BitTorrent Inc - 3% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from BitTorrent Inc? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Win32.Application.OpenCandy.G and W32.Application.Opencandy!c. The detection rate for the BitTorrent Inc files collected here is 3%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see BitTorrent Inc when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the digital signature details for BitTorrent Inc with the following procedure:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the BitTorrent Inc file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by BitTorrent Inc:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by BitTorrent Inc and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can examine all the details of the certificate, such as when it was issued, who issued the certificate, how long it is valid, and so on. You can also view the address for BitTorrent Inc, such as the street name, city and country.
Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA has issued the BitTorrent Inc certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
BitTorrent Inc Files
These are the BitTorrent Inc files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the BitTorrent Inc files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| APEX | Malicious |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Conduit (fs) |
| Ad-Aware | Application.Generic.1134855 |
| AegisLab | W32.Application.Opencandy!c, Troj.W32.Buzus.l6ut, W32.Application.Opencandy|2|103!c, W32.Sality |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric, Trojan/Win32.Agent, Trojan[FakeAV]/Win32.Agent, Virus/Win32.Slugin, Trojan/Win32.Patched, GrayWare/Win32.uTorrent |
| Bkav | W32.Cloddd8.Trojan.a9a1, W32.Cloddfe.Trojan.c182 |
| CAT-QuickHeal | Worm.Neshta, Trojan.Utorrent |
| ClamAV | Win.Virus.Pioneer-6622830-0, Win.Virus.Sality-6725368-0 |
| CrowdStrike | win/malicious_confidence_80% (D), win/malicious_confidence_60% (D) |
| Cylance | Unsafe |
| Cyren | W32/Trojan.LRFM-2261, W32/Application.BKKL-2023, W32/Application.OJIS-3701, W32/FusionCoreInstall.A.gen!Eldorado, W32/uTorrent.A.gen!Eldorado, W32/Application.NBYY-9254, W32/uTorrent.B.gen!Eldorado |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/uTorrent.D potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/Bunndle, a variant of Win32/uTorrent.E potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/OpenCandy.A potentially unsafe, a variant of Win32/uTorrent.C potentially unwanted |
| Endgame | malicious (moderate confidence) |
| F-Prot | W32/A-84082e81!Eldorado, W32/FusionCoreInstall.A.gen!Eldorado |
| FireEye | Generic.mg.4939d280485bdc0a |
| Fortinet | Riskware/Conduit, Adware/AdkDLLWrapper, Riskware/uTorrent.E6A1, Riskware/BitTorrent.PUP, Riskware/OpenCandy, Riskware/Generic_PUA_EF |
| GData | Win32.Application.OpenCandy.G, Win32.Application.OpenCandy.R, Win32.Application.OpenCandy.F, Application.Generic.1134855 |
| Ikarus | PUA.OpenCandy, PUA.Conduit |
| Invincea | heuristic, virus.win32.sality.at |
| Jiangmin | AdWare.Hpdefender.z, Trojan/Generic.June.b, Trojan/Agent.kkat, Trojan/Agent.kebq, AdWare.ELEX.ug, AdWare.ELEX.qh, TrojanDownloader.Alien.al, Trojan.Generic.hetdl |
| K7AntiVirus | Riskware ( 0049c6851 ), Adware ( 0057d7a31 ) |
| K7GW | Riskware ( 0049c6851 ), Adware ( 0057d7a31 ) |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.DLSponsor.tc |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Application.Generic.1134855 |
| Microsoft | PUA:Win32/uTorrent, PUA:Win32/Presenoker |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.IframeExec.ebbbs, Trojan.Win32.Swrort.dgpxcf |
| Rising | PUA.Conduit!8.122 (CLOUD), Malware.Undefined!8.C (cloud:ZSmCf3d6S6U) , Trojan.Zpevdo!8.F912 (RDM+:cmRtazoHS2usE0XeCQ7frC5R3Osz), PUA.uTorrent!8.F60A (CLOUD) |
| SentinelOne | Static AI - Malicious PE, static engine - malicious |
| Sophos | Generic PUA EF (PUA) |
| Symantec | PUA.OpenCandy, PUA.InstallCore |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_FORUCON.BMC, ADW_OPENCANDY |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0701, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0127, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0113, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0512, TROJ_FORUCON.BMC, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0213, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0214, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0913, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0327, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0403, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0505, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0321, ADW_OPENCANDY, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0324, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0318 |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Conduit (fs) |
| ViRobot | Adware.Agent.1959424[h] |
| Zillya | Adware.SmartInstaller.Win32.1209, Trojan.Agent.Win32.1646298, Trojan.Genome.Win32.105088 |
| eGambit | Generic.Trojan |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 14371 scan results for the BitTorrent Inc files. 389 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 0cf35369a9710762c36f6805fc9e45d6
- 5732c1574e6af828e1b4f93abb34ed08
- 59123d60d39e60127d6b456a62c9deac
- 36bc30562a650afaa5ad101ecd643ab4
- 6f13bcd50963d2f309439e37fd459c7c
- 68f0d3ae62d911b2b5843d297c166380