How to run VLC on El Capitan? El Capitan claims "VLC.app will damage your computer." When trying to run VLC, El Capitan reports this message:

“VLC.app” will damage your computer. You should move it to the Trash.


I tried downloading a fresh copy of VLC, but this didn't fix the issue.

How can I run VLC on El Capitan?

P.s. I tried the "control-open" but unlike Mavericks, that didn't allow the application to start.
I've had the same issue with El Capitan. Strangely, i could open the VLC.app from within the mounted dmg (OS X just said its unsigned) but not after I copied it to /Applications.

So I tried to copy it with the terminal like

cp -R /Volumes/vlc-2.2.1/VLC.app /Applications/


and voila, after that I could also open it from within the Applications folder.
Please note the "-R"-option.

I think this is safer than allowing malicious files to be executed by disabling Gatekeeper.