- Mar 14, 2017
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I've been using uTorrent for years and today I launch it and it deletes itself! Windows Defender was moaning so I checked out Event Viewer and this is what it said:
The MS link says:
So I tried adding a folder exclusion for uTorrent but that didn't help.
What is the correct way to install and continue running uTorrent without it getting blocked by WD? If WD is running I can't even download the file!
I'm assuming an AV update in WD has caused it to block uTorrent from today onwards.
Code:
Windows Defender Antivirus has taken action to protect this machine from malware or other potentially unwanted software.
For more information please see the following:
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=37020&name=PUA:Win32/uTorrent&threatid=236126&enterprise=0
Name: PUA:Win32/uTorrent
ID: 236126
Severity: Severe
Category: Potentially Unwanted Software
Path: file:_D:\Sort\Downloads\uTorrent.exe
Detection Origin: Local machine
Detection Type: Concrete
Detection Source: Real-Time Protection
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Process Name: C:\Windows\explorer.exe
Action: Quarantine
Action Status: No additional actions required
Error Code: 0x80508023
Error description: The program could not find the malware and other potentially unwanted software on this device.
Signature Version: AV: 1.255.252.0, AS: 1.255.252.0, NIS: 118.1.0.0
Engine Version: AM: 1.1.14305.0, NIS: 2.1.14202.0
The MS link says:
So I tried adding a folder exclusion for uTorrent but that didn't help.
What is the correct way to install and continue running uTorrent without it getting blocked by WD? If WD is running I can't even download the file!
I'm assuming an AV update in WD has caused it to block uTorrent from today onwards.