Popeye Posted September 18, 2019 ID:1335707 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Are we protected against CookieMiner Malware using Malwarebytes for Mac Premium? https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/featured/cookieminer-malware-targets-macs-steals-passwords-messages-mines-cryptocurrency/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff treed Posted September 18, 2019 Staff ID:1335729 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Yes, CookieMiner is just one of the payloads dropped by DarthMiner: https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2018/12/mac-malware-combines-empyre-backdoor-and-xmrig-miner/ The above article describes DarthMiner being used to drop a cryptocurrency miner, but later on the command and control server began distributing CookieMiner instead. DarthMiner has been detected by Malwarebytes for Mac since December, and the CookieMiner component has been detected since it was discovered in January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alvarnell Posted September 18, 2019 ID:1335742 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Not sure why Graham is just getting around to writing this up today as the original article from Palo Alto Networks upon which it is based was published back in January. Although it's been several months since I checked, as I recall even the free Malwarebytes for Mac detects components that have already been installed, but that probably indicates the user has already been compromised. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popeye Posted September 19, 2019 Author ID:1335775 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Thank you Thomas and alvarnell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssherjj Posted September 19, 2019 ID:1335780 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Thank you @Popeye...Great question and I agree we'd never get this question answered where we would like to get it answered. 🤣 Fast responses here..cool. I need to get Malwarebytes on my Mac like soon!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popeye Posted September 19, 2019 Author ID:1335785 Share Posted September 19, 2019 9 minutes ago, Ssherjj said: Fast responses here..cool. I need to get Malwarebytes on my Mac like soon!! Sherry. You won't be disappointed with Malwarebytes for Mac. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssherjj Posted September 19, 2019 ID:1335793 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Ok @Popeye I will give it a whirl tomorrow. Just wondering if one can run MB with another AV or if you really need too? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popeye Posted September 19, 2019 Author ID:1335797 Share Posted September 19, 2019 30 minutes ago, Ssherjj said: Ok @Popeye I will give it a whirl tomorrow. Just wondering if one can run MB with another AV or if you really need too? https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/240387-malwarebytes-for-mac-enough/?do=findComment&comment=1286403 https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/250791-is-malwarebytes-premium-an-antivirus-program-too/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alvarnell Posted September 19, 2019 ID:1335817 Share Posted September 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Ssherjj said: Ok @Popeye I will give it a whirl tomorrow. Just wondering if one can run MB with another AV or if you really need too? You can normally run another AV if you really want to. There have been a few conflicts in the past, but I believe that’s mostly been taken care of. Still one or two that will refuse to install unless you remove all others, but that’s more of a competition thing than conflict. Just make sure that only one is enabled for real-time / on-access scanning as this can cause conflict as they fight over who get’s to scan new / revised files first. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alvarnell Posted September 19, 2019 ID:1335818 Share Posted September 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Popeye said: Thank you Thomas and alvarnell. You’re more than welcome. Glad I could help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssherjj Posted September 19, 2019 ID:1335829 Share Posted September 19, 2019 5 hours ago, alvarnell said: You can normally run another AV if you really want to. There have been a few conflicts in the past, but I believe that’s mostly been taken care of. Still one or two that will refuse to install unless you remove all others, but that’s more of a competition thing than conflict. Just make sure that only one is enabled for real-time / on-access scanning as this can cause conflict as they fight over who get’s to scan new / revised files first. Thank you so much for your quick response! I will keep this in mind. I believe @Popeyeonly runs Malwarebytes Premium on his Mac? Love the help that I get from you all.😎 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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