When you click Download Antitwister, different browsers behave a little differently:
Google’s Chrome saves Antitwister.exe to your Downloads folder and at the bottom of the browser displays a link to it.
Mozilla’s Firefox asks if you would like to save Antitwister.exe. Click “Save File” and it saves the program in your Downloads folder. You can run it now by clicking “Open file.” In future you can use Windows Explorer to find the Downloads folder and inside double-click Antitwister.exe to run it.
Microsoft’s Edge says Antitwister was “blocked because it could harm your device.” Hover your mouse to the right of that slander and click “...” then “Keep.” Then it says “this app is not commonly downloaded ...” When you click “Show more” Nanny Edge finally gives you the option “Keep anyway”. That places Antitwister.exe in your Downloads folder, after which it asks if you want to open the file now.
In Windows 7, the first time you run Antitwister, Windows will display the scary message “Unknown Publisher: publisher could not be verified.” I can’t verify Windows, so there. Uncheck “Always ask ...” to stop seeing this message.
In Windows 10 you get the message “This program is not commonly downloaded ...” – if it stopped there we would not disagree, but it goes on to say – “and could harm your computer.” This is slander. Maybe the cretin responsible for that message will fall down a crack in the earth during an earthquake. I like to imagine that happening. It consoles me.
In Windows 11, the first time you run the program, right-click the exe file and choose “Properties.” In the “General” tab, checkmark “Unblock” and click “OK.” Then you can run the program as usual. The program stays unblocked.
You can move the file Antitwister.exe anywhere, it is a self-contained program. You can create a shortcut to it by right-clicking the file, then clicking “Create shortcut.” Then move the resulting shortcut to, say your desktop or taskbar.
When I put the program through VirusTotal on 27 March 2024, of 71 virus checkers it passed 69 of them, including Kasperski, Microsoft, Symantec, and Malwarebytes. The two that gave the false positives were MaxSecure and Tapmine. MaxSecure’s website says they use “artificial intelligence.” So much for artificial intelligence. Tapmine’s website says they use “machine learning.” Their machine needs to go back to school.
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