Name: EasyDoc Converter
Rating: 0.5 (2 reviews)

18 August 2016

If you distributed something you need to take responsibility both now and into the future. Anyone seeking " EasyDoc Converter" from this site needs to know up front that it was backdoor malware. It was not discontinued as you claim and publicize. It was backdoor malware and you need to put this is your heading.

Version 1.2

Why is you sub title banner for this application: “EasyDoc Converter has been discontinued” and not a bold red “EasyDoc Converter has been confirmed as MALWARE”? Because it has been. Confirmed as MALWARE. And people need to know this when they search for it. Zero stars for Macupdate.

Version 1.2

J-Mueller-MacUpdate

06 July 2016

This listing was disabled by MacUpdate staff a few minutes after it was reported as being malware.

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Version 1.2

4 answer(s)

AlVarnell

07 July 2016

I have no reason to doubt that, but when I posted my comment last night there was still a "Previously available here" live link on the page which would download the malware from that site. I see it has finally been removed.

J-Mueller-MacUpdate

07 July 2016

We posted the "previous" download link in the Related Links to allow people who knew it was malware a chance to download it, scan it and get to know it. The more anti-virus people out there that have access to this type of file, the better for everyone. It was removed a bit later today as we felt we gave it enough time in the related links section to get noticed by the pros who wanted to check it out.

When you visited last night, you would have noticed that we did remove it as a normal "Download Now" link on the site.

TheSafeMac

07 July 2016

In the future, people who have a legitimate need to get their hands on a malware sample should be able to obtain it from VirusTotal. It's generally not a good idea to leave samples where the general public can access them, for a number of reasons.

J-Mueller-MacUpdate

07 July 2016

Thanks for the tip!

macuserbob

06 July 2016

Is this the app that's been identified as malware at http://www.cultofmac.com/436670/dangerous-new-mac-malware-fully-compromises-os-x/

Version 1.2

1 answer(s)

AlVarnell

06 July 2016

Yes. See Comment below.

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TheSafeMac

05 July 2016

This is malware: OSX.Backdoor.Eleanor

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Version 1.2

5 answer(s)

Dvsjr

06 July 2016

what did you use to discover this?

TheSafeMac

06 July 2016

Bitdefender published a blog post about it yesterday, and I downloaded the app here and found it exhibited the same behavior.

J-Mueller-MacUpdate

07 July 2016

The link here was the same as the developer link -- as it was hosted on the developer's servers. MacUpdate removed the main link within 2-minutes after it being reported as new malware.

Dvsjr

07 July 2016

Reported malware to the hosting company and the site is deactivated. The link was up last night and only stopped working once I reported the malware to his ISP. As of this morning it was still a link but went to the deactivated page. Macupdate site is really disappointing.

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LS7160

08 July 2016

Indeed. A backdoor danger.
BEWARE.

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