▶︎ Unlike many AV Software and “maintenance” programs, FastTasks does not require that you set up a user account, give away your personal information in a registration process or ask for your email address. ▶︎ FastTasks itself NEVER asks for your password, nor does it ever store your password (in fact, it is not capable of doing either). Beyond that, OS X will ask you for your password again every time you try to execute that function). Whenever you give OS X your password to authorise some function provided by FastTasks (for example, getting the fan speed or flushing the DNS Cache), you are granting permission only for that particular function at that particular time (in fact, the way OS X works, permission for the same function will remain open for that function for about 5 minutes after you have given it. The password request is NOT from FastTasks, but is in fact from OS X. ▶︎ Some FastTasks functions require you to enter an Admin password. FastTasks 2 does not send any information to that site (or any other) about you, your computer, or even itself, nor does it download any files from any site or server. It then displays this in the HUD panel that appears on your Desktop. In order to achieve this, when you choose the IP Address function in the menu, FastTasks 2 pings a website and retrieves your IP address from it. ▶︎ FastTasks 2 has a function whereby you can check your IP Address (for more info, see the documentation page). FastTasks 2 does not send any information to the internet about you, your computer, or even itself, nor does it download any files from any site or server. This simply fetches the current version number from an html page. ▶︎ FastTasks 2 does not “call home” except to do a software update check on launch or whenever you manually choose the ‘Check for update’ function in the menu. ▶︎ FastTasks 2 does not install any daemons or launch agents (unlike most AV Software), nor does it ask you for blanket permission to make changes to your system (again, unlike most AV Software). Alternatively, a full installer can be downloaded from here. ▶︎ FastTasks does not install anything on your computer (other than itself in your Applications folder and the required supporting files in your User Library), and it can easily and safely be removed at any time simply by moving it to the Trash. I’m a registered Apple Developer, and FastTasks 2 is codesigned (which means it is accepted by OS X’s GateKeeper protection).Īs I don’t run any AV software myself, I can’t say exactly why Avast flags FastTasks 2 as a threat, but let me be clear about what FastTasks does and does not do: So long as you have downloaded FastTasks 2 from my official download link, I can personally guarantee that it is safe to use. This is what security experts call “a false positive”, or to put it another way, it’s a case of AV Software getting it badly wrong. Some users have informed me that Avast is blocking installation of FastTasks 2 and flagging it with a virus alert or ‘infection threat’.
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