If you need another reason not to install adware bloat on your computer, you can add it to the list. It was recently revealed that the latest version of uTorrent secretly installs a cryptocurrency mining software without the permission of the user.
This is true, in addition to being bombarded with ads for Russian brides your CPU can now be secretly recruited to operate the next altcoin XYZ. This development is so shocking, our staff quickly installed the latest version of uTorrent to see for ourselves. The results were surprising ...
Anyone who has installed uTorrent over the past year is familiar with the process. The installer warns against the paid versions, trying to turn you into a fan Beck, then asks if you want to install some adware toolbar that is promoted month.
At no time during the installation the user is never asked or warned against installing a program called EpicScale.exe. For the unsuspecting user, it appears that uTorrent is up and running as normal, right? At the time of this writing, the current uTorrent installer saw no need to inform us that he was actually the installation of this new process:
uTorrent forum administrator were quick to respond yesterday, saying: "We design our software to ensure that partners software downloads do not occur without approval by the user. But considering your report, we also have double checked this particular offer, and we determined that it can not be installed without the permission of the user. "
Unfortunately, this statement is completely wrong. at 06/03/2015 8:00 EST there is no indication or given option during installation that suggests it could refuse the installation of this process. instead, EpicScale.exe is operational instantly when uTorrent launches, it or not liking. We encourage anyone to uTorrent to post screenshots showing the user receives approval.
an epic Fail on an epic scale
Secretly extraction grouping crypto software in hopes of making it to the moon is nothing new. in the end game developer software ESEA 2013 was fined 1 million dollars to secretly install bitcoin mining software on the computers of the players.
Why would anyone not unconsciously devote 20% or more of system resources for an unknown cause? For starters, there is all done without your permission issue. Not to mention that many users noticed riskware EpicScale when the computer started running much slower than normal. This development is not only a major violation or trusted user / privacy, but it could very well affect the performance of your computer.
It is possible that this is a temporary error by the uTorrent developers and until an official statement is released, we can not know the actual cause. Although this is the type of error that will still lead users away from this client and look for open source alternatives
UPDATE :. It seems wrong to many IP addresses based on USA has been fixed, and uTorrent installer now asks if you want to use altcoins. And, uTorrent forum is down.
Bye Bye uTorrent
Let it be known, TorGuard officially advises not to install uTorrent software. The application itself has been in a downward spiral bloating items infused during the past year, and he just hit bottom. Fortunately, there are excellent alternatives such as: flood, Vuze, Transmission and qBittorrent. We strongly suggest to uninstall uTorrent immediately and the transition to a torrent of these customers immediately. If you have uninstalled utorrent, it will not get rid of EpicScale completely- you still need to remove all the contents of this hidden folder: C: ProgramData EpicScale
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