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UnarchiverвЂќ, which as of 9 September was rated the twelfth most popular free app in the U.S. Since the discovery was made public, it has come to light that there are a number of other apps in the Mac App store exhibiting similar behavior вЂ“ including вЂњDr. Privacy 1st claims that he privately informed Apple of the problem concerning Adware Doctor and two other apps on August 12th, but it appears that no action was taken until he and Wardle published their findings on Friday last week. And to make matters even worse, the history.zip file was вЂprotectedвЂ™ with the trivial password вЂњwebtoolвЂќ (hardcoded in plaintext). Monitoring network activity, the researchers were able to show that the app created a file called вЂњhistory.zipвЂќ and sent it to a server based in China. Not only could an unauthorized party now keep track of which websites you had visited in the past and what you had been reading they also knew what programs you had running on your Mac computer.ДЄdware DoctorвЂ™s suspicious behavior was uncovered after an investigation conducted by security researchers (who made a video demonstrating the appвЂ™s behind-the-scenes behaviour) and Patrick Wardle.

#The unarchiver vs dr unarchiver software#

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The data exfiltrated from usersвЂ™ computers included: What users did not know, however, was that the app had skirted around macOSвЂ™s sandboxing features and was silently exfiltrating data to servers based in China, therebyviolating the App StoreвЂ™s вЂњData Collection and StorageвЂќ guidelines.

#The unarchiver vs dr unarchiver archive#

4) Keka does everything Unarchiver can do, with no RAR errors, and handles more formats, plus Keka can also ARCHIVE and unarchive, while Unarchiver can only unarchive, so why keep two apps? 5) the company has caught on that some users are uncomfortable with their reputation, so they created a website just for Unarchiver () rather than directing users to, thinking this will help mask the fact that it is MacPaw behind the curtain.Apple has removed вЂњAdware DoctorвЂќ from the macOS App Store amid claims that the program was uploading browser histories to China.ДЄdware Doctor, which sold for $4.99 and was listed last week among the highest grossing apps in the вЂњPaid UtilitiesвЂќ category of the macOS App Store, promised it would вЂњkeep your Mac safeвЂќ, вЂњget rid of annoying pop-up adsвЂќ and вЂњdiscover and remove threats on your Mac.вЂќ

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3) source code is no longer open source ostensibly to hide what calls home are doing and sending.

2) SENTRY is integrated into Unarchiver, supposedly according to dev to allow for 'crash reports' to be sent back to fix bugs but Little Snitch shows this app 'phones home' regularly, even when there has been no errors.why? What info is being sent? See #1 above and add 1 + 1, regards companys' reputation etc. MacPaw is the same company that makes CleanMyMac X and CleanMyPC.products and company that have questionable reputation. Here's why: 1) App is now owned by MacPaw acquired from the original developer. I have removed this app from my Mac, despite at one time having used it for years.