keeps downloading

[zoran]

Everytime I open my macbook, this file “vlc-3.0.18-intel64.dmg” keeps on downloading. After a few hours i get 8-9 such files!
Does anyone know why this is happening?

 

[HDFan]

Looks like the latest VLC installer.

Why do you way it keeps on downloading? Do you mean that it keeps mounting? Screen shot helps.

 

[bogdanw]

If you have VLC installed, disable “Automatically check for updates” (although I think that just checks for updates, without downloading them).

If you use a cloud storage service, make sure it’s not downloading from there. Like in this case https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-keep-recreating-mov-file-after-i-delete-it.2376492/

The worst case, it might be malware “Hackers push malware via Google search ads for VLC, 7-Zip, Ccleaner” https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...via-google-search-ads-for-vlc-7-zip-ccleaner/