MTC Skopos is a portable desktop application. There is no installer, no service, no driver, and nothing written outside the folder you extract it to. On a locked-down corporate laptop this is usually the deciding factor: you can run it without a software request.
Steps
- Extract the ZIP to any folder you can write to
- Run
mtc-skopos.exeon Windows, ormtc-skoposon macOS and Linux - No administrator rights are required
Settings and data source configuration are stored beside the executable, so the whole installation stays self-contained. Moving or copying the folder moves your configuration with it.
Verify what you downloaded
Each release ships with a matching .sha256 file. For mtc-skopos-1.6.0-windows.zip, that is mtc-skopos-1.6.0-windows.zip.sha256.
Get-FileHash .\mtc-skopos-1.6.0-windows.zip
The hash must match the contents of the .sha256 file. On Windows you can additionally confirm the binary is signed by the expected publisher:
Get-AuthenticodeSignature "mtc-skopos.exe" | Format-List *
The signer is Meylan Technologies & Consulting Sàrl. See Windows SmartScreen & Enterprise Allow-Listing for the certificate details.
Windows SmartScreen on first launch
Some users, particularly on managed corporate laptops, see a "Windows protected your PC" prompt the first time they run mtc-skopos.exe, despite the DigiCert Extended Validation signature. This is a reputation cold-start on the new release hash, not a malware detection.
Windows SmartScreen & Enterprise Allow-Listing covers the one-time bypass for individual users and the publisher-based allow-listing procedures for IT teams.
Updating
Extract the new release into a new folder and copy your configuration across, or extract over the existing folder to keep it in place. Analysis results and exported reports live wherever you chose to save them and are unaffected.