BitTorrent Blog

blog.bittorrent.com

Read the official BitTorrent blog for product news, release updates, torrenting tips, and stories from the BitTorrent community.

Popular posts: 5
Total points: 626
HN comments: 191
Rank: #2,188 company

Visit blog.bittorrent.com → On Hacker News Oct 2009 – Jul 2018

Networking & Internet 4 Tech Industry & Business 3 Systems & Performance 1 Security & Privacy 1 Crypto & Blockchain 1

Most points Most discussed Most cited Newest

UTorrent.com compromised, malware added to installer

2011100 points37 comments Security & Privacy details

This morning on 9/13/2011 at approximately 4:20 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (UTC -7), the uTorrent.com and BitTorrent.com Web servers were compromised. Our standard Windows software download was replaced with a type of fake antivirus “scareware” program. (UPDATE: See below for removal instructions.) Just…