![]() ![]() BTW: If you have an anti-malware app that was set off by DaisyDisk v4.12, I personally suggest you get a better, more discerning brand. Any other versions of DaisyDisk will NOT set off lame anti-malware apps. As a Mac disk analyzer and cleaner, it can scan and analyze all types of files on your Mac, and then give you a visual breakdown of the Mac disk in form of an interactive map. It is mainly used for cleaning Mac startup disks and getting more available space. I will think about what else can be done in this regard." - NOTE: At this time, the false positive was only triggered version 4.21. DaisyDisk is a popular disk space analyzer and visualizer tool for Mac. The best Windows alternative is WinDirStat, which is both free and Open Source. For the moment the best solution would be to unblock DaisyDisk manually in your antivirus. DaisyDisk is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The “pup” simply means potentially unwanted programs. As ridiculous as it sounds, Appesteem refused to remove DaisyDisk from the said list, even after my detailed explanation, and proceeded to feed this list to the AVs, which seems to have caused the problem. By the “deception”, as it follows from their website, they mean that DaisyDisk locks some of its functions in the free trial mode. ![]() Here is his response: - "It has recently come to my attention that some AVs are relying on a self-proclaimed third-party service called Appesteem which chose to include DaisyDisk in their list of so-called “deceptor” apps. I wrote to the developer about the false positive of version 4.21. All versions of DaisyDisk, except v4.21 have NOT been so identified. Its been widely recommended by IT specialists including Apple Geniuses. Its been around for 12 years, appraised in 600 publications, including all major tech media, its won the 'Best of the Mac App Store' award from Apple editors three times. That means, if you simply trash the app and. It was listed as "Agent.G" or "PuAgent-CD" or similar Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP or similar category). DaisyDisk is a very popular, well reputed and useful tool for all Mac users. Additionally, some apps may create supporting files, caches, login files scattering around the system directory. FALSELY listed as 'malware': For those concerned: Version v4.21 of DaisyDisk was the victim of a FALSE POSITIVE by some of the less scrupulous anti-malware programs.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |