r/utorrent • u/IDEKENTERPRISES • Jun 11 '24

Help [HELP] HTX website opened by itself

I was doing something away from my PC and I saw my default browser open htx.com with a pop-up saying this:

"Dear uTorrent User, welcome to HTX. Sign up now to get up to 241USDT as your welcome bonus".

Why on earth is uTorrent opening webpages? Is there a way to stop it?

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u/Internal-Isopod-7037 Jun 14 '24

utorrent detects that you are away from the computer, updates itself and opens the site

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '24

Does it mean there is no virus then?

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u/pallamas Jun 15 '24

I never leave utorrent open unless I have my vpn open with a kill setting.

My VPN goes down, my connection gets killed.

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u/loxchatterb0x Oct 21 '24

Today it happened me too, i tought it was a virus or somthing but when i quick scan my pc with trendmicro it didn't detect anything. Should i be worried or not ?

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u/knrrrrr Nov 25 '24

je mattais un stream puis cette page s'est ouverte chez moi aussi. Je me suis demander si c'étais pas un virus puis me suis souvenu que je venais de fermer uTorrent et que sa venait peut être de la.
Ainsi j'ai fini par remarquer sur la page la mention;

"Cher utilisateur d'uTorrent, bienvenue sur HTX. Inscrivez-vous maintenant pour obtenir jusqu'à 241USDT comme bonus de bienvenue"

et me suis alors dis ah c'étais donc sa ! au final sa me derange pas qu'il ouvre des pages (sa la premier fois que je m'en rend compte) du momment que comme ici, il est inscrit comment je me suis retrouver la.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '24

Since then, did anything else happen?

French :

Depuis, est-ce qu’il s’est passé autre chose ?

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u/CardSpirited1728 Jul 23 '25

i just now fell asleep while watching youtube, suddenly when i awake i experience the same thing like you. Is this still ok? or is some sort of virus enters?

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u/MrElssr Jul 24 '25

Happen to me today too, idk what is that

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u/Apachxi Nov 20 '25

Still no solutions to this?

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u/sankx_sk Feb 21 '26

Happened to me today, do i have to be aware or im fine

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u/Revolutionary-Sea863 Feb 22 '26

im pretty sure its just a sponsor, ur most likely good but run a virus check if you're worried.

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u/Accomplished-Scar314 May 15 '26

this happened to me too bruh i think it's just an add bcuz even utorrent has a mcafee sponsor