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Cox Orange

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From May 2nd to 6th Handbrake spread malware with their updates, a trojan. Read more https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ng-after-mirror-download-server-hack.2044676/
article https://www.macrumors.com/2017/05/07/handbrake-app-security-warning-servers-hacked/

How to remove https://forum.handbrake.fr/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=36364

German descriprtion on how to delete it, for those who have a hard time understanding technical english https://www.mactechnews.de/news/art...ftware-so-entfernt-man-sie-wieder-166896.html
Other languages please post.

Also recommended to use the app malwarebytes from the app store (or maybe avira antivir) for once to search for the malware.


While we are at it... malware attack using antiquated Mac OS code https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2017/01/new-mac-backdoor-using-antiquated-code/
 
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