Jean Fredette wrote:
Is there an off network full offline utorrent installer that isn't a stub?

I tried uTorrent Stable 3.5.5 build 44954 but it's not a full offline exe.
https://www.utorrent.com/downloads/win

Name: uTorrent.exe
Size: 2982880 bytes (2912 KiB)
SHA256: DA42E4D2B88D5DDE8005742E640474BF4E136C85926D65F369 0075F4477547A5


Be still my beating heart.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utorrent

So which side of evil do you think they lean towards ?

Looks like it's mainly an adware/PUPS delivery vehicle.
No wonder it uses a stub loader. We would not want to scan
that with Virustotal or Windows Defender or something, no
siree.

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The comments section gives some recommended clients.

https://www.techsupportalert.com/ins...ithout-toolbar

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http://help.utorrent.com/customer/po...ticles/2054417

"Note that it is not our clients themselves that are flagged
under either category, but occasionally our partner install offers
that are flagged in this "potentially unwanted program" category.
"

Occasionally, which means "always".

Hahaha. The partner you partnered with is evil.
But, you won't stop partnering with them, because
"money is money" after all.

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Is there a Linux client of any sort ? Does it crash ?

A quick check in Linux shows a qbittorrent.

For linux packages kept inside a package manager, generally
the binary comes from a compilation of source code. No tricks
like is possible with Windows delivery mechanisms. If on the
other hand, you got a .ppa version of a torrent client, anything
could be possible (those operate on a "trust" system).

You can run Linux in a VM - except when you're VPNing or whatever,
in which case the networking could be "ugly". A VM could be using
TAP/TUN and bypassing some of the regular Windows interface
points, which can complicate hooking in other comms features.
I think one of my VMs claims to be on another subnet for example,
which means it's doing something a bit different.

If you weren't using a VPN, then a VM might be a simple option.

Note that I don't know a thing about torrenting, and it shows.
Good Luck.

Paul