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iQuarantine X

iQuarantine X

removes annoying messages when you download/open files from the net

Version:  10.5.4 [005]

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How about *will not try*

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Contributed by: leoofborg1 Thursday, May 29 2008 @ 06:57 PM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Have Not Tried

You can read my comments over at MacUpdate.com or not, but here it is-

This. is. crapware.

Apple put the quarantine feature in there for a reason. So that users don't have to worry about bad files or downloads or *.jpeg.exe.bat files the way Windows users do.

Pay this 'developer' to for the crapware to hobble your system at your own peril.

Because of course "Power Users" will be tricked into disabling security, right? Power users don't need safeguards, from like, malware that can blow away their /home directories, right?

Where have we heard this kind of rhetoric before? I'll tell you: from malware types.

Another thing. If you really want to have fun, do a whois on the developer's domain. Or check out that there is no contact information on their website and judge for yourself.   

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How about *will not try* - NoThInGgOeS

leoofborg1 if you knew how to use versiontracker, you would know how to see the contact email. Plus the email is in the about window dialog on both the demo and paid version...

Stop your false hype about us here at Nothinggoes.com we will only warn you once.
Your comment is very distasteful, and very much uncalled for.
iQuarantine X makes no calls out at all, nor does it make any unchangeable changes.
Infact we allow you to change your quarantine alert settings back to the system default.

People like you should dry up and blow away!!!

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Thursday, May 29 2008 @ 11:11 PM PDT


How about *will not try* - leoofborg1

Your contact email at Versiontracker is not totally filled out.

Sorry, it's not false hype unlike your veiled threats. Your 'software' circumvents security put in place by Apple for good reasons.

Want to show us that your intentions are good? Do this-

1/ Put a warning on your homepage that use of your app will disable security features on users machines.

2/ Publish the source code or project so that others can audit and confirm that that is all your 'Application' does.

Extra credit: Put _real contact info_ on your website. Real developers "sign their work" and put their real names or even well known handles behind their work because they are proud of what they're doing.

As to all the other blather about what your app does or does not do, how would we know? See point #2.

Actually there are a number of blog entries to scripts that *are* open source over at MacOSXHints.com and other places, you can read about it either here or over at MacUpdate.

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Friday, May 30 2008 @ 05:20 AM PDT


How about *silly post* - Kevin Browne

Apple put any number of features into Leopard 'for a reason' as you put it. Users may or may not find those features useful/helpful/necessary to their experience.

Apple also left the option in the code to turn many of these features on and off. This app simply facilitates that process. Any user with 5 minutes experience on a Mac and basic connection monitoring (ie Little Snitch) can readily determine this app makes no attempt at 'phoning home'. Any code comparison shows the only change this app makes in the OS.

Sure this same modification can be done by changing the code on your own without using this app - as any number of highly regarded Mac sites have explained to users who dislike the warning pop-up. And sure, like any number of small time developers, these guys are charging money for something that is fairly simple to do on your own. And sure, again like any number of small time developers, these guys are only providing an email address for contact purposes.So what? That is the nature of the market. Why your silly unfounded post implying malicious intent by these developers?

Your own motives in posting seem suspect to me.

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Thursday, June 12 2008 @ 03:39 AM PDT