GhostTech13 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 So I installed Utorrent a few weeks ago. Yesterday I saw that bittorrent was at the top of my programs list when i went to uninstall utorrent. So i uninstalled utorrent and went to do bittorrent too, but it said i have insufficient permissions to do so. So i figured i would install bittorent since it was probably just a corrupted file that came with utorrent. I installed it and uninstalled it and all was good. Today i turn my computer on to find its still in my programs list even though it wasnt last night when i turned off my computer. Windows Security Essentials says theres nothing wrong, and i cant find any mention of bittorrent in my c or e drives, they are my only drives. I believe its either a virus or trojan of some sort, or you guys need to fix it. P.S. when it says bittorrent is installed even though it isnt, theres no purple icon next to it like it should be, and my internet connection is extremely slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Which programs list are you referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostTech13 Posted January 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 start menu > control panel > programs > programs and features Just restarted and found out every time i restart i have to re-install bittorrent and uninstall it to make it go away and fix my internet, but if i restart again its back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 Then turn off the automatic start on windows start in the BitTorrent preferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostTech13 Posted January 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 No, it isnt installed at all, nothing. Cant turn it off cause it isnt there (i tried).Just keeps reinstalling. Safe mode doesnt even work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 So you can't open BitTorrent up and change the preferences IN bittorrent to stop it from starting at startup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostTech13 Posted January 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 Nope, cant find a program to launch it with. Its technically not installed, yet it says its there. Its very weird and annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 So you can't click on the icon in the notification tray by the clock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostTech13 Posted January 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 There is no tray icon, no installation folder, no start menu thing, no nothing. I cant find it in either of my hard drives, and i dont have any flash drives. The only mention of it at all in the entire computer is in the programs list. And even there there isnt the usual purple icon next the its entry. Just the grey icon of something that was uninstalled manually and hasnt been updated in the programs list. When i go to uninstall it from there it says i have insufficient permissions to do so even though im the only profile on the computer and i have full admin power over everything. I think it might be some sort of spamware or malware or virus or some other type of ware. I just want to be able to restart my computer without it showing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 That sounds like something or someone who had access to your computer is blocking your removal of it. It's not normal behavior for BitTorrent to do that. How are you finding it running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostTech13 Posted January 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 I don't find it running at all, it's just sitting in my programs list at the top.P.S. It ruins my internet speed until i do the temp fix of installing then uninstalling bittorrent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 P.S. It ruins my internet speed until i do the temp fix of installing then uninstalling bittorrentThen install it, disable its automatic startup in preferences and try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostTech13 Posted January 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Did that, didnt work. Pretty sure its a virus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 It's not something we did, I can tell you that right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostTech13 Posted January 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Lol, I never blamed you guys. Was just hoping you might know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostTech13 Posted January 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Well sh*t, I installed regular bittorrent because I actually used it, and didn't uninstall because I thought it might fix the problem.Just turned on my computer and checked the programs list...the unknown version is still there!Now there are two entries, one that has a purple symbol next to it like it's supposed to, and one that doesn't.The one that is supposed to be there is version 7.8.2.30489.And the one that isn't supposed to be there is version 7.8.0.29676.Please do something! I know it isn't your guys fault, but I feel you can at least help a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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