<s>
Genieo	B-Application
Innovation	O
is	O
an	O
Israeli	O
company	O
,	O
specializing	O
in	O
unwanted	B-Application
software	I-Application
which	O
includes	O
advertising	O
and	O
user	O
tracking	O
software	O
,	O
commonly	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
potentially	B-Application
unwanted	I-Application
program	I-Application
,	O
adware	O
,	O
privacy-invasive	O
software	O
,	O
grayware	O
,	O
or	O
malware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
best	O
known	O
for	O
Genieo	B-Application
,	O
an	O
application	O
of	O
this	O
type	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
own	O
and	O
operate	O
InstallMac	B-Application
which	O
distributes	O
additional	O
'	O
optional	O
 '	O
search	O
modifying	O
software	O
with	O
other	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Genieo	B-Application
Innovation	O
was	O
acquired	O
for	O
$34	O
million	O
by	O
Somoto	O
,	O
another	O
company	O
which	O
"	O
bundles	O
legitimate	O
applications	O
with	O
offers	O
for	O
additional	O
third	O
party	O
applications	O
that	O
may	O
be	O
unwanted	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Genieo	B-Application
Innovation	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
April	O
2008	O
by	O
Sol	O
Tzvi	O
and	O
Jacob	O
Tenenboem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Genieo	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
beta	O
version	O
was	O
launched	O
at	O
the	O
Demo2010	O
conference	O
in	O
March	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Genieo	B-Application
's	O
website	O
has	O
been	O
down	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
suspected	O
that	O
it	O
has	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
InKeepr	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Genieo	B-Application
is	O
listed	O
as	O
malware	O
in	O
Apple	O
Inc.	O
'	O
s	O
XProtect	O
anti-malware	O
service	O
,	O
which	O
built	O
in	O
to	O
all	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	O
running	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
Snow	I-Device
Leopard	I-Device
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2013	O
,	O
a	O
malicious	O
installer	O
,	O
distributed	O
by	O
Genieo	B-Application
partner	O
Softonic	B-Application
,	O
was	O
found	O
by	O
security	O
software	O
company	O
Intego	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
installer	O
masquerades	O
as	O
a	O
necessary	O
update	O
to	O
Adobe	O
Flash	O
Player	O
and	O
attempts	O
to	O
install	O
Genieo.app	O
without	O
user	O
interaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
versions	O
of	O
Genieo	B-Application
for	O
Mac	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
offered	O
as	O
'	O
codecs	O
 '	O
required	O
for	O
video	O
playback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Testing	O
carried	O
out	O
on	O
Genieo	B-Application
for	O
Mac	O
in	O
June	O
2013	O
found	O
that	O
it	O
left	O
active	O
software	O
behind	O
even	O
after	O
using	O
the	O
supplied	O
uninstaller	O
,	O
which	O
required	O
detailed	O
manual	O
removal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2013	O
,	O
another	O
fake	O
application	O
installer	O
was	O
reported	O
to	O
include	O
Genieo	B-Application
adware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
November	O
2014	O
,	O
Genieo	B-Application
for	O
Mac	O
is	O
flagged	O
by	O
Intego	O
(	O
mentioned	O
above	O
)	O
and	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
an	O
analysis	O
at	O
VirusTotal	B-Application
,	O
by	O
25	O
(	O
out	O
of	O
55	O
surveyed	O
)	O
anti-malware	O
solutions	O
,	O
including	O
Ad-Aware	B-Application
,	O
Avast	O
!,	O
Bitdefender	B-Application
,	O
Comodo	O
,	O
Dr.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2014	O
,	O
Genieo	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
for	O
$34	O
million	O
by	O
Somoto	O
,	O
another	O
company	O
which	O
"	O
bundles	O
legitimate	O
applications	O
with	O
offers	O
for	O
additional	O
third	O
party	O
applications	O
that	O
may	O
be	O
unwanted	O
by	O
the	O
user.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2015	O
,	O
malware	O
researchers	O
discovered	O
a	O
Genieo	B-Application
installer	O
which	O
acquired	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
Mac	O
keychain	O
,	O
by	O
an	O
automated	O
click	O
on	O
"	O
allow	O
"	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
permission	O
dialog	O
for	O
the	O
keychain	O
was	O
displayed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
code	O
was	O
in	O
a	O
Safari	O
browser	O
extension	O
added	O
by	O
Genieo	B-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
also	O
contained	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
immediately	O
used	O
,	O
in	O
earlier	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
installer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Genieo	B-Application
case	O
became	O
the	O
impetus	O
for	O
the	O
rapid	O
emergence	O
of	O
similar	O
adware	O
:	O
Only	O
Search	O
,	O
MacShop	O
Ads	O
,	O
MacVX	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
