XnView Software

hey there,
it seems after my mac-using friend installed xn-ViewMP on my recomendation, he caught himself the adware "genieo" and is now fighting to get rid of it.
he ensures me that he downloaded the installer from xnview.com.
how's that possible?
tyvm,
kws

there is no adware in the package...

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• http://download.xnview.com/XnViewMP-mac.dmg =
  http://download.xnview.com/XnViewMP-068-mac.dmg
  • MD5: f295f5c6913258f017474727c7701aa4
  • SHA1: ef187d9103a857155e45aa429b1ba7370ea1d49f
  • SHA256: 214d1fb9cc2ae418a55efa19ca2178097a64b696214ee1e4500c773c613834a8
  • VirusTotal scan report
• http://download.xnview.com/XnViewMP-mac.tgz =
  http://download.xnview.com/XnViewMP-068-mac.tgz
  • MD5: 4301e761688e667a886d1e23f344eb34
  • SHA1: 37a140887fa99a2f41ff47fc3e33536b82582313
  • SHA256: 9d9dfad93136e878298af306c1e5a6812dbd6a9434b8e7c964c180fd86e93db0
  • VirusTotal scan report