MacOS Monterey thinks the application is malware - chmod doesn't seem to fix.

[christopherMills]

When executing ./mdloader --first --download the_downloaded_binary.bin --restart I get the following dialog:

"mdloader" cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified. macOS cannot verify that this app is free from malware. Safari downloaded this file today at 13:16 from github-releases.githubusercontent.com

with "Move to Bin" and "Cancel" as options. I've attached a screenshot.

Prior to this, I had already cd into the directory and performed chmod u+x mdloader so this ought to make the file executable.

Retried all the above with sudo

[christopherMills]

It seems that after this message shows there is an option in System Preferences → Security to allow the application to run, however this took some digging.

Not sure if this is new and Monterey-specific, or if it's just been a while since I've run unsigned binaries 😆

Perhaps worth placing a pointer on your readme ?

[undefinedtrash]

have you tried right clicking and hitting open from there? that seems to have worked for me.