Chrome attempting to block uTorrent download
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 07/20/2014 05:55 AM
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Google is attempting to block the download of uTorrent. The search giant has allegedly placed the uTorrent installation executable on its naughty list for Google Chrome.
If you try to download it, you will get a warning that the uTorrent.exe file is "malicious" and that Chrome had "blocked it" from being able to be downloaded. You can elect to recover the download but will then get a second warning from Google: "This file will harm your computer. Even if you have downloaded files from this website before, the website may have been hacked. Instead of recovering this file you can retry the download later."
user sneakily1, in a comment on TorrentFreak's article, writes: "I recently had to download and reinstall uTorrent after my SD died, and I assume google is doing this is because lately uTorrent has been packing some stupid web search malware. I can't remember the exact name, and your antivirus won't detect it... but it's candy something and websearch both included in recent downloads of the client. I noticed it when I was installing and opted out, but I would assume that's why the program has been flagged by Google recently. A quick run of Antimalware gets rid of the annoyance, and utorrent works just fine after it's gone."
If you try to download it, you will get a warning that the uTorrent.exe file is "malicious" and that Chrome had "blocked it" from being able to be downloaded. You can elect to recover the download but will then get a second warning from Google: "This file will harm your computer. Even if you have downloaded files from this website before, the website may have been hacked. Instead of recovering this file you can retry the download later."
user sneakily1, in a comment on TorrentFreak's article, writes: "I recently had to download and reinstall uTorrent after my SD died, and I assume google is doing this is because lately uTorrent has been packing some stupid web search malware. I can't remember the exact name, and your antivirus won't detect it... but it's candy something and websearch both included in recent downloads of the client. I noticed it when I was installing and opted out, but I would assume that's why the program has been flagged by Google recently. A quick run of Antimalware gets rid of the annoyance, and utorrent works just fine after it's gone."
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