rvail317 Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 Is the author of BitTorrent (Bram Cohen?) aware of the problems when installing BitTorrent 7.9.6 Build 42095 (latest free version + also several recent versions)? Specifically: Avira AV detects "PUA (OpenCandy)/Cloud" and prevents the program installer to properly function. Comment: inclusion of adware in "free" software is considered to be OK/fine, as long as it doesn't halt proper installation, while an active AV program is also present & in operation. Note: this problematic software was downloaded directly from the bittorrent.com web site, so you can't go blaming MajorGeeks.com for the malware. Thanks. P.S. You may want to say: "Just disable real-time AV detection, temporarily". But no, that solution is contrary to any kind of existing "community standard" for Windows software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 My suggestion is to switch to an AV that isn't excessively paranoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvail317 Posted April 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 The Bittorrent program is the ONLY (repeat: ONLY) miscreant software that I've run across that CANNOT install with Avira AV enabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvail317 Posted April 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 8 hours ago, Harold Feit said: My suggestion is to switch to an AV that isn't excessively paranoid. I simply prefer using Avira AV, and have no intention of changing to another AV solution. If the Bittorrent installer process simply offered an option to allow/disallow the "PUA (OpenCandy)/Cloud" feature, then Avira AV wouldn't intervene and halt the installation. It's the "sneakiness" of how "PUA (OpenCandy)/Cloud" is being installed that's the issue. Potential security risk. Suggestion: provide the ability to successfully complete the installation of Bittorrent, even if an AV detection of the "PUA (OpenCandy)/Cloud" (adware installation sub-routine) does occur. Note: Avira AV free version can be downloaded here: http://www.avira.com/ The install process for Avira AV is a 2-step process. The initial "Avira Launcher" is installed first, then within the "Launcher" the AV program itself may then be downloaded and installed. Conclusion: Bittorrent's author may need to find some other adware/revenue stream to accompany his/her (otherwise decent) program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvail317 Posted April 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 Update: a new version of Bittorrent released just today ( BitTorrent 7.9.6 Build 42179 ) now installs okay, without triggering an alert from Avira AV. Includes 2 optional adwares. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvail317 Posted June 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 "PUA (OpenCandy)/Cloud" now being detected once again by Avira AV, in BitTorrent 7.9.7 Build 42331. This version of BitTorrent is date stamped May 3, 2016. Only today: June 29 is Avira now identifying the malware "PUA (OpenCandy)/Cloud", making it unusable. Therefore: please release an updated version without the "PUA (OpenCandy)/Cloud" malware. Note to Harold Feit: no, your earlier suggestion "My suggestion is to switch to an AV that isn't excessively paranoid" is (and always will be) rejected in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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