[4] In 2013, Orbit Downloader was classified as malware by antivirus software after ESET discovered a botnet in the application.

Orbit Downloader supports Internet Explorer, Maxthon, Mozilla Firefox and Opera web browsers.

[5] Also it has begun to display built-in ads inside the program main window and when a dialog of a finished download appears.

[citation needed] On 21 August 2013, the WeLiveSecurity blog, published by the ESET security company, reported that since version 4.1.1.15, Orbit Downloader includes a botnet-like module which performs DDoS attacks without the user's knowledge or permission.

[4][10][11][12][8] Betanews attempted to contact the developers but discovered that their last blog activity had been in 2009 and the Orbit community forum has since been left to a spammer.