Attention Mac Users
Apple will release macOS 15 (Sequoia) on Monday, September 16, 2024.
Finale v27 is not compatible with Sequoia and will not be updated.

For more information:
macOS 15 Sequoia and Finale Notation Products
Disabling Automatic macOS Updates

Posted on April 25, 2017

 

Recently an update to some rules in the Webroot software has mistakenly tagged safe applications (including Finale) and core system files as malicious. We can assure you that Finale is a safe application and is safe to continue to use.

 

Webroot has acknowledge the error and has some workarounds for their users. You can read their latest statement here: https://community.webroot.com/t5/Announcements/Webroot-False-Positive-Update-April-25/td-p/290577.

 

If reinstalling Finale does not get around the issue, please check the forum post above from Webroot to investigate their workarounds for this issue.