8ff0b33dd90df219f025f3b7
SHA-1
d15d84e371af61b2497d0f825167d8d19caa9ea6
MD5
7b1bcf79461ed67aa315a4e156dc83f7

About this file

utorrent is a Win32 EXE file of 3.9 MB.

Type and size
Win32 EXE · 3.9 MB
Signer
Rainberry IncValid code signature.
First seen
May 11, 2026On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
3,552 distinct sources
Packer
None detected
Entropy
8.00 of 8

First scanned Updated

Chapter 05

Questions & answers

Short answers to the 7 questions people ask most about this file.

Is utorrent safe, or is it malware?
utorrent is rated Suspicious: some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. 16 of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it flag it, some as downware. Don't run it unless you're sure where it came from. If you need the program, download it again from the publisher's own website.
What is utorrent?
utorrent is a Windows program, about 3.9 MB. It carries no version information saying what it is or who made it. VirusTotal first saw it on May 11, 2026.
How many antivirus engines detected utorrent?
16 of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it flag utorrent, including Malwarebytes and Sophos. We weigh which engines flagged it and what else the scan found, not just the count.
I already downloaded and ran utorrent — what should I do?
No infection is confirmed: the rating is a caution, not a malware finding. 1) Check where it came from. If you can't confirm the source, delete it. 2) Run a full scan with your security software. 3) If the scan finds something, follow its removal steps and change passwords you typed on the device since then.
Is utorrent digitally signed?
Yes. utorrent has a valid digital signature from Rainberry Inc, which shows the file hasn't been changed since that publisher signed it. Malware is sometimes signed with stolen certificates, so a signature alone isn't proof of safety.
What is the SHA-256 hash of utorrent?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of utorrent is e2837e13d80e4602b0c2d711c6d6c17217f4a80c8ff0b33dd90df219f025f3b7, and its MD5 is 7b1bcf79461ed67aa315a4e156dc83f7. Two files with the same SHA-256 are identical, so use it to check you have exactly this file, not just one with the same name.
How up to date is this analysis of utorrent?
This report reflects the scan on Sep 7, 2026. A file's fingerprint never changes, but antivirus engines keep learning, so a rating can change later. To get a newer result, scan the file again: we refresh the antivirus results when the saved ones are out of date.
Chapter 06

Community

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