diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/uTorrent/UTorrent.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/uTorrent/UTorrent.cs
index e57d55ebe..446067cd3 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/uTorrent/UTorrent.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/uTorrent/UTorrent.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ using NzbDrone.Core.Localization;
 using NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles.TorrentInfo;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Parser.Model;
 using NzbDrone.Core.RemotePathMappings;
+using NzbDrone.Core.ThingiProvider;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Validation;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.UTorrent
@@ -104,6 +105,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.UTorrent
 
         public override string Name => "uTorrent";
 
+        public override ProviderMessage Message => new (_localizationService.GetLocalizedString("DownloadClientUTorrentProviderMessage"), ProviderMessageType.Warning);
+
         public override IEnumerable<DownloadClientItem> GetItems()
         {
             var torrents = GetTorrents();
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Localization/Core/en.json b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Localization/Core/en.json
index feaa288e9..d2c29ed27 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Localization/Core/en.json
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Localization/Core/en.json
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@
   "DownloadClientStatusCheckSingleClientMessage": "Download clients unavailable due to failures: {downloadClientNames}",
   "DownloadClientTransmissionSettingsDirectoryHelpText": "Optional location to put downloads in, leave blank to use the default Transmission location",
   "DownloadClientTransmissionSettingsUrlBaseHelpText": "Adds a prefix to the {clientName} rpc url, eg {url}, defaults to '{defaultUrl}'",
+  "DownloadClientUTorrentProviderMessage": "Because uTorrent is known for cryptoware, malware and ads we'd suggest switching to a better client like qBittorrent, Deluge or ruTorrent.",
   "DownloadClientUTorrentTorrentStateError": "uTorrent is reporting an error",
   "DownloadClientUnavailable": "Download Client Unavailable",
   "DownloadClientValidationApiKeyIncorrect": "API Key Incorrect",