Download the scanner & get past the security warnings

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🛡️ Why the warning? Computer Advisor is a new app from a small company (Dizkaver LLC), and it isn't code-signed yet. Windows, macOS and browsers warn about any program that few people have downloaded so far. The warning isn't a virus alert. The scanner only reads hardware info after you press Enter, and it installs nothing. Only allow it if you downloaded it from mycomputeradvisor.com.

🪟 Windows PC: 3 steps to run the free scan

Step 1 — Download

Download for WindowsComputerAdvisorScan.exe · 3.1 MB · Windows 10 & 11

Step 2 — If your browser warns about the download

If you use Google Chrome

Chrome may hold the file back and say “Suspicious download blocked”. Here's how to keep it:

  1. Step 1: Click the download icon at the top right (or press Ctrl + J), then click the file.

    Chrome download panel showing ComputerAdvisorScan.exe with Suspicious download blocked; the file row is highlighted with arrow 1
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  2. Step 2: Click Download suspicious file. (Older Chrome says Keep.) Don't click the blue “Delete from history” button.

    Chrome message: This file isn't commonly downloaded and it may be dangerous; the Download suspicious file button is highlighted with arrow 2
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  3. Step 3: Click the file in the download list to open it.

    Chrome download panel showing ComputerAdvisorScan.exe, 3.1 MB, Done; the file row is highlighted with arrow 3
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If you use Microsoft Edge

Edge may say the file “isn't commonly downloaded”.

  1. Step 1: Open Downloads (Ctrl + J), point at the file and click the … (More actions) button.

    Edge Downloads panel with ComputerAdvisorScan.exe isn't commonly downloaded; the three-dot More actions button is highlighted with arrow 1
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  2. Step 2: Click Keep.

    Edge More actions menu with Delete, Keep, Report this file as safe and Learn more; Keep is highlighted with arrow 2
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  3. Step 3: Click Show more, then Keep anyway. Then open the file from the Downloads list.

    Edge dialog Make sure you trust ComputerAdvisorScan.exe before you open it, expanded with Show more; Keep anyway is highlighted with arrow 3
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Step 3 — Open it: “Windows protected your PC”

A blue window may appear the first time. That's Microsoft Defender SmartScreen.

  1. Step 1: Click More info.

    Blue Windows protected your PC window saying Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting; the More info link is highlighted with arrow 1
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  2. Step 2: Check it says ComputerAdvisorScan.exe, then click Run anyway.

    Expanded SmartScreen window showing App ComputerAdvisorScan.exe and Publisher Unknown publisher; the Run anyway button is highlighted with arrow 2
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  3. Step 3: A black window opens. Press Enter to allow the one-time check. Your results open in your browser.

    Scanner console window asking Allow this one-time check? Press Enter to continue; the prompt is highlighted with arrow 3
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🍎 Mac (beta): 3 steps to run the free scan

Easiest way: Terminal (recommended, about 1 minute)

This way needs no download and never shows the “Not Opened” warning.

  1. Step 1: Copy this line:

    curl -fsSL https://mycomputeradvisor.com/download/mac-scan.sh | bash

  2. Step 2: Press ⌘ Command + Space, type Terminal, press Return.

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  3. Step 3: Click inside the Terminal window, press ⌘ Command + V to paste, then press Return. Press Return again when it asks to allow the check.

    Terminal window with the curl command pasted; the command is highlighted with arrow 3
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Or download the file

Download for MacComputerAdvisorScan-Mac.zip · 10 KB · macOS 10.15+ (beta)

In Safari:

  1. Step 1: Click the Downloads arrow at the top right of Safari. Safari usually unzips it for you. Double-click the file, or click the magnifier to show it in Finder.

    Safari toolbar with the Downloads arrow highlighted with arrow 1 and a Downloads list showing ComputerAdvisorScan.command
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Then (macOS 15 Sequoia and newer):

  1. Step 1: In your Downloads folder, double-click ComputerAdvisorScan.command. (If you only see the .zip, double-click it first.)

    Finder Downloads folder showing ComputerAdvisorScan-Mac.zip and ComputerAdvisorScan.command; the .command file is highlighted with arrow 1
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  2. Step 2: macOS says “Not Opened”. Click Done (not Move to Trash).

    Mac alert: ComputerAdvisorScan.command Not Opened. Apple could not verify it is free of malware; the Done button is highlighted with arrow 2
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  3. Step 3: Click the Apple menu › System Settings › Privacy & Security. Scroll down to Security and click Open Anyway. Do this within about an hour.

    System Settings Privacy and Security, Security section: ComputerAdvisorScan.command was blocked to protect your Mac; the Open Anyway button is highlighted with arrow 3
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  4. Step 4: macOS asks again. Click Open Anyway.

    Mac alert: Open ComputerAdvisorScan.command? with Open Anyway, Move to Trash and Done buttons; Open Anyway is highlighted with arrow 4
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  5. Step 5: Enter your Mac password (or use Touch ID) and click OK. This only confirms it to macOS. The scanner never asks for it. A Terminal window opens with the check.

    Mac password prompt from Privacy and Security; the OK button is highlighted with arrow 5
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Older macOS (14 Sonoma and earlier):

  1. Step 1: Hold Control and click ComputerAdvisorScan.command (or right-click it), then click Open.

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  2. Step 2: Click Open in the warning.

    Mac alert: macOS cannot verify the developer of ComputerAdvisorScan.command. Are you sure you want to open it? The Open button is highlighted with arrow 2
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Needs macOS 10.15 Catalina or newer. Stuck? Use the Terminal way above, or answer a few quick questions instead.

💻 Chromebook: no download needed

There's no scanner for Chromebooks — ChromeOS doesn't let websites run programs like this, so there's nothing to download and no security warning to get past.

Instead, answer a few quick questions (about 2 minutes). We'll give you the same plain-English plan.

Chromebook — answer quick questionsNo download needed

Checking a Windows PC or Mac instead? Open this page on that computer, or pick it from the buttons at the top.

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