![]() ![]() Constantly sends and receives data from the network, connects to multiple IP addressesĦ. It doesn't need that, there are ways around it, but it explicitly refuses to run if not given root accessĥ. No Linux distro packs it in its repo, one needs to manually download it with a browser to install it (something that should never be done on Linux)Ĥ. Closed source and contrary to the spirit of MuseScoreģ. Malware scanners on Windows report it as malwareĢ. Reasons why I suspect MuseHub might be malware:ġ. I'm sorry, there are just too many red flags to ignore. If you want to be really safe, reinstall your operation system. And hope and pray it has left no backdoors. I advise everybody who has MuseHub running to uninstall it immediately, and then to verify that it is indeed gone. And money would not be a problem with this kind of payoff. A determined attacker with enough resources can get in almost everywhere. A would-be attacker could hack the MuseHub server. Note that it is not necessary to suspect the MuseHub company. MuseHub is a dream opportunity for whoever is in that business. How many users would grudgingly pay to have their files restored? One in ten? One in hundred? Think of the numbers involved. Millions of computers would be infected overnight. Thanks to bittorrent, distribution of that version would be lightning fast. Thanks to unchecked installation that malware would be silently installed on all computers receiving a copy. Let's say it's a ransomware, that encrypts all files on your computer and asks you to donate, say, $300 to get the decryption key. Assume someone manages to replace the mother copy of MuseHub on the MuseHub server with a version that does contain malware. ![]() Let me just sketch one scenario, entirely possible. And the risk of its bittorrent function being hacked, a real risk that others have already pointed out, is not even the greatest danger. MuseHub is just as dangerous as if it were malware. They may very well act in good faith.īut that is not the point. Nor do we know the intentions of the team. There is no need to assume at this moment that MuseHub is malware - there is no indication that it is, nor that it isn't. Whoever claims that MuseHub is not dangerous must be incredibly naive. I am very worried about this and the future of MuseScore.Ībsolutely. In what alternate reality does that make any sense? If this is not Defective-By-Design, what is? And you're incentivised into using this software (which would in any other circumstance rightly be described as malware) by getting a shiny present like MuseSounds: "oh no, you can't download this soundfont unless you give full control of your system to our proprietary updater". Having such "update" software closed source and running with root privileges is a huge red flag. But this means less control for the software proprietors. We have package managers that do that for us. The whole concept of software checking for updates is absurd to any Linux user. It may be overly cynical of me to point this out, but it really looks like a way to circumvent GNU GPL. MuseScore is slowly becoming proprietary software, through the introduction of third-party proprietary tools that "solve" problems introduced by regressions in MuseScore. Click on the Start button and select Control PanelI definitely see it as a problem.You may use the guides posted in the FAQ's here or ask and we'll explain how to do it. Now setup any file exclusions as may be required in your Anti-Virus/Internet-Security/Firewall applications and restart your Anti-Virus/Internet-Security applications. Restart the computer again and verify that MBAM is in the task tray if using the Pro version. Then go to the UPDATE tab if not done during installation and check for updates. Launch the program and set the Protection and Registration.Note: You will need to reactivate the program using the license you were sent via email if using the Pro version.After the computer restarts, temporarily disable your Anti-Virus and install the latest version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from here.It will ask to restart your computer, please allow it to do so very important.Download and run mbam-clean.exe from here.Click on Start and select Control Panel.If none of that explains or fixes the issue then please do the following to see if it corrects it: If none of that solves the problem then it's possible you're using some sort of proxy within your internet browser (Opera Turbo is one of these), in which case the Website Blocking component won't work with your internet browser. When you right-click on the red Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware tray icon next to your clock, is there a check mark next to Website Blocking? If there isn't, then check that option and to enable it to run at startup, open Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and click on the Protection tab and make sure that Start malicious website blocking when protection module starts. ![]()
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