![]() had a patch up and ready on the app store to download within hours. it only took one email to him explaining my problem. Second one, speaking of customer service: Seriously? That's the best you can do for your "pro" app, especially a security-related one?īack to MAS, the reviews are kind of jokes, too: Back to the home page, actually this app does have one, but it's just a single page, which simply states some marketing bullshit and directs to MAS (where the same bullshit is repeated). You might want to read Thomas Reed's (known for The Safe Mac) responses from that thread.Īnyway, we were sidetracked. $10 "AntiVirus Sentinel Pro" got top2 in US Mac App Store and top1 in 48 countries-but it's just ClamAV+AdwareMedic signs+3 bullshit signs. There's something interesting on the third (still no home page), that is this tweet: Now that we've finished the first page (and the results are not a bit reassuring), the question comes: where the heck is this app's home page? It's also not on the second page, actually. The last result on the first page is the app's product page on MacUpdate (now apparently abandoned), with a shiny 0.5/5 stars (note the zero point) badge. The next three results are from MAS aggregation sites. The fifth and sixth results are general OS X AV product reviews that don't even mention this app. What is this? Is it a real software? Should I keep it or try to uninstall it? Can somebody answer these questions? Somehow it appears I have installed AntiVirus Sentinel Pro. Fourth result is a rather recent thread (August 2015) from Mac Forums. Judging from the video the interface seems to be done in Java or something. Third one is a YouTube video (also linked from MAS) which seems to be the only online documentation this app's got. Let's continue with the Google search results. Okay, so why did you purchase it in the first place? I guess clueless users like this one are in every MAS developer's wet dreams. ![]() I have a bad feeling this application is useless and maybe even harmful. I have purchased and downloaded AntiVirus Sentinel Pro for Macintosh with Yosemite OS. ![]() However, you'll immediately find it hilarious when you read on: First result: Apple Support forum thread from late 2014, "Is AntiVirus Sentinel Pro legit? If not, how can I delete it?" Good question about any AV product. So let's Google "AntiVirus Sentinel Pro". The first rule of using MAS (or any kind of app store, for that matter) is that you research MAS apps outside the MAS. This "Pro" app, for instance, comes from a developer whose three out of four apps matches the regex ^((a-z)+ )+Pro$, and despite their names they are definitely geared towards uninformed newbies. These days many people like to end their apps' names with "Pro", even when there's nothing pro about them. ![]()
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