![]() ![]() If you give activity_agent your Mac password, you are authorising it to run with administrative powers, as well as to access password-protected personal information such as your Mac Keychain. In fact, the above fake password dialog comes from additional code that’s been compiled into the fake HandBrake distribution: the malware app ends up installed by the innocent-sounding name of activity_agent. app directories) like HandBrake, and both of them ask for your password at install time. pkg files) rather than as self-contained apps (. Nevertheless, it’s easy to fall for a fake password dialog of this sort: both Java and Flash, for example, arrive as installers (. A self-contained app shouldn’t need your system password just so it can download extra or updated components, in the same way your browser doesn’t need your password every time you initiate a download, so avoid entering your password in cases like this. ![]() A decent video player or converter may offer to download additional codecs, for example if you try to watch a video in some unusual format, but be wary of apps that force extra codecs on you at the start.(Codec is a widely-used jargon term meaning coder/decoder.) “Need a codec” is an old trick used by cybercrooks, so be suspicious of prompts like this on that basis alone.The HandBrake needs to install additional codecs prompt should ring alarm bells: The HandBrake app inside the DMG file starts running just as you might expect, but has had extra “secret sauce” compiled into it: Softpedia has both PPC and Intel supported versions of HandBrake up for grabs just behind the link you see below.The malware-infected download looks similar to the real thing when it’s opened: “For those of you still using older hardware, we recommend you stick with 0.9.4.” “Given limited resources and time, it simply isn’t feasible for this project to support minority platforms,” he explains. “Power PC (PPC) is no longer officially supported,” the developer wrote in a forum post. Sadly for PowerPC Mac users, starting with HandBrake 0.9.5 only Intel machines are supported. Also added on the Mac side is VLC detection in /Applications and ~/Applications. On the Mac side only, the program adds a new Audio Panel as well. It adds a peak framerate option (Capped VFR), the ability to edit queue jobs, and Point-to-Point encoding (second or frame start and end times). On the interface front, HandBrake 0.9.5 features an updated x264 Advanced Panel, Batch Scan (scan multiple files at once), while the video quality slider drops % value and only shows RF for x264. The Core Library changes listed by the developer for version 0.9.5 continue with updated libraries (x264, FFMpeg), support for VOBSUB subtitles in MP4 files (Limited Player compatibility), updated Presets for newer devices and better quality, AC3 encoding support, improved DVD Main Feature detection, and universal audio downmix support. In addition to outputting various video and audio formats, which include MP4, MKV, AVI and OGM, the program boasts chapter selection abilities, has basic subtitle support (burned into the picture), an integrated bitrate calculator, picture deinterlacing, cropping and scaling, as well as grayscale encoding. ![]() Available immediately for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows, the new release boasts BluRay disc structure support, SSA subtitle support, compatibility with MP3 audio in MP4 files, and more. ![]() HandBrake, an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, has reached version 0.9.5. ![]()
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