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Sejda free PDF editor contains hidden coinminer! by Cliff Pennock

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Report this Post01-17-2018 04:43 AM

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I was looking for a freeware PDF editor on the internet and found Sejda PDF Desktop. A quick search on Google didn't turn up any red flags so I thought it was safe to download and install. Shortly after installation, my virus scanner started giving me warnings that the program c:\windows\system32\mfilter.exe was behaving suspiciously which could be an indication of malware. So I ran the file through the online virus scanner at https://virusscan.jotti.org/ and it came up with this:

I couldn't find anything on the internet about this, so I thought I'd post it here so there's at least one mention of it somewhere.

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Report this Post01-17-2018 04:46 AM

Oh in fact, I just searched for Trojan.CoinMiner.G and apparently it's a trojan that downloads and installs other malware!

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Report this Post01-17-2018 05:11 AM

Nothing is free!

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Report this Post01-17-2018 06:13 AM

NitroPDF
It isn't free, but don't you design software for a living? A crack can be found online. I sent you a PM about a forum bug.

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Originally posted by Stubby79:

Nothing is free!

Yep,

When the “thing” is free, YOU’RE the product!

Thanks for the head’s up, Cliff!

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Report this Post01-17-2018 08:10 PM

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Originally posted by ls3mach:

NitroPDF
It isn't free, but don't you design software for a living? A crack can be found online. I sent you a PM about a forum bug.

There's a forum bug???

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Report this Post01-17-2018 09:11 PM

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Originally posted by blackrams:

There's a forum bug???

Rams

Aside the coding when posting from a mobile phone on a message with any kind of length?

Yeah. Post wasn't updating properly. I took a screen grab and sent a PM weeks ago. Sno-dilly to me, just figured I'd give him a heads up. It's ages behind the standard UBB forums coding, butt I think he loses a ton on this site, so I'd abandon it too. I mean he's got a wud and kids.

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