macOS
Las Vegas, Nevada – How many companies are tracking where you go online right now? Answering that question isn’t easy, but one thing is sure: it’s not a small number, and it’s growing! From third-party advertisers to social media giants, tracking users is common-place across the web.
With headlines about major security breaches and privacy failures appearing with increasing frequency, Mac users can be left wondering: what can I do about this? It starts with protecting one’s private browsing data and eliminating troublesome tracking cookies. To help users …
December 4, 2018 •
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Press Release
Las Vegas, Nevada — Concern for personal privacy in the digital world is at an all-time high, and with prominent stories about data breaches and leaks on the rise, users are right to want to take better control of their data. However, Mac users today must often engage in a battle with their own web browsers to maintain their privacy.
To help win that fight, SecureMac has released the latest update to PrivacyScan, version 1.9.4. This refresh brings important bug fixes to the software for improved usability and navigation. …
March 23, 2018 •
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PrivacyScan
Las Vegas, Nevada, April 6, 2017 — Spring is here, and that means spring cleaning for many. To aid users in controlling their digital footprint and managing disk space, SecureMac has announced its newest update to PrivacyScan with version 1.9.3. This update to the award-winning application, designed to safeguard user privacy, delivers priority bug fixes along with several other improvements. User interface refinements yield simple and efficient operation easy for both beginners and advanced users. PrivacyScan 1.9.3 also provides enhanced cleaning for Google Chrome users, securely and efficiently removing private …
April 6, 2017 •
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Press Release
Las Vegas, Nevada, 20 March 2017 — SecureMac has announced the release of PrivacyScan 1.9.2, the latest version of its award-winning software designed to protect user privacy. The incremental update provides a more refined user experience while also addressing minor bugs. PrivacyScan 1.9.2 adds support to clean additional Firefox and Safari data locations, ensuring removal of personal information left behind after browsing the web. Meanwhile, users can enjoy interface refinements and ease-of-use improvements for even easier operation.
What PrivacyScan does for users
PrivacyScan plays a dual role: freeing up valuable disk …
March 20, 2017 •
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MacScan
Las Vegas, NV, June 28, 2016 – SecureMac, one of the key contributors in the Mac security world, today announced the launch of its Affiliate Partner Program in conjunction with FastSpring. The new program allows qualified affiliates the opportunity to partner with SecureMac and earn generous affiliate commissions on sales of its award-winning products, PrivacyScan and MacScan 3, sold through SecureMac.com including the single and family pack options. The FastSpring affiliate program is powered by Impact Radius and is easy to join and incredibly simple to implement and manage.
June 28, 2016 •
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Press Release
Las Vegas, Nevada – SecureMac is proud to announce the new release of PrivacyScan 1.8, offering privacy protection for Mac users. The latest version of the critically acclaimed personal privacy application is designed specifically for Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, updating features to securely wipe digital footprints left after using the computer and accessing the Internet. In this latest release, PrivacyScan is optimized for Apple’s latest operating system offering up-to-date cleaning protection for the latest apps.
“Apple is increasingly becoming a target for hackers. The idea that an operating system …
October 7, 2015 •
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Press Release
SecureMac has released a new version of their award winning PrivacyScan app, adding full privacy features and support for Apple’s new operating system Yosemite. It is available for download immediately from the Mac App Store and has a demo available at http://privacyscan.securemac.com/.
SecureMac has released a new version of their award winning privacy app, PrivacyScan 1.7. The latest version of the personal privacy application is optimized to work with Apple’s latest operating system Yosemite, adding features to securely wipe digital footprints left after using the computer and accessing the Internet. In …
October 29, 2014 •
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Press Release
SecureMac has released PrivacyScan 1.6, the latest in privacy protection for Macs. It is available for download immediately from the Mac App Store and has a demo available at SecureMac.com.
SecureMac has released a new version of their award winning privacy app, PrivacyScan 1.6. The latest version of the personal privacy application is designed specifically for Mac OS X, adding features to securely wipe digital footprints left after using the computer and accessing the Internet. In this latest release, PrivacyScan adds improved compatibility with future versions of Mac OS X and …
September 11, 2014 •
3 min read
MacScan
Malware: OSX/CoinThief.A
Date Discovered: February 9th, 2014
Updated: February 13, 2014
Added: Feb 13th 2014: Wednesday evening, Apple updated XProtect to defend against the two known variants of OSX/CoinThief.
SecureMac has more information on how the CoinThief malware is initially installed on infected systems, with steps it takes to disguise its behavior:
The malware is taking the place of the main binary in the trojanized versions of Bitcoin Ticker TTM and Litecoin Ticker, and is set up to run as an agent with a setting for LSUIElement in the Info.plist file. This makes it so …
February 9, 2014 •
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Press Release
SecureMac has released PrivacyScan 1.5, offering privacy protection for Mac users. The latest version of the critically acclaimed personal privacy application is designed specifically for Mac OS X, adding features to securely wipe digital footprints left after using the computer and accessing the Internet. In this latest release, PrivacyScan will notify Google Chrome and Chromium users when their browser is configured to sync with Google’s servers, which can restore erased data. PrivacyScan will also add the capability to clean open windows in many popular apps.
PrivacyScan has added alerts to notify …
January 11, 2014 •
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Press Release
SecureMac has announced the release of PrivacyScan 1.4. The latest version of its critically acclaimed personal privacy application is designed specifically for Mac OS X Mavericks, adding features to securely wipe digital footprints left behind after using the computer and accessing the Internet. Because this latest release is engineered for Apple’s latest operating system (Mac OS X 10.9), it can adapt to the new technology to ensure advanced security by seeking and destroying privacy threats attempting exploit the latest Mac OS version.
In an interview, CEO Nicholas Raba stated:
“Online privacy is …
November 15, 2013 •
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Press Release
SecureMac has released an update to PrivacyScan that includes new support for Opera 15 and the Chromium web browser, bug fixes, an improved user interface, reduction in price and a 15-day free trial. PrivacyScan is available for a limited time for 7.99 from the Mac App Store and direct from the PrivacyScan site. This is a free update for existing PrivacyScan users — please see upgrade instructions for Mac App Store purchases and SecureMac purchases.
July 26, 2013 •
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