False positive detection- EarnApp

[OfirMeir]

earnapp-setup-1.279.594.exe.zip

Greetings,

 

My name is Ofir and I am the director of security partnerships at Bright Data.

 

I am approaching you today, with the request of removing a "Generic.Malware/Suspicious" detection reported for EarnApp.

Please find in attachment the Install file, that is downloaded from this website:

 https://earnapp.com.

 

 

EarnApp is owned by BrightData, a 350 people company doing over $100MM in annual

revenues. The bandwidth is used by reputable Fortune 500 companies in accordance

with very strict procedures (information is in EarnApp’s FAQ :

 

https://earnapp.com/faq

and procedures detailed here

 

https://brightdata.com/blog/why-brightdata/bright-datas-kyc-helped-pioneer-data-collection-networks)

 

 

We hope this information will allow you to re-evaluate EarnApp and remain at

your disposal for any clarifications if needed.

 

Appreciate your quick response.

 

Sincerely,

 

Ofir Meir | Director of Security Partnerships, Bright Data | Skype: live:.cid.d170945c61f0d08d | +972-52-8522948 |

 https://brightdata.com

 

Edited January 31, 2022 by AdvancedSetup
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[1PW]

Information Only:

VT 21/68

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/7f61a5568ba6d0b1f16f919e4f38cac58e5ed0c8399fa89f2311cf66d283567d/detection

HTH

Edited January 30, 2022 by 1PW

[OfirMeir]

Thanks, I am aware and in contact with some of these vendors. However, Malwarebytes does not appear in this list but still block the app.

[shadowwar]

This file has been whitelisted from heurisitics. We may further investigate this app though. 

[Hogdotmac]

I recommend frameworks like this to be blacklisted. If end users accept the policy it is for the sole reason they did not read. No one in their right mind would agree to this. Informed consent is never possible.

[John_Connor1990]

Oh an Israeli spyware company with ties to the NSO, nothing to see here.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/tech-news/2021-07-01/ty-article/.premium/a-brothers-feud-and-a-trojan-horse-dispute-reveals-webs-dark-side/0000017f-ef87-d8a1-a5ff-ff8fa0180000

Got some of your terrible software off my computer a few days ago--was scraping data FROM MY HARDDISK and sending it to bright data. Pretty sure that's not 'publicly available data'