Shop shows non-delivery red flags
Official uTorrent site with clean technical signals but long-standing reputation for adware and unwanted software during installation. Several red flags typical of non-delivery shops are present. Don't pay by crypto or wire, and keep the chargeback window in mind.
Is www.utorrent.com legit or a scam?
Official uTorrent site with clean technical signals but long-standing reputation for adware and unwanted software during installation.
These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
Analysis Summary
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →
Visual analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
The website appears to be a legitimate, fully-rendered page for uTorrent, showing professional design standards and standard corporate elements like privacy disclosures.
What our vision model saw
6 signalsProfessional layout consistent with official uTorrent branding
Functional navigation menu including Products, Forum, and Languages
Standard cookie consent and data privacy banner at the bottom
High-quality graphics and UI screenshots of the uTorrent Web product
Prominent 'Free Download' call-to-action button without deceptive urgency
Top banner promoting uTorrent Lite with a 'Get Started' button
Intelligence
The domain www.utorrent.com is 21.7 years old, registered in 2004, and shows zero detections across 92 antivirus engines. The page itself displays professional branding, a clear download button, and no deceptive urgency tactics. However, the evidence package documents repeated user complaints about bundled software such as Web Companion and a 2015 cryptocurrency miner incident that affected many users. Independent sources classify the installer as adware or a potentially unwanted program. The combination of legitimate ownership and persistent installation complaints places this in the suspicious category rather than outright malicious.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for www.utorrent.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Official website for the uTorrent BitTorrent client, owned by BitTorrent Limited (Rainberry, Inc.).
- Historically controversial for bundling a cryptocurrency miner (Epic Scale) in 2015, which led to significant trust issues.
- The software is classified as 'adware' by many security sources due to integrated advertisements and bundled third-party software (PUPs).
- Frequently flagged by antivirus software as a 'Potentially Unwanted Application' (PUA) or 'Potentially Unwanted Program' (PUP).
- Users frequently report the installation of unexpected third-party tools like 'Web Companion' during the setup process.
- Redditopen
"It downloaded an app I didn't expect called 'Web Companion' and changed settings in Firefox... It acted like a virus. :("
- Trustpilotopen
"This software was great.. Till the bitcoin mining crap came out. Now uTorrent uses YOUR system to bitcoin mine."
- Wikipediaopen
"μTorrent became controversial in 2015 when many users unknowingly accepted a default option during installation which also installed a cryptocurrency miner."
- Redditopen
"I have installed it on more than 100 PC's and no problem. You must turn off your anti-virus if you have one before install."
Owned by BitTorrent Limited (formerly BitTorrent Inc., now Rainberry Inc.).
Reddit threads report users receiving unexpected software like Web Companion during installation. an independent review aggregator reviews mention cryptocurrency mining behavior in older versions. Wikipedia documents the 2015 Epic Scale miner controversy that affected many users. One Reddit user reported installing the software on over 100 machines without issues when antivirus was disabled beforehand.
Domain Timeline
- Oct 12, 2004Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 22 years old today.
- Jul 11, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as suspicious
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
www.utorrent.com is an established domain now carrying threat signals. An older domain that starts tripping security checks is a classic pattern for an asset that was sold, repurposed, or compromised — the age alone is not reassurance.
Threat Detection
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
1 of 21 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 21 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Page contains e-commerce copy (cart / checkout / shipping).
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
- Multiple contact / trust-signal red flags on the page.
- E-commerce page with multiple non-delivery red flags (missing real contact info, very young domain, crypto-only checkout, or fake-urgency).
1 of 21 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 21 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Page contains e-commerce copy (cart / checkout / shipping).
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
- Multiple contact / trust-signal red flags on the page.
- E-commerce page with multiple non-delivery red flags (missing real contact info, very young domain, crypto-only checkout, or fake-urgency).
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedContact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
What to do
Fake-shop warning signs
Signals common to non-delivery scam shops were detected on this site.
- Treat www.utorrent.com as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- If you already paid by card or PayPal — start a chargeback
Contact your bank or card issuer and dispute the charge as "goods not received" or "merchant fraud." PayPal users can open a case in the Resolution Centre. Act within 120 days for card chargebacks in most jurisdictions.
- Save every piece of evidence
Screenshots of the checkout, order confirmation emails, any chat transcripts, and the product listing page. Chargeback and fraud reports go faster when you have receipts.
- OpenReport the shop
Report to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov), Action Fraud UK, or your local consumer-protection body. Post the URL on the MalwareTips scam forum so other buyers can find it.
Safer Alternatives
Trying to download software? Use a safe option instead
Downloading software? Get it from the maker's official site or an official app store — "cracked", "modded", or keygen downloads are one of the most reliable ways to install malware.
Search the product name + "official" and check the domain before downloading.
Vetted Windows apps.
Bundles legitimate free apps from their real sources.
Suggestions for safety only — not endorsements. Always verify the address bar before signing in or paying, even on well-known sites.
Final Verdict
The official uTorrent download page for Windows. The domain is 21.7 years old with clean scans, but the software has a documented history of bundling unwanted programs and cryptocurrency miners.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- www.utorrent.com raises serious red flags as a fake shop — we recommend against paying or entering card details. The domain is 21.8 years old through GoDaddy.com, LLC. It may not be an outright scam, but the risk is high enough that you should verify it independently before trusting it with money or data.
- Proceed with caution — www.utorrent.com scores 55/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend verifying it through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- If you've already paid or handed over details on www.utorrent.com, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on www.utorrent.com and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
- Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
- That's the classic pattern of a fake or non-delivery shop. These sites take payment for products that never ship, or send cheap counterfeits, then go quiet and eventually disappear. If you paid by card, contact your bank about a chargeback for "goods not received." Keep your order confirmation and any messages, don't pay extra "customs" or "release" fees they may demand, and report the store so others are warned.
- You can report www.utorrent.com through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
- Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
- No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report www.utorrent.com as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
- No — www.utorrent.com is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
- www.utorrent.com is 21.8 years old, registered on October 12, 2004 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
- Yes — www.utorrent.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Amazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M04, valid for another 250 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
- www.utorrent.com resolves to an IP operated by Amazon.com, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
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