Global InformationElmedia Player information
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| Developer(s) | Electronic Team, Inc.[1] |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 8.17(3393)
/ November 29, 2023 [2] |
| Operating system | OS X |
| Available in | English, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Spanish and Swedish |
| Type | Media player |
| License | Freeware[3] |
| Website | www |
Elmedia Player is a freemium media player developed by Electronic Team, Inc.[4] Founded in 2000 as an alternative to QuickTime, it is offered for the macOS operation system.[5] According to the company, the software has 1 million users as of August 2017.[6]
Its developer, formerly known as Eltima Software, was founded in 2000 and based in US.[7]
On October 19, 2017, the free version of the media player was reported to have contained a malware trojan due to a security breach.[8] Vice reported that nearly 1,000 users downloaded compromised files.[9] Within a short time, the developers stopped the spread of this malware successfully.
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- ^ Thomson, Iain (2017-10-20). "Malware hidden in vid app is so nasty, victims should wipe their Macs". The Register. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
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- ^ Palmer, Danny (2017-10-20). "Mac OSX Trojan malware spread via compromised software downloads". ZDNet. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ^ Constantin, Lucian (2017-10-20). "Hackers Distribute Malware-Infected Media Player to Hundreds of Mac Users". Vice. Retrieved 2024-03-02.