With AVG drag and drop did not work...
On 09/03/2026 19:00, Brock McNuggets wrote:
With AVG drag and drop did not work...
*WHY* did that not work?
There MUST have been a reason.
Would you like me to help you find it or can you manage by yourself?
On 08/03/2026 05:23, Brock McNuggets wrote:
On Mar 7, 2026 at 1:24:51rC>AM MST, ""David B."" wrote
<n125mjF52siU1@mid.individual.net>:
On 07/03/2026 05:57, Gremlin wrote:
Octothorpe Obelus <one2threeMainstreet@anytown.org>
news:20260303191638.474e3819@weed Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:16:38 GMT in
alt.computer.workshop, wrote:
On Tue, 3 Mar 2026 20:24:01 +0000
"David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
How To Protect Your Mac From Malware
Learn from Gary! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ebOFPd755A
[...]
rCLMost software downloaded onto a Mac is "installed", usually in
Applications, and shows up in System Information > Installations.
This is not true.
Most 3rd party software, not from the Apple App Store, may be found there.
Have you inspected YOUR Installations folder to check?
FWIW, here is a screenshot showing most of the current 3rd-party
software installed on my SSD. You will note at the blue line that Storeograph, another software from EtreSoft Inc which is available from
the Apple App Store *IS* showing, but that EtreCheck does not.
Are you able to explain WHY that is?
Once
there, software can be scanned with an AV software package to check for
malware.
There or elsewhere.
There IS no application to drag into ESET to scan it.
Where else can the application be found if it is not actually installed?
However, a popular tool often recommended by advisors on the
Apple Support Communities forums (EtreCheck) cannot be checked in this
manner.
Not sure what you mean by this. That only apps in the Applications folder can
be scanned? That they have to be in the System Information database? Either >> way that is not true.
I appreciate that when EtreCheck is in my 'Downloads' folder it CAN be scanned - but it poses no danger there. Once it is launched -t simply disappears - to where?
EtreCheck claims NOT to be "installed" - indeed, it does NOT show up in
Applications or Installations - so just HOW can it be scanned by anti-
malware software BEFORE being given free reign on an Apple computer?rCY
What would prevent it?
How can one find it?
That is a question asked in the "Comments" section under the video.
I do not see it.
Here - clear as day! https://i.ibb.co/9mgdS96R/Screenshot-2026-03-08-at-11-02-15.png
Do YOU know the answer?
It does not matter if an app is in the Applications folder or not, nor if it >> had a "real" installer (most Mac apps do not), it can still be scanned.
Please explain *HOW* I can scan it once it has been launched.
Thanks for helping me understand this!
On Mar 8, 2026 at 6:11:02rC>AM MST, ""David B."" wrote <n15ar6Fk7ghU1@mid.individual.net>:
On 08/03/2026 05:23, Brock McNuggets wrote:
On Mar 7, 2026 at 1:24:51rC>AM MST, ""David B."" wrote
<n125mjF52siU1@mid.individual.net>:
On 07/03/2026 05:57, Gremlin wrote:
Octothorpe Obelus <one2threeMainstreet@anytown.org>
news:20260303191638.474e3819@weed Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:16:38 GMT in
alt.computer.workshop, wrote:
On Tue, 3 Mar 2026 20:24:01 +0000
"David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
How To Protect Your Mac From Malware
Learn from Gary! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ebOFPd755A
[...]
rCLMost software downloaded onto a Mac is "installed", usually in
Applications, and shows up in System Information > Installations.
This is not true.
Most 3rd party software, not from the Apple App Store, may be found there. >>
Have you inspected YOUR Installations folder to check?
FWIW, here is a screenshot showing most of the current 3rd-party
software installed on my SSD. You will note at the blue line that
Storeograph, another software from EtreSoft Inc which is available from
the Apple App Store *IS* showing, but that EtreCheck does not.
Are you able to explain WHY that is?
Once
there, software can be scanned with an AV software package to check for >>>> malware.
There or elsewhere.
There IS no application to drag into ESET to scan it.
Where else can the application be found if it is not actually installed?
However, a popular tool often recommended by advisors on the
Apple Support Communities forums (EtreCheck) cannot be checked in this >>>> manner.
Not sure what you mean by this. That only apps in the Applications folder can
be scanned? That they have to be in the System Information database? Either >>> way that is not true.
I appreciate that when EtreCheck is in my 'Downloads' folder it CAN be
scanned - but it poses no danger there. Once it is launched -t simply
disappears - to where?
EtreCheck claims NOT to be "installed" - indeed, it does NOT show up in >>>> Applications or Installations - so just HOW can it be scanned by anti- >>>> malware software BEFORE being given free reign on an Apple computer?rCY >>>What would prevent it?
How can one find it?
That is a question asked in the "Comments" section under the video.
I do not see it.
Here - clear as day!
https://i.ibb.co/9mgdS96R/Screenshot-2026-03-08-at-11-02-15.png
Do YOU know the answer?
It does not matter if an app is in the Applications folder or not, nor if it
had a "real" installer (most Mac apps do not), it can still be scanned.
Please explain *HOW* I can scan it once it has been launched.
Thanks for helping me understand this!
Again, looking at your posts and revisiting to show where you just are not understanding and are focusing more on your attacks than on tech.
You say most software can be found in System Information >Installations. Unlikely to be most, but even if so it is not relevant. There is nothing wrong
with software being distributed without an installer and it is very common on macOS. Other than the App Store it is the norm.
You then go back to the idea that software without installers cannot be scanned. This is not in any way true. And you ask about scanning EtreCheck after it has been launched. Not a problem -- as I proved to you with a video.
