Administrators Andrew Reid Posted May 18, 2017 Administrators Share Posted May 18, 2017 If you recently downloaded Handbrake Video Encoder, you should check your Mac immediately for viruses and malware. Read the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiodc Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Not to be pedantic but it's a Trojan, not a virus. It doesn't spread to other computers unless you download and manually give it admin permissions. That said it's still bad news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Matthews Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 I'm willing to bet that most mac people had handbrake already, and they would have upgraded via the in-app upgrade which is not affected. If you downloaded it as a clean install, there's a 50% chance you got it. If it were me, I'd wipe the drive, reinstall everything, restore from backed-up data (this depends on how you configured your backup process). Once your system is compromised, there's no going back IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JurijTurnsek Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, John Matthews said: I'm willing to bet that most mac people had handbrake already, and they would have upgraded via the in-app upgrade which is not affected. If you downloaded it as a clean install, there's a 50% chance you got it. If it were me, I'd backup my data, wipe the drive, and reinstall everything. Once your system is compromised, there's no going back IMO. Backup infected files? Your backup must be made before the attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Matthews Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 1 minute ago, JurijTurnsek said: Backup infected files? Your backup must be made before the attack. Edited. Thanks. I don't believe that's how this particular Trojan works though. This is more of the spying type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaylee Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 its always good to know about stuff like this thanks andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arson519 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 say it aint so just installed this yesterday on my pc but i think i downloaded it in april and it was sitting in my download folder since then should i be safe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tupp Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 17 hours ago, arson519 said: say it aint so just installed this yesterday on my pc but i think i downloaded it in april and it was sitting in my download folder since then should i be safe? It's probably okay if you haven't installed it. Plus, they have probably eliminated the problem by the time you downloaded it. Might be good to read the release notes on the version you downloaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Punk Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Looks like VLC and other media players might have an open back door for hackers to exploit :Subtitling systems contain 'widespread' security threat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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