Exception For Utorrent In Avast Mac

It might be more probable that you downloaded a torrent that had some malware in it. I doubt the guys over at uTorrent would risk putting malware in their binaries:) (unless you downloaded uTorrent from an unofficial source). Although we have used Avast Free Antivirus 2018 screenshots in this article, these steps are also applicable for all Avast Antivirus solutions (i.e. Also for Avast Pro Antivirus, Avast Internet Security, or Avast Premier) running the latest version available.

I was running an Avast scan and I found Malwaregen[trj] in the utorrent section. I never used utorrent. Never. And suddenly this comes up. Does this mean someone was spying on me through a rootkit?

Malwarebytes never showed anything. However, the interesting thing is when I ran malwarebytes, it said 'scanning adware', etc. And in-between, there comes 'scanning trojan'. And it comes up with nothing.

Avast says that it couldn't scan 18 files or something. Is my Macbook hacked? Is someone spying on me?

And by the way, I did install utorrent.

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It might be more probable that you downloaded a torrent that had some malware in it. I doubt the guys over at uTorrent would risk putting malware in their binaries :) (unless you downloaded uTorrent from an unofficial source).

A trojan can be used for spying, but more often than not, unless it is a targeted attack, it usually means other things such as stealing your credentials, stealing files, adding your computer to a botnet to mine bitcoins or click ads etc.

Antiviruses could be wrong. But better safe than sorry. Unless you can eliminate the threat, you might want to consider reinstalling your Mac OS.

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Exception For Utorrent In Avast Mac

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1. Click a group (or vendor name) in the Application column to open the list of applications or processes in that group.
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