Anton Ermak in macOS background activity: what it is and how to remove it
September 5, 2026
In 2022 I founded RuDesktop. I signed its first Mac build with my personal developer certificate.
Almost five years have passed, but the signature is still mine, because Apple will not issue Advanced Technologies, the company that now owns the project, a certificate that works the way it should.
So a good hundred thousand users are asked to "Trust Anton Ermak," and I ended up in McAfee's shoes (watch the video).
Folks, the process hanging around on your Mac is RuDesktop. Here is how to remove it.