Should I remove BitTorrent?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
6% remove it94% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #5,664
United States Rank #6,394
Reach 0.0844%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 14.11 days
416.17 days >
Average installed length: 218.67 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 7.8.2.30182 |
0.06% |
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| 7.8.0.29343 |
0.06% |
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| 7.2.1 |
0.90% |
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| 7.2.0 |
0.66% |
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| 7.1.0 |
0.36% |
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| 7.0.0 |
0.12% |
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| 6.4.0 |
2.22% |
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| 6.3.0 |
0.90% |
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| 6.2.0 |
1.02% |
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| 6.1.2 |
3.25% |
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| 6.1.1 |
0.30% |
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| 6.1.0 |
0.42% |
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| 6.0.3 |
0.78% |
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| 6.0.2 |
0.54% |
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| 6.0.1 |
0.06% |
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| 6.0.0 |
0.90% |
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| 6.0 |
0.36% |
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BitTorrent
What is BitTorrent?
BitTorrent is a desktop application that allows you to work with torrent files.BitTorrent allows you to download files available as torrents, search torrent sites for music, videos, books, software and other free or public domain material. BitTorrent will modify system settings upon installation, making the Application the default application for handling torrent files, if you do not already have an program associated with torrent files.
About (from BitTorrent)
Since BitTorrent is offered by the team who invented the BitTorrent open source protocol, you know you will always have access to the latest and greatest technologies.
Expertly designed for fast downloads. Avoids hogging valuable system resources, runs quietly in the background, and doesn't interfere with your ... Read more
Overview
The most common release is 6.1.2, with over 4% of all installations currently using this version. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The primary executable is named bittorrent.exe. The setup package generally installs about 10 files and is usually about 1000.51 KB (1,024,520 bytes).
Program details
URL: www.bittorrent.com
Help link: www.bittorrent.com/btusers/guides
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\BitTorrent
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\BitTorrent\uninst.exe
Estimated size: 1000.51 KB
Files installed by BitTorrent
| Program executable: | bittorrent.exe |
| Name: | BitTorrent |
| Signed by: | BitTorrent Inc |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\bittorrent\bittorrent.exe |
| MD5: | d0a12ed17be1366cb59845937da3b854 |
Additional files:
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BitTorrentIE.2.dll - BitTorrent ActiveX Control
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BitTorrent-7.2.1.exe - BitTorrent
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npbittorrent.dll - BitTorrent Plugin 1
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btdna.exe - DNA
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uninst.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Google Chrome Plugin
- npbittorrent.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'npbittorrent.dll'.
Scheduled Task
- BitTorrent.exe is scheduled as a task named 'madan' (runs daily at 11:30 PM).
2 Startup Files (User Run)
- bittorrent.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'BitTorrent' and executes as "C:\Program Files\BitTorrent\bittorrent.exe".
- btdna.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'BitTorrent DNA' and executes as "C:\Users\David\Program Files\DNA\btdna.exe".
Startup File (All Users Run)
- bittorrent.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'BITTORRENT' which loads as "C:\Program Files\BitTorrent\BitTorrent.exe".
2 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
- bittorrent.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\BitTorrent\bittorrent.exe'.
- btdna.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\DNA\btdna.exe'.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| bittorrent.exe |
| Memory: | 42.16 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0031793111% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00212245% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00105686% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 629,292,287 | |
| Switches/sec: | 46 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 6.08 MB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 205.88 KB | |
How do I remove BitTorrent?
You can uninstall BitTorrent from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program BitTorrent, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove BitTorrent.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by BitTorrent you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 39%
Win 8 0%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 6%
Keep it 94%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
45.88% |
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| Windows Vista |
24.59% |
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| Windows XP |
16.30% |
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| Windows 10 |
13.17% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.06% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
22.78% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
19.82% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
16.19% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
14.56% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
6.53% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
3.44% |
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Geography
38.87% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
38.87% |
| France |
7.96% |
| Italy |
4.99% |
| United Kingdom |
4.68% |
| Canada |
4.42% |
| India |
3.12% |
| Germany |
2.81% |
| Belgium |
2.39% |
| Netherlands |
2.34% |
| Spain |
2.19% |
| MA |
1.87% |
| Australia |
1.77% |
| Israel |
1.61% |
| Brazil |
1.14% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
28.10% |
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| Dell |
24.04% |
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| Acer |
15.61% |
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| GIGABYTE |
7.80% |
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| Toshiba |
5.83% |
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| ASUS |
5.31% |
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| American Megatrends |
3.43% |
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| Intel |
2.91% |
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| Samsung |
1.87% |
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| Sahara |
1.66% |
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| Compaq |
1.14% |
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| Lenovo |
0.83% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
6.55% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
4.61% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1525 |
3.64% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
3.16% |
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| HP Compaq dc7600 Converti... |
2.91% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite L500 |
2.91% |
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About BitTorrent
BitTorrent is responsible for the continuing development of the peer-to-peer protocol, as well as the continuing development of µTorrent & BitTorrent Mainline, clients for that protocol.
Publisher URL: www.bittorrent.com