You are not understanding even the basics of the technology side of this discussion. To be fair, that is fine -- being ignorant of something is not immoral or wrong. And not an insult. I am ignorant of many things (say anything beyond very simple programming / coding, or soldering, or welding, etc.) But you present your ignorance as if it is knowledge, then use clearly erroneous conclusions to focus on one piece of software and by extension its developer.
in short: nothing wrong with being wrong, but being confident in your incorrect claims and then focusing on one product / developer IS wrong and harmful.
On 13/03/2026 19:58, Brock McNuggets wrote:
Again, looking at your posts and revisiting to show where you just are not >> understanding and are focusing more on your attacks than on tech.
You say most software can be found in System Information >Installations.
Unlikely to be most, but even if so it is not relevant. There is nothing wrong
with software being distributed without an installer and it is very common on
macOS. Other than the App Store it is the norm.
You then go back to the idea that software without installers cannot be
scanned. This is not in any way true. And you ask about scanning EtreCheck >> after it has been launched. Not a problem -- as I proved to you with a video.
You are not understanding even the basics of the technology side of this
discussion. To be fair, that is fine -- being ignorant of something is not >> immoral or wrong. And not an insult. I am ignorant of many things (say
anything beyond very simple programming / coding, or soldering, or welding, >> etc.) But you present your ignorance as if it is knowledge, then use clearly >> erroneous conclusions to focus on one piece of software and by extension its >> developer.
in short: nothing wrong with being wrong, but being confident in your
incorrect claims and then focusing on one product / developer IS wrong and >> harmful.
May I have a link to that video again?
Will you also explain how you actually MADE the video?
Thanks.
On Mar 13, 2026 at 3:00:50rC>PM MST, ""David B."" wrote <n1jfoiFrb9kU1@mid.individual.net>:
On 13/03/2026 19:58, Brock McNuggets wrote:
...
Again, looking at your posts and revisiting to show where you just are not >>> understanding and are focusing more on your attacks than on tech.
You say most software can be found in System Information >Installations. >>> Unlikely to be most, but even if so it is not relevant. There is nothing wrong
with software being distributed without an installer and it is very common on
macOS. Other than the App Store it is the norm.
You then go back to the idea that software without installers cannot be
scanned. This is not in any way true. And you ask about scanning EtreCheck >>> after it has been launched. Not a problem -- as I proved to you with a video.
You are not understanding even the basics of the technology side of this >>> discussion. To be fair, that is fine -- being ignorant of something is not >>> immoral or wrong. And not an insult. I am ignorant of many things (say
anything beyond very simple programming / coding, or soldering, or welding, >>> etc.) But you present your ignorance as if it is knowledge, then use clearly
erroneous conclusions to focus on one piece of software and by extension its
developer.
in short: nothing wrong with being wrong, but being confident in your
incorrect claims and then focusing on one product / developer IS wrong and >>> harmful.
May I have a link to that video again?
Sure.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TB0qTwkjHxH9E-8y0KCFee_LMtSBwcPS/view?usp=share_link
Will you also explain how you actually MADE the video?
Thanks.
I used ScreenFlow... but the basics are simple:
I set up the windows as I wanted, turned on recording, did the steps you see, and then ended the recording. In post production (after recording) I did change the cursor so it was easier to see, but you can use the macOS built in tools and get a recording just fine. I also trimmed the first bit and the last
to just focus on the time I wanted to show.
In macOS you can record with
Command+Shift+5
Record Entire Screen (or selected window or portion if you prefer)
On 13/03/2026 23:36, Brock McNuggets wrote:
On Mar 13, 2026 at 3:00:50rC>PM MST, ""David B."" wrote
<n1jfoiFrb9kU1@mid.individual.net>:
On 13/03/2026 19:58, Brock McNuggets wrote:
...
Again, looking at your posts and revisiting to show where you just are not >>>> understanding and are focusing more on your attacks than on tech.
You say most software can be found in System Information >Installations. >>>> Unlikely to be most, but even if so it is not relevant. There is nothing wrong
with software being distributed without an installer and it is very common on
macOS. Other than the App Store it is the norm.
You then go back to the idea that software without installers cannot be >>>> scanned. This is not in any way true. And you ask about scanning EtreCheck >>>> after it has been launched. Not a problem -- as I proved to you with a video.
You are not understanding even the basics of the technology side of this >>>> discussion. To be fair, that is fine -- being ignorant of something is not >>>> immoral or wrong. And not an insult. I am ignorant of many things (say >>>> anything beyond very simple programming / coding, or soldering, or welding,
etc.) But you present your ignorance as if it is knowledge, then use clearly
erroneous conclusions to focus on one piece of software and by extension its
developer.
in short: nothing wrong with being wrong, but being confident in your
incorrect claims and then focusing on one product / developer IS wrong and >>>> harmful.
May I have a link to that video again?
Sure.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TB0qTwkjHxH9E-8y0KCFee_LMtSBwcPS/view?usp=share_link
Thank you. EfN#
Will you also explain how you actually MADE the video?
Thanks.
I used ScreenFlow... but the basics are simple:
I don't have that - it's -u180 = $238 today! *BIG BUCKS*
I set up the windows as I wanted, turned on recording, did the steps you see,
and then ended the recording. In post production (after recording) I did
change the cursor so it was easier to see, but you can use the macOS built in
tools and get a recording just fine. I also trimmed the first bit and the last
to just focus on the time I wanted to show.
Thank for explaining.
In macOS you can record with
Command+Shift+5
Record Entire Screen (or selected window or portion if you prefer)
Thanks for reminding me!
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