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Is this Malware?

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Contributed by: tommmyboy_sf Saturday, February 07 2009 @ 11:58 PM PST

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: 1-6 months

This program, while it works great, installed framework for "esellerate" in both my home library and my system library. If you delete it, it just regenerates the next time you open the program. So I control-clicked on the program icon and choose "package contents" and went in and deleted everything associated with esellerate. The program works the same without so who knows what the hell that thing was doing to my computer. To the developers of this program: if your program isn't malware, here's a clue: it is NOT cool to have it install crap without the users permission. I don't care if it's in your fine print or not. It is not cool.

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No - not malware - OregonRebel

eSellerate is there to allow users to pay the shareware fee.

Next time, before you freak out about an unknown folder or file, try this thing called Google, it's amazing!

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Tuesday, October 13 2009 @ 03:59 AM PDT

Is this Malware? - jerzypapa1

Indeed. I have had that unfortunate inclusion with other programs before. It is entirely unacceptable.

I ended up getting rid of the program entirely, but it makes me wonder what other so called reliable sources have been putting small "extras" into their downloads that have slipped in unnoticed, and are now still there gumming up the works long after the original programs have been deleted.

JG

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Saturday, October 24 2009 @ 07:20 AM PDT