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dfs42
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2012-Nov-7 5:12 pm
uTorrent Spyware/Malwaredoes anyone have utorrent? I have installed a few times and uninstalled it. Today I ran the installation file and as usual my comodo defense detected that "C:\Users\****\AppData\Local\Temp\Bunndle\BunndleOfferManager.dll" must be blocked. Then it tried a clean up and said it failed but I blocked it nonetheless. I checked the log file for this file and I think it was denied access. But I have attached it so you can check. I ran malwarebytes scan the last time and it didn't detect anything.. so what is this and is utorrent unsafe? btw the utorrent installation file and the client itself are shown as safe.. it just drops this spyware or whatever it is in temp folder. |
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EliteKiss My Ass join:2002-10-03 New Haven, CT
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Elite
Member
2012-Nov-7 5:25 pm
uTorrent has really gone down the tubes. The installer tries to get you to install all sorts of crap nowadays. You're probably fine, just as long as you unchecked all that stuff during installation. |
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ZZZZZZZ Premium Member join:2001-05-27 PARADISE |
ZZZZZZZ
Premium Member
2012-Nov-7 5:57 pm
Never saw that dll or anything else .........but I do notice that after closing the program,I actually have to go to the taskmanager and endtask the process as it's still running. Pretty sneaky. |
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siljalineI'm lovin' that double wide Premium Member join:2002-10-12 Montreal, QC |
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sivranVive Vivaldi Premium Member join:2003-09-15 Irving, TX |
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Definitely.
I'd suggest getting a better client, such as Deluge. |
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OZO Premium Member join:2003-01-17 |
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2012-Nov-7 8:13 pm
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From my logs, when installation process starts, it connects to: https://services.bunndle.com/ProductServices/FetchAgentand downloads this DLL: BunndleOfferManager-FA9CFC79-C715-4B98-ADBD-D8A6C2F1801B.dllThen it runs it... In order to prevent that I usually temporary disconnect my computer from the Internet, install uTprrent and close uTorrent. Then I may connect computer back and run uTorrent as normal. BTW, you may block the name services.bunndle.com with local hosts file. I don't think you're going to regret that |
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After installing Win8, and then setting up uTorrent, I noticed all the ads, etc they have added. Upon doing some research I found Deluge, qBitTorrent, and Tixati to be three of the more common alternatives. Anyone have any feedback on them in terms of lightness, ease of use, features, etc... |
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siljalineI'm lovin' that double wide Premium Member join:2002-10-12 Montreal, QC |
I don't run Win 8 and have not heard issues of Torrent client support for that O/S. That said, many apps are struggling for Win 8 Support. » SuperAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes= no windows 8 support?» www.wilderssecurity.com/ ··· t=334626It is well known that uTorrent has added much bloat over the last number of years, unless you are willing to experiment with other Torrent cleints, an older build of uTorrent would probably work. See: » Re: uTorrent Spyware/Malware |
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therube join:2004-11-11 Randallstown, MD |
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From Softpedia: "Users are advised to pay attention while installing this ad-supported application: · Offers to change the homepage for web browsers installed in the system · Offers to change the default search engine for web browsers installed in the system · Offers to download or install software or components (µTorrent Browser Bar) that the program does not require to fully function" » www.softpedia.com/get/In ··· nt.shtml(For the few, rare times that I use torrents, I use the old, single file, utorrent.exe v161.490.) |
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EliteKiss My Ass join:2002-10-03 New Haven, CT Synology RT2600ac TP-Link TC-7650 ARRIS SB8200
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Be weary of older versions of uTorrent, as they may be vulnerable to exploitation.
If you wanna hide the ads in the new version, try this trick.
1. Open uTorrent. 2. Click 'Options' then 'Preferences'. 3. Click 'Advanced'. 4. In the 'Filter' box type 'spon' (without quotes), or scroll down til you find 'sponsored_torrent_offer_enabled'. 5. Double click the text so it changes the value to '*false'. 6. Click 'Ok'. 7. Exit and re-launch uTorrent.
uTorrent may persist in task manager for a few seconds (maybe 30 seconds max?) after exiting it. This is normal behavior for uTorrent. I believe it's due to the program closing file handles and open connections.
Enjoy!! |
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siljalineI'm lovin' that double wide Premium Member join:2002-10-12 Montreal, QC |
said by Elite:Be weary of older versions of uTorrent, as they may be vulnerable to exploitation. Like ? Bloat |
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OZO Premium Member join:2003-01-17
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OZO
Premium Member
2012-Nov-10 5:56 pm
I agree with you. uTorrent becomes more and more bloated. They don't fix old, widely reported problems (and I still see numbers of those in the latest releases). What they do instead, they add more and more "features" somehow benefiting their business. I can't blame them for that, but it makes program bigger and bigger and more dangerous to use...
It becomes like Nero, CD/DVD writing program, that was becoming bigger and bigger over the years. And I'm extremely glad that at some point of time I've recognized that and completely stopped using it. As a result, it saved a lot of my time and computer resources.
I start to see similar tendency with uTorrent too. Not as fast as with Nero, but it's just a beginning... And they start to adhere to the tactic, used by some other software developers, like e.g. Adobe, where each new version creates a new vulnerabilities, that have to be patched soon, making users think that they always must to update to the latest version and do it ASAP. They even don't want to talk about any problems with program, unless you use their latest release. Meanwhile they put new bloat into it...
BTW, the sponsored_torrent_offer_enabled=false option doesn't stop uTorrent from connecting to their tracking servers all the time you launch it... The PeerBlock does. |
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ZZZZZZZ Premium Member join:2001-05-27 PARADISE |
ZZZZZZZ
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2012-Nov-10 6:01 pm
sponsored_torrent_offer_enabled=false isn't even in my version..........3.2? |
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EliteKiss My Ass join:2002-10-03 New Haven, CT |
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In today's version 3.2.2 Build 28500, the option has been renamed to "offers.sponsored_torrent_offer_enabled". You'll need to set it this value to false if you've previously changed "sponsored_torrent_offer_enabled". |
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ZZZZZZZ Premium Member join:2001-05-27 PARADISE |
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This is the only offer filter my version has: |
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EliteKiss My Ass join:2002-10-03 New Haven, CT |
Elite
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2012-Nov-11 2:55 pm
I would ditch that 3.2.1 Beta and go download 3.2.2 Stable off their website. |
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ZZZZZZZ Premium Member join:2001-05-27 PARADISE |
ZZZZZZZ
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2012-Nov-11 7:10 pm
Why,it works great with no tracking? |
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sivran
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2012-Nov-11 10:05 pm
Deluge works great. |
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