uTorrent Experience Soured by EpicScale Mining Malware

uTorrent (μTorrent) users have been up in arms over the apparent bundling of mining malware that comes with the download of their client.

The malware, called EpicScale, silently mines litecoins in the background, depleting resources, reducing performance and consuming energy.

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uTorrent users reported getting infected with EpicScale without ever having agreed to its installation. BitTorrent reportedly entered into some arrangement with EpicScale in order to generate revenues. Other potential revenue streams for BitTorrent are a paid version with enhanced features, and advertising which can be disabled.

A BitTorrent representative reportedly denied that the malware is downloaded without user consent, saying that users forgot to unclick the "deny offer" option during installation. He further argued, "In the last 24 hours we have received less than a dozen inquiries out of several million offers. That should put things into perspective."

To remove all traces of EpicScale, users should: (1) uninstall the program, (2) expose and delete any hidden program files and (3) delete its records from the registry.