Mac app store gets it wrong

Question

I'm almost the last person who would have angry birds installed on his Mac. So why the update Mac Store. One would think with the 17-plus days wait developers have on update reviews Apple would have a chance to work out who should be getting the update (users of the app) and who shouldn't (non-installers of the app).

Answer 1

This is the email address of a known MAS pirate. You have a pirated app on your Mac. The pirated app is not Angry Birds, but the pirated app was cracked by this app pirate when he used the MAS receipt inside the free Angry Birds app bundle that he downloaded using his account. You may not have realized that it was a pirated app. You may have thought the it was a "free" version or a triel verson. You will need to think back and try to recall any such apps that you have installed from a source outside of the Mac App Store.
Finding a pirated app -
When a stranger's Apple ID appears on your Mac in conjunction with an update for an app that you have never installed, you have a pirated app on your Mac. This pirated app has been cracked with the MAS receipt from the Angry Birds app acquired by the person whose Apple ID you see. This Russian Apple ID is a known app pirate.
You may not have realized that it was a pirated app when you installed it. You may have believed that it was a trail version or a "free" version.
All MAS apps have a MAS receipt in their app bundle. Check any app acquired from the MAS. Right click on the app's icon in your Apps folder and choose Show package contents. In the Contents folder is a _MASReceipt folder and in that folder is the coded MAS receipt. It has the Apple ID of the MAS account that bought/acquired the app from the MAS. It is that receipt that the MAS uses to alert you that an app has an update. There would not be a notice of an update with someone else's Apple ID showing in the MAS on your Mac, if there was not an app with a receipt from this person's account somewhere on your Mac.
Download the free app FindAnyFile (FAF);
http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/
This app is easier to use and seems to be more powerful than Spotlight. Open FAF and in the box type _MASReceipt and press Find. It should come up with a list of every app on the Mac with a MAS receipt. Compare the apps with receipts in FAF's list with your purchased apps list in the Mac App Store. The odd app out should be the pirated app.