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Update 7/16: Apple has issued two more silent updates to macOS that address other apps that may be using Zoom’s localhost server. Apple is taking further action to shut down Zoom servers that ...

Local web server will also reportedly reinstall Zoom if a user removes the application and joins a meeting.

Additionally, if you’ve ever installed the Zoom client and then uninstalled it, you still have a localhost web server on your machine that will happily re-install the Zoom client for you ...

Apple’s update – automatically pushed to users without any need for action on their part – removes the hidden Zoom web server.

“In order to fully protect users, I truly believe that this localhost web server solution needs to be removed,” said Leitschuh in his report.

Of particular issue, Leitschuh found that even if a Mac user had uninstalled the Zoom client, a localhost web server would remain on the user's machine that re-installed the client without any ...

Leitschuh then added: “Additionally, if you’ve ever installed the Zoom client and then uninstalled it, you still have a localhost web server on your machine that will happily reinstall the ...

Additionally, if you’ve ever installed the Zoom client and then uninstalled it, you still have a localhost web server on your machine that will happily re-install the Zoom client for you ...