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  <title type="text">MacUpdate Site Compromised - Distributing Malware</title>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[MacUpdate Site Compromised - Distributing Malware]]></title>
    <updated>2018-02-04T22:46:59+00:00</updated>
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      <name>Tony Still</name>
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      <xhtml:div xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">It seems that MacUpdate has been fooled into distributing bad versions of various apps, including Firefox, Onyx and Deeper. Details are <xhtml:a href="https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2018/02/new-mac-cryptominer-distributed-via-a-macupdate-hack/" target="blank">here</xhtml:a><xhtml:br/>
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If you have used them in February then you need to take action as described in the article.<xhtml:br/>
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Remember, it's safest only to to download from either the Apple Mac App Store or the developer's own website (sorry MacUpdate).</xhtml:div>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: MacUpdate Site Compromised - Distributing Malware]]></title>
    <updated>2018-02-05T11:39:24+00:00</updated>
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    <author>
      <name>Douglas Cheney</name>
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      <xhtml:div xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">I downloaded an update for Firefox and when I went to open it the File Vault picture came up and told me to delete the App, which I did  then App Cleaner listed all the files and I deleted them. I went back on Time Machine and reinstalled Fire Fox</xhtml:div>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: MacUpdate Site Compromised - Distributing Malware]]></title>
    <updated>2018-02-05T21:24:26+00:00</updated>
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      <name>Tony Still</name>
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      <xhtml:div xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Well done Doug, nice escape.</xhtml:div>
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