Deceiving domain - unpollutemymac.com
Unpollutemymac.com is an official website of Unpollute My Mac, where the application can be downloaded from. The program is advertised as a tool that can protect users' privacy and delete all the traces related to adult-oriented websites on Mac computers. Unpollute My Mac is considered to be an unreliable tool that shows fake scan results in order to make users buy its full version - they are deliberately misled to believe that their computers are under threat, regardless of the true state of security.
The application that is available at Unpollutemymac.com is also detected by multiple AV vendors as follows:
- Riskware.Mac.GT32SupportGeeks.eojdgp
- PUA.MacOS.AMCleaner.AB
- Osx.Malware.Agent-6877271-0
- Application.MAC.AMCleaner.BF
- Program.Mac.Unwanted.AMC.131
- MacOS:AMC-AG [PUP]
- A Variant Of OSX/GT32SupportGeeks.G Potentia, etc.
Additionally, Unpollute My Mac may incorporate persistence techniques (such as spawning background processes like Ummhlpr) that would complicate its termination from the device and disturb users with pop-ups that ask them to buy a full version of the app to allegedly delete fake entries.
| Name | Unpollutemymac.com |
| Aim | Unpollutemymac.com is an official website that is used by Unpollute My Mac developers to distribute the software - users can download a trial version or buy a full licence. However, the link to buy a licence is not functional, although users are prompted to buy full version after they download and install the app |
| Claims | The application is presented as a useful tool that can delete all the traces of intentionally or unintentionally visited porn sites and protect users' privacy |
| Detection | umm_ummsite.pkg is detected by 19 security vendors on Virus Total (23/10/2019) |
unpollutemymac.com violations
2CR-015: Unpollutemymac.com offers to download umm_ummsite.pkg which is detected by 19 AV vendors
