Bitdefender reports ransomware with qbittorrent #7966

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opened 2026-02-21 19:16:14 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 19:16:14 -05:00

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Originally created by @maseren on GitHub (Oct 25, 2018).

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qBittorrent version and Operating System

4.1.3

If on linux, libtorrent and Qt version

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What is the problem

Bitdefender has stopped qbittorrent from continuing stating some ransomware attempts. The files in question are:

fixencoding.py and socks.py

Is this something i should be concerned with? or should i ignore? I have been tempted to re-install qbittorrent from scratch as i have had it NOT close when i say quit, unless i go to process and kill it. It also seems to be increasing my latency at times despite a gigabit connection.

What is the expected behavior

that this doesn't happen maybe?

Steps to reproduce

This is happening everytime i open qbittorrent.

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Originally created by @maseren on GitHub (Oct 25, 2018). **Please provide the following information** ### qBittorrent version and Operating System 4.1.3 ### If on linux, libtorrent and Qt version (type here) ### What is the problem Bitdefender has stopped qbittorrent from continuing stating some ransomware attempts. The files in question are: fixencoding.py and socks.py Is this something i should be concerned with? or should i ignore? I have been tempted to re-install qbittorrent from scratch as i have had it NOT close when i say quit, unless i go to process and kill it. It also seems to be increasing my latency at times despite a gigabit connection. ### What is the expected behavior that this doesn't happen maybe? ### Steps to reproduce This is happening everytime i open qbittorrent. ### Extra info(if any) (type here)

deekerman closed this issue

2026-02-21 19:16:16 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 19:16:18 -05:00

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@FranciscoPombal commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2018):

If you downloaded qBittorrent from official sources there is nothing to be concerned about, it is a false positive.

@glassez @Chocobo1 @sledgehammer999 can't these antivirus flase-positive issue reports be autoclosed? They have been popping up quite a bit lately and they are quite annoying. Antivirus companies are probably getting bankrolled by the MAFIAA to be trigger happy about torrent clients.
Nothing personal, @maseren. Thanks for the report anyway.

@FranciscoPombal commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2018): If you downloaded qBittorrent from official sources there is nothing to be concerned about, it is a false positive. @glassez @Chocobo1 @sledgehammer999 can't these antivirus flase-positive issue reports be autoclosed? They have been popping up quite a bit lately and they are quite annoying. Antivirus companies are probably getting bankrolled by the MAFIAA to be trigger happy about torrent clients. Nothing personal, @maseren. Thanks for the report anyway.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 19:16:18 -05:00

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@Chocobo1 commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2018):

Bitdefender has stopped qbittorrent from continuing stating some ransomware attempts. The files in question are:
fixencoding.py and socks.py

The first file isn't from official qbt (the second is), probably you installed some unofficial search engines, so we can't be sure about that.
You should contact the author who wrote that search engine plugin.

@Chocobo1 commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2018): >Bitdefender has stopped qbittorrent from continuing stating some ransomware attempts. The files in question are: fixencoding.py and socks.py The first file isn't from official qbt (the second is), probably you installed some unofficial search engines, so we can't be sure about that. You should contact the author who wrote that search engine plugin.

deekerman referenced this issue

2026-02-21 21:06:10 -05:00

I know .unwanted folder was meant to be gone, but what's new behaviour supposed to be? #11013