BitTorrent
Peer-to-peer file sharing protocol
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| March 2025 |
Butter Project
The Butter Project's domain registration lapsed, and the domain was taken over by domain squatters. No new commits had been made to the project's GitHub repository.
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| September 2023 |
Free Download Manager
Researchers uncovered the long-running supply chain attack targeting the Free Download Manager project, revealing the Linux malware infection that had been active since 2020.
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| 2022 |
Free Download Manager
The malicious website campaign continued spreading Linux malware that could steal passwords, browsing history, cryptocurrency wallet files, and cloud service credentials.
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| October 16 2021 |
Free Download Manager
Developer Alex announced that Google filed a complaint requesting the YouTube video download functionality be disabled, resulting in the removal of YouTube video downloading capabilities.
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| 2020 |
Free Download Manager
Malicious campaign began where the freedownloadmanager.org website started spreading Linux malware, redirecting users to domains serving a malicious version of the Free Download Manager software.
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| April 25 2020 |
Butter Project
Niv Sardi edited the Butter Project's GitHub repository README, adding a heading indicating the project is seeking maintainers, signaling potential project discontinuation.
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| January 2020 |
Butter Project
The Butter Project's official domain, butterproject.org, was registered by new owners according to the WHOIS registry.
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| August 1 2019 |
ΜTorrent
Announced automatic upgrade to μTorrent web for users upgrading to macOS Catalina due to 64-bit application requirement
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| July 22 2019 |
ΜTorrent
Last version (3.5.5 build 45311 Stable) released for Windows XP
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| 2018 |
ΜTorrent
Advertisements for Yandex Browser and other Yandex-produced software were included in Russian and Ukrainian versions of μTorrent.
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| March 28 2015 |
ΜTorrent
Epic Scale, a cryptocurrency mining program classified as 'riskware', was permanently removed from μTorrent's installation and software bundle partners after allegations of automatic installation.
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| August 2012 |
ΜTorrent
BitTorrent announced the addition of advertising in the free version of μTorrent, which could be individually dismissed by users. Shortly after, the company allowed users to optionally turn off ads.
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| September 2 2010 |
ΜTorrent
Native Linux version of μTorrent Server released, targeting users seeking a fast command-line interface BitTorrent client with remote web-based management
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| April 15 2010 |
Free Download Manager
Starting with version 3.0.852, the source code was made available in the project's Subversion repository instead of being included with the binary package.
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