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The Webcat browser in the Jolla store breaks the breaks the system, because it changes silently the default browser. After removing Webcat, opening URLs in a browser doesn't work any more. Jolla should remove this app from the Jolla harbour store, because a regular user is not asked and wouldn't be able to recover the default behaviour.

Has someone a solution? The Mimer app and instructions, I found in this forum, doesn't help. the files open-url.desktop and sailfish-browser.desktop seem to be ok.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Browser
NoDisplay=true
X-MeeGo-Logical-Id=sailfish-browser-ap-name
X-MeeGo-Translation-Catalog=sailfish-browser
MimeType=text/html;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
X-Maemo-Service=org.sailfishos.browser.ui
X-Maemo-Object-Path=/ui
X-Maemo-Method=org.sailfishos.browser.ui.openUrl

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Web Browser
X-MeeGo-Logical-Id=sailfish-browser-ap-name
X-MeeGo-Translation-Catalog=sailfish-browser
Icon=icon-launcher-browser
Exec=invoker -s --type=browser -G /usr/bin/sailfish-browser %U
Comment=Sailfish UI application

I had a look at the Ghttps://github.com/llelectronics/webcat/blob/master/org.harbour.webcat.service of Webcat. I think this hack is the reason for the damage of the system behaviour:

[D-BUS Service]
Name=org.harbour.webcat
Exec=/usr/bin/invoker -s --type=silica-qt5 /usr/bin/harbour-webcat --no-homepage

Has someone an idea to remove the Webcat malware?

The Webcat browser in the Jolla store breaks the breaks the system, because it changes silently the default browser. After removing Webcat, opening URLs in a browser doesn't work any more. Jolla should remove this app from the Jolla harbour store, because a regular user is not asked and wouldn't be able to recover the default behaviour.

Has someone a solution? The Mimer app and instructions, I found in this forum, doesn't help. the files open-url.desktop and sailfish-browser.desktop seem to be ok.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Browser
NoDisplay=true
X-MeeGo-Logical-Id=sailfish-browser-ap-name
X-MeeGo-Translation-Catalog=sailfish-browser
MimeType=text/html;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
X-Maemo-Service=org.sailfishos.browser.ui
X-Maemo-Object-Path=/ui
X-Maemo-Method=org.sailfishos.browser.ui.openUrl

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Web Browser
X-MeeGo-Logical-Id=sailfish-browser-ap-name
X-MeeGo-Translation-Catalog=sailfish-browser
Icon=icon-launcher-browser
Exec=invoker -s --type=browser -G /usr/bin/sailfish-browser %U
Comment=Sailfish UI application

I had a look at the Ghttps://github.com/llelectronics/webcat/blob/master/org.harbour.webcat.service of Webcat. I think this hack is the reason for the damage of the system behaviour:

[D-BUS Service]
Name=org.harbour.webcat
Exec=/usr/bin/invoker -s --type=silica-qt5 /usr/bin/harbour-webcat --no-homepage

If I restart the device and tap on a Twitter item in the event view for instance, a dialog is shown, that asks me, wether I want to unse the default browser of Webcat, but I have deinstalled the last one. If I update the MIME cache with a terminal command, links just don't work without any dialog prompt or error message. I'm afraid, that I have to recover my device. It's inacceptable, that an app from the store damages the system.

Has someone an idea to remove the Webcat malware?

The Webcat browser in the Jolla store breaks the breaks the system, because it changes silently the default browser. After removing Webcat, opening URLs in a browser doesn't work any more. Jolla should remove this app from the Jolla harbour store, because a regular user is not asked and wouldn't be able to recover the default behaviour.

Has someone a solution? The Mimer app and instructions, I found in this forum, doesn't help. the files open-url.desktop and sailfish-browser.desktop seem to be ok.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Browser
NoDisplay=true
X-MeeGo-Logical-Id=sailfish-browser-ap-name
X-MeeGo-Translation-Catalog=sailfish-browser
MimeType=text/html;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
X-Maemo-Service=org.sailfishos.browser.ui
X-Maemo-Object-Path=/ui
X-Maemo-Method=org.sailfishos.browser.ui.openUrl

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Web Browser
X-MeeGo-Logical-Id=sailfish-browser-ap-name
X-MeeGo-Translation-Catalog=sailfish-browser
Icon=icon-launcher-browser
Exec=invoker -s --type=browser -G /usr/bin/sailfish-browser %U
Comment=Sailfish UI application

I had a look at the Ghttps://github.com/llelectronics/webcat/blob/master/org.harbour.webcat.service of Webcat. I think this hack is the reason for the damage of the system behaviour:

[D-BUS Service]
Name=org.harbour.webcat
Exec=/usr/bin/invoker -s --type=silica-qt5 /usr/bin/harbour-webcat --no-homepage

If I restart the device and tap on a Twitter item in the event view for instance, a dialog is shown, that asks me, wether I want to unse the default browser of Webcat, but I have deinstalled the last one. If I update the MIME cache with a terminal command, links just don't work without any dialog prompt or error message. I'm afraid, that I have to recover my device. It's inacceptable, that an app from the store damages the system.

Has someone an idea to remove the Webcat malware?

The Webcat browser in the Jolla store breaks the breaks the system, because it changes silently the default browser. After removing Webcat, opening URLs in a browser doesn't work any more. Jolla should remove this app from the Jolla harbour store, because a regular user is not asked and wouldn't be able to recover the default behaviour.

