# Malware warning

**URL:** <https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/malware-warning/2899>\
**Category:** The Johnny.Decimal system\
**Created:** [March 19, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/malware-warning/2899 "2026-03-19T14:02:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![NotBernard65](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@NotBernard65](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/u/NotBernard65)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/malware-warning/2899/1 "2026-03-19T14:02:00Z")

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Hiya,

Newbie here, having just downloaded the LAS, using Bear on Mac.

 ![image](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8aaf1dbd786fc102df111f75fa0dd1ba638c7ec8.jpeg)

Getting a potential malware warning. Am sure it’s a false positive, but interested to know if this is expected.

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**Author:** ![johnnydecimal](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/user_avatar/forum.johnnydecimal.com/johnnydecimal/32/1759_2.png) [@johnnydecimal](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/u/johnnydecimal)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/malware-warning/2899/2 "2026-03-20T00:47:49Z")

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Interesting. You’re on Tahoe, obviously. What’s that green icon on each of the files?

I’ve not seen this before. I’m still on Sequoia myself. Would appreciate any Tahoe users giving this a go!

But it’s as plain a .zip file as it’s possible to be. It’s actually constructed on-the-fly from the site content by the download utility.

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**Author:** ![NotBernard65](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@NotBernard65](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/u/NotBernard65)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/malware-warning/2899/3 "2026-03-20T09:15:22Z")

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Hi,

On the latest macOS.

That green icon is just showing my default app for .md files (CotEditor). Actually, when I installed Bear, I changed the default app to that (Bear) for all .md files.

For some reason Finder didn’t reflect that in relation to the icons, even though Bear is opening when I select a file.

In relation to your files it’s only some of them that are being blocked, others not.

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**Author:** ![johnnydecimal](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/user_avatar/forum.johnnydecimal.com/johnnydecimal/32/1759_2.png) [@johnnydecimal](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/u/johnnydecimal)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/malware-warning/2899/4 "2026-03-21T01:06:36Z")

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Odd. So did you manage to get them loaded, or is this warning from Apple a blocker?

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**Author:** ![johnnydecimal](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/user_avatar/forum.johnnydecimal.com/johnnydecimal/32/1759_2.png) [@johnnydecimal](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/u/johnnydecimal)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/malware-warning/2899/5 "2026-03-23T00:15:13Z")

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FWIW, Apple seems to be a bit over-zealous these days.

Yesterday I tried to open an .mp4 in VLC so we could watch a show. Same warning: _can’t verify this isn’t malware, won’t open_.

I had to go to VLC and File \> Open…, which worked.