At time of writing, Trend Micro has already resolved this issue and released an update for each app. Therefore, they were removed from the App Store. Furthermore, users were supposedly notified about this data tracking, however, these applications still did not comply with Apple's Privacy Policy. This, supposedly to detect potential activity of malware or unwanted applications. They were also designed to record history from the last 24 hours only. The list of collected data types includes Internet search and browsing history of the Safari, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome browsers, and App Store browsing history. As mentioned above, however, some of this company's products were designed to gather information and send it to a remote server (you can read more in this article). Essentially, these applications recorded data when first run. is a legitimate software development company and has released a number of applications, including those used to clean computers and enhance system performance. Therefore, some anti-virus suites (such as Bitdefender) detect these apps as trojans/malware. In the past, these applications were considered legitimate, but they were subsequently modified to record certain information stored on computers. is a generic detection name for a number of products developed by Trend Micro Inc.
