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Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked

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On 13/03/2026 18:39, Brock McNuggets wrote:
> On Mar 7, 2026 at 1:24:51 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
>>>>>
>>>>> You can protect your Mac from being bricked by following three simple
>>>>> rules.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1. Never ever, ever, ever bring your computer to The Prescott Computer
>>>> Guy who is also known as Michael Glasser of Prescott Arizona, snit,
>>>> brock mcnuggets and dozens of other fake aliases.
>>>> He will destroy your computer and then blame you for doing it.
>>>>
>>>> 2. See #1.
>>>>
>>>> 3. See #2.
>>>>
>>>> You have been warned.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> A solid warning!
>>
>> “Most software downloaded onto a Mac is "installed", usually in
>> Applications, and shows up in System Information > Installations.  Once
>> there, software can be scanned with an AV software package to check for
>> malware. However, a popular tool often recommended by advisors on the
>> Apple Support Communities forums (EtreCheck) cannot be checked in this
>> manner.
>>
>> 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?”
>>
>> =
>>
>> That is a question asked in the "Comments" section under the video.
>>
>> Do YOU know the answer?
> 
> Ok, going back through the threat to show specific odd claims and where you
> act inappropriately.
> 
> You say most software shows up in System Information >Installations. Generally
> only software with an installer. Then you say "Once there, software can be
> scanned with an AV software package to check for malware." Well, sure... once
> there OR NOT THERE it can be scanned. But your clear implication is it must be
> there. That is absurdly wrong.
> 
> You then say: "However, a popular tool often recommended by advisors on the
> Apple Support Communities forums (EtreCheck) cannot be checked in this
> manner."
> 
> This is just silly. And the insinuation that EtreCheck is doing something
> uncommon or wrong is untrue and inappropriate.
> 
> And then you go into nonsense about how since it does not have an installer it
> cannot be scanned. Utterly wrong. It shows up in downloads and you can move it
> where you wish. There is nothing wrong with this.
> 
> Please stop making insinuations and claims which are not tied to reality!
> 
> Here, since you like AI, this is what it says of your comments:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> The post is based on several incorrect assumptions about how macOS
> software distribution works.
> 
> Many Mac apps are not "installed" with a package installer. They are
> self-contained .app bundles that can run from anywhere (Downloads,
> Desktop, Applications, etc.). Because of that, they often do NOT appear
> in System Information > Installations. That list mainly shows software
> installed via .pkg installers, not every application on the system.
> 
> EtreCheck follows the same model. It is a standalone app that can be
> run directly without installing anything. That behavior is common for
> Mac utilities and diagnostic tools.
> 
> The claim that such software cannot be scanned by anti-malware software
> is also incorrect. AV tools can scan files, folders, ZIP archives, disk
> images, and applications before they are run. Software does not need to
> be "installed" to be scanned.
> 
> So the argument rests on a false premise: that software must appear in
> the Installations list in order to be legitimate or scannable. That is
> not how macOS works.
> 
> The wording of the post also suggests it is more about casting doubt
> than asking a genuine technical question. It strings together several
> incorrect assumptions and then ends with a rhetorical question about
> software being given "free reign", which frames the tool as suspicious
> without actually presenting evidence of a problem. That pattern is
> fairly typical of Usenet debate posts aimed at discrediting a specific
> tool rather than understanding the underlying technology.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> In later posts you suggest your focus is technical -- but it is not. You get
> the technical side grossly wrong and the focus is clearly on suggesting bad
> things about EtreCheck and by extension its developer. I am not asking you to
> drop technical discussions... but to drop this unhealthy focus and vendetta
> against a product and its developer.

OK - let's make a deal!

*YOU* post an EtreCheck report of your Mac and I'll do the same - so we
can compare. No personal information is ever shown, so there should be 
no reason not to do this.

Will you do this?

-- 
David

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Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Octothorpe Obelus <one2threeMainstreet@anytown.org> - 2026-03-03 19:16 -0500
  Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2026-03-07 05:57 +0000
    Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> - 2026-03-07 01:59 -0600
      Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2026-03-07 23:06 +0000
        Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2026-03-07 20:26 -0700
          Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-08 05:32 +0000
            Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Bobby The Shitstain <hotmailsss@hotmail.edu> - 2026-03-08 08:55 +0000
              Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Ubiquitous <webermark@polaris.net> - 2026-03-08 09:03 +0000
        Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2026-03-08 04:28 +0000
          Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-08 04:42 +0000
        Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-08 04:48 +0000
      Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2026-03-08 04:28 +0000
    Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-03-07 08:24 +0000
      Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2026-03-08 04:28 +0000
        Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-03-08 20:04 +0000
          Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-08 23:56 +0000
            Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-03-09 18:32 +0000
              Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-09 18:38 +0000
              Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Kelly Phillips <KFile@podcasts.org.invalid> - 2026-03-09 18:32 -0500
                Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-03-10 00:11 +0000
                Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-09 17:16 -0700
                Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-03-10 00:38 +0000
                Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked "Lionel Tiberius Jackson Jr." <lTjjr@localmail.net> - 2026-03-09 20:56 -0400
                Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2026-03-09 20:40 -0700
                Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-03-11 11:08 +0000
                Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2026-03-09 17:58 -0700
                Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-10 16:38 +0000
                Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-03-10 21:35 +0000
                Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-11 01:40 +0000
                Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-03-11 09:27 +0000
      Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 18:39 +0000
        Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-03-13 18:52 +0000
          Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 20:22 +0000
    Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-08 04:45 +0000
      Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Creon <creon@creon.earth> - 2026-03-11 11:25 +0000
        Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-11 14:01 +0000
          Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2026-03-11 10:04 -0700
    Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Creon <creon@creon.earth> - 2026-03-11 09:37 +0000
      Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-03-11 09:43 +0000
        Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked Creon <creon@creon.earth> - 2026-03-11 11:11 +0000
          Re: How To Protect Your Mac From Being Bricked "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-03-11 23:26 +0000
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