


They even made it onto MacUpdate before being discovered and pulled by Micah and crew.Īnyway, always be careful but these folks have acquired a reputation in some quarters that does not reflect the good quality of their products. They just take your money and you get a program with a nice icon that doesn't do anything. Additionally, there are a variety of unscrupulous companies operating in this space, one of which is the infamous "XMac." video utility vendor-they make software that simply does nothing at all. I think this company (conglomerate?) suffers from being Chinese and having no knowledge of western marketing practices whatsoever. Notably, the iTube Studio app is frequently updated to support users who need to contend with YouTube's constantly changing API's. I actually own Aimersoft's "Aimersoft Video Converter" and iSkysoft's "iSkysoft iTube Studio" and have found them both to be excellent apps. This app is another one from the group that includes Aimersoft and iSkysoft. Some will even launch even if your application(s) is removed and sending data back you. There are lot's of more files around the users library that comes from you. And following the ”directions” for uninstalling on your site is only the half of it. Using uninstallers would only find some of the stuff. And how to uninstall them if the user want's to. Also INFORM users that you are installing and launching things that the users don't know about. Don't use vunerable Services, don't install stuff in outside the App bundle, specially stuff that is not needed for the main App, or could be an option if user chooses to use Browser extensions or the Media Downloader (however, on most of the blacklists i seen, your browser extensions is blocked or flagged). Most common is: ”wondershare-video*something/XPCWiFi…tried to hijack… ).ĭisabling this will also result in that the main app will not launch or will cause a writing so much errors that your computer will get slower and slower. So if you remove it or change the permissions, the main app will not launch.įurthermore, upon start, it will spawn XPC Services (dynamically linked to the Media importer) from within the app bundle that has a rpath vulnerability (and will also fill your console/logs with tons of errors. Also it is dynamically linked to the Main binary. That one will be activated when using the ”Download Video” functionality is used and install browser extensions (that are using pretty bad practises). Also, it will install ”MediaKIT” into the User Library silently.


If deleted, it will install itself again (the binary is inside the. A app that does nothing for the application (except calling home on computer usage and launching services). Wondershare could also give information about installing a ”Wondershare Compact Helper.app” into the User directory silently.