Has someone a solution? The Mimer app and instructions, I found in this forum, doesn't help. the files open-url.desktop and sailfish-browser.desktop seem to be ok.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Browser
NoDisplay=true
X-MeeGo-Logical-Id=sailfish-browser-ap-name
X-MeeGo-Translation-Catalog=sailfish-browser
MimeType=text/html;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
X-Maemo-Service=org.sailfishos.browser.ui
X-Maemo-Object-Path=/ui
X-Maemo-Method=org.sailfishos.browser.ui.openUrl

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Web Browser
X-MeeGo-Logical-Id=sailfish-browser-ap-name
X-MeeGo-Translation-Catalog=sailfish-browser
Icon=icon-launcher-browser
Exec=invoker -s --type=browser -G /usr/bin/sailfish-browser %U
Comment=Sailfish UI application

I had a look at the Ghttps://github.com/llelectronics/webcat/blob/master/org.harbour.webcat.service of Webcat. I think this hack is the reason for the damage of the system behaviour:

[D-BUS Service]
Name=org.harbour.webcat
Exec=/usr/bin/invoker -s --type=silica-qt5 /usr/bin/harbour-webcat --no-homepage

If I restart the device and tap on a Twitter item in the event view for instance, a dialog is shown, that asks me, wether I want to unse the default browser of Webcat, but I have deinstalled the last one. If I update the MIME cache with a terminal command, links just don't work without any dialog prompt or error message. I'm afraid, that I have to recover my device. It's inacceptable, that an app from the store damages the system.

Has someone an idea to remove the Webcat malware?

The Webcat browser in the Jolla store breaks the breaks the system, because it changes silently the default browser. After removing Webcat, opening URLs in a browser doesn't work any more. Jolla should remove this app from the Jolla harbour store, because a regular user is not asked and wouldn't be able to recover the default behaviour.

Has someone a solution? The Mimer app and instructions, I found in this forum, doesn't help. the files open-url.desktop and sailfish-browser.desktop seem to be ok.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Browser
NoDisplay=true
X-MeeGo-Logical-Id=sailfish-browser-ap-name
X-MeeGo-Translation-Catalog=sailfish-browser
MimeType=text/html;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
X-Maemo-Service=org.sailfishos.browser.ui
X-Maemo-Object-Path=/ui
X-Maemo-Method=org.sailfishos.browser.ui.openUrl

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Web Browser
X-MeeGo-Logical-Id=sailfish-browser-ap-name
X-MeeGo-Translation-Catalog=sailfish-browser
Icon=icon-launcher-browser
Exec=invoker -s --type=browser -G /usr/bin/sailfish-browser %U
Comment=Sailfish UI application

I had a look at the Ghttps://github.com/llelectronics/webcat/blob/master/org.harbour.webcat.service of Webcat. I think this hack is the reason for the damage of the system behaviour:

[D-BUS Service]
Name=org.harbour.webcat
Exec=/usr/bin/invoker -s --type=silica-qt5 /usr/bin/harbour-webcat --no-homepage

If I restart the device and tap on a Twitter item in the event view for instance, a dialog is shown, that asks me, wether I want to unse the default browser of Webcat, but I have deinstalled the last one. If I update the MIME cache with a terminal command, links just don't work without any dialog prompt or error message. I'm afraid, that I have to recover my device. It's inacceptable, that an app from the store damages the system.

Has someone an idea to remove the Webcat malware?

Update: Also the default browser is not working porperly after the installation of Webcat. Some websites can't be loaded. It seem , that Webcat replaces some core libraries, that have an impact on the default browser. Because of this mess I'll recover my device now.

The Webcat browser in the Jolla store breaks the breaks the system, because it changes silently the default browser. After removing Webcat, opening URLs in a browser doesn't work any more. Jolla should remove this app from the Jolla harbour store, because a regular user is not asked and wouldn't be able to recover the default behaviour.

Has someone a solution? The Mimer app and instructions, I found in this forum, doesn't help. the files open-url.desktop and sailfish-browser.desktop seem to be ok.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Browser
NoDisplay=true
X-MeeGo-Logical-Id=sailfish-browser-ap-name
X-MeeGo-Translation-Catalog=sailfish-browser
MimeType=text/html;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
X-Maemo-Service=org.sailfishos.browser.ui
X-Maemo-Object-Path=/ui
X-Maemo-Method=org.sailfishos.browser.ui.openUrl

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Web Browser
X-MeeGo-Logical-Id=sailfish-browser-ap-name
X-MeeGo-Translation-Catalog=sailfish-browser
Icon=icon-launcher-browser
Exec=invoker -s --type=browser -G /usr/bin/sailfish-browser %U
Comment=Sailfish UI application

I had a look at the Ghttps://github.com/llelectronics/webcat/blob/master/org.harbour.webcat.service of Webcat. I think this hack is the reason for the damage of the system behaviour:

[D-BUS Service]
Name=org.harbour.webcat
Exec=/usr/bin/invoker -s --type=silica-qt5 /usr/bin/harbour-webcat --no-homepage

If I restart the device and tap on a Twitter item in the event view for instance, a dialog is shown, that asks me, wether I want to unse the default browser of Webcat, but I have deinstalled the last one. If I update the MIME cache with a terminal command, links just don't work without any dialog prompt or error message. I'm afraid, that I have to recover my device. It's inacceptable, that an app from the store damages the system.

Has someone an idea to remove the Webcat malware?

Update: Also the default browser is not working porperly after the installation of Webcat. Some websites can't be loaded. It seem , that Webcat replaces some core libraries, that have an impact on the default browser. Because of this mess I'll recover my device now.