![]() After allowing access to the home directory, the app proceeded to collect the private data and upload it to their servers (we blocked that with a proxy). Selecting “Scan” launched an open dialog with the home directory selected, this is how the app gets access to a user’s home directory, which it needs in order to collect the history files from browsers. After extracting a zip file with the app, it offered an option to “Quick Clean Junk Files”. We were able to confirm these reports, at least with the Dr. All of this information is collected upon launching the app, which then creates a zip file and uploads it to the developer’s servers. The app will also collect information about other apps installed on the system. Other researchers followed up and found that apps distributed by this “Trend Micro, Inc.” account on the Mac App Store collect and upload the user’s browser history from Safari, Google Chrome and Firefox to their servers. This issue was reported before by a user on the Malwarebytes forum, and in another report. Today, we’re talking specifically about the apps distributed by a developer who claims to be “Trend Micro, Inc.”, which include Dr. It looks like we’re seeing a trend of Mac App Store apps that convince users to give them access to their home directory with some promise such as virus scanning or cleaning up caches, when the true reason behind it is to gather user data – especially browsing history – and upload it to their analytics servers. Or for older OS X versions, grab it here.When you give an app access to your home directory on macOS, even if it’s an app from the Mac App Store, you should think twice about doing it. Best of all, it’s free! MacPaw purchased The Unarchiver in 2017 and have since been adding features, making it look and run slick and have still kept it free. It can open pretty much ANY archive without issues. The Unarchiver is another app you can find on all of my machines, noth Intel and PPC alike. The Unarchiver – Not much to say about this app, apart from “If you don’t have it, you need to get it right now!”. Links to these older versions can be found at the bottom of their site. You can try out CleanMyMac by going here or clicking the banner above.ĬleanMyMacX requires macOS 10.10 or newer.ĬleanMyMac Classic requires macOS 10.4-10.8 Being able to update all my apps from within CleanMyMac (opposed to check each app website/updater for updates) is pure gold as well. Being able to thoroughly uninstall apps is something I put a lot of value in. ![]() They even offer malware scanning now but I have not tested this feature. I use CleanMyMac to clean up my own systems (on PPC it’s very nice to be able to strip out Intel code from applications, leaving more space and smoother running apps for the PPC) and it’s my uninstaller of choice. You need to familiarize yourself with it’s features and know how the macOS works so you can direct it’s power to the right places. The same thing goes for a popular maintenance app called Onyx. CleanMyMac is a very powerful tool however so if you choose to ignore the warnings, you can potentially mess up your system. If certain actions should not be taken, you are warned. If parts of the system should not be messed with, the app warns you not to mess with it. MacPaw has historically always done their homework. ![]() It really has come a long way and I use it often.
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