Dr. Cleaner Pro Removal Mac App Store

Dr. Cleaner Pro Removal Mac App Store

Apple has removed almost all popular security apps offered by well-known cyber-security vendor Trend Micro from its official Mac App Store after they were caught stealing users sensitive data without their consent.

The controversial apps in question include Dr Cleaner, Dr Cleaner Pro, Dr Antivirus, Dr Unarchiver, App Uninstall, Dr.

Battery, and Duplicate Finder for Mac computers.

The apps were removed just two days after Apple kicked out another popular Adware Doctor application for collecting and sending browser history data from users Safari, Chrome, and Firefox to a server in China.

This was a one-time data collection, done for security purposes (to analyze whether a user had recently encountered adware or other threats, and thus to improve the product service), Trend Micro argued.

Within 24-hours after the revelation sparked controversy, multiple security researchers found similar issues in almost all macOS security and utility apps offered by Trend Micro.

In a blog post published by Thomas Reed, a researcher with Malwarebytes, also confirmed the data exfiltration by Dr.

Antivirus and Dr.

Cleaner applications.

At the time of writing, Apple has removed all Trend Micro apps (with high user reviews and ratings) from its Mac App Store, except Network Scanner and Dr.

Trend Micro Admitted to the Issue, But Tried to Downplayed It.

We apologize to our community for concern they might have felt and can reassure all that their data is safe and at no point was compromised, Trend Micro said.

We have completed the removal of browser collection features across our consumer products in question.

We have permanently dumped all legacy logs, which were stored on US-based AWS servers, and we believe we identified a core issue which is humbly the result of the use of common code libraries.

Though Apple has already removed the apps in question, users who have already downloaded one of the above-mentioned apps are strongly advised to remove them from their systems as soon as possible.

Dr. Cleaner Pro Mac Removal