MacOS is arguably the best desktop operating system. And while the debate on Mac, Windows, and Linux is going to last for ages, for what I do, macOS fits my needs better. One of the things that give macOS a clear advantage over its Windows and Linux counterparts is the luxury to have a wide assortment of highly efficient apps designed to. The company compromised the security of some users when it secretly installed a ‘ZoomOpener’ component as part of a manual update for its Mac desktop application in July 2018; Zoom did not implement any offsetting measures to protect users’ security, and increased users’ risk of remote video surveillance by strangers, the FTC claimed. Change Users & Groups Login Items preferences on Mac. If you’re an administrator of your Mac, you can use the Login Items pane of Users & Groups System Preferences to select the apps, documents, and server connections that open automatically when you log in to your Mac.
| #!/usr/bin/env bash |
| # sources |
| https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MP0cNLyJjzPLNrvNDCZv9hRuif091f0c |
| https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/358651/unable-to-completely-uninstall-zoom-meeting-app |
| https://medium.com/bugbountywriteup/zoom-zero-day-4-million-webcams-maybe-an-rce-just-get-them-to-visit-your-website-ac75c83f4ef5 |
| echo Stopping Zoom... |
| pkill 'zoom.us' |
| echo Cleaning Zoom... |
| echo Cleaning Application Cached Files... |
| { |
| rm -fr -- ~/Library/Application Support/zoom.us |
| rm -fr -- ~/Library/Application Support/ZoomPresence |
| rm -fr -- ~/Library/Caches/us.zoom.xos |
| rm -fr -- ~/Library/Logs/zoom.us/ |
| rm -fr -- ~/Library/Logs/zoomRooms/ |
| rm -fr -- ~/Library/Logs/zoominstall.log |
| rm -fr -- ~/Library/Preferences/ZoomChat.plist |
| rm -fr -- ~/Library/Preferences/us.zoom.xos.plist |
| rm -fr -- ~/Library/Saved Application State/us.zoom.xos.savedState |
| } |
| echo'Cleaning Application...' |
| { |
| rm -fr -- ~/Applications/zoom.us.app |
| rm -fr -- ~/.zoomus/ZoomOpener.app |
| rm -fr -- ~/.zoomus |
| } |
| echo'Removed Application...' |
| echo'Preventing the vulnerable server from running on your machine...' |
| # (You may need to run these lines for each user on your machine.) |
| pkill 'ZoomOpener'; rm -rf ~/.zoomus; touch ~/.zoomus && chmod 000 ~/.zoomus; |
| pkill 'RingCentralOpener'; rm -rf ~/.ringcentralopener; touch ~/.ringcentralopener && chmod 000 ~/.ringcentralopener; |
| echo'Disabling the ability of Zoom to turn on your webcam when joining a meeting...' |
| defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/us.zoom.config.plist ZDisableVideo 1 # For just your local account |
| echo'Removing Launch Daemons/Agents and Internet Plug-Ins...' |
| { |
| rm -fr -- ~/Library/LaunchDaemons/us.zoom.rooms.daemon.plist |
| rm -fr -- ~/Library/LaunchAgents/us.zoom* |
| rm -fr -- ~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ZoomUsPlugIn.plugin/ |
| } |
| echo'Switching to a user with sudo privileges to remove more stuff...' |
| { |
| sudo rm -fr -- /Applications/zoom.us.app |
| sudo kextunload -b zoom.us.ZoomAudioDevice |
| sudo rm -fr -- /System/Library/Extensions/ZoomAudioDevice.kext |
| sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/us.zoom.config.plist ZDisableVideo 1 # For all users on the machine |
| sudo rm -fr -- /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ZoomUsPlugIn.plugin/ |
| sudo rm -fr -- /Library/LaunchDaemons/us.zoom.rooms.daemon.plist |
| sudo rm -fr -- /Library/LaunchAgents/us.zoom* |
| } |