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Jul 15, 2015 2:33 AM in response to Ocean 17by mdbg2015,At home both imacs at the same time started showing this, after connecting and disconnecting..it happened about 2-3 hours ago and still does that. I am amazed how quickly I am reading in google about this problem. Ill keep up with it. I tried in both computers to disable the auto join, but didnt do. Reset the modem, didnt do either*(there you go, it just popped up again, freeeaaaakyyy!!!) Since it opens with everything else closed and in the two computers. Help!

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Jul 15, 2015 2:35 AM in response to Ocean 17by Razbiruin,Same thing. All sorts of weird wifi issues actually for last couple days, but not sure if they were coincidental with odd issues with my ISP too. But as for this wifi network popup thing, it definitely appears like one of these security or EFI updates has made things screwy for us 10.9.5 users. Hopefully Apple already knows and is working on a fix. I wonder if they released these updates knowing this would happen....
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Jul 15, 2015 2:47 AM in response to Ocean 17by djm3lody,I guess this is what is going on guys...
Multi-MacJul 15, 2015 2:40 AM
HI All,
Apple uses a method of pinging back a 'hidden' web page when ever you attempt to use wifi. This is used to check for login screens on wifi portals, but it appears to be broken at the moment.
The server is passing back badly formatted HTML that is then displayed on the screen modally (in front of everything and in focus) which interrupts what ever you are doing if connected to wifi.
At the moment the ONLY work around appears to be not to use wifi (this is obviously unacceptable)
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Jul 15, 2015 2:49 AM in response to Ocean 17by chuan_xxx,Hi guys! i restart my router and the pop up didnt appear. fingers crossed!
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Jul 15, 2015 2:51 AM in response to Ocean 17by Marx,Same problem here on a Macbook Pro running Mavericks 10.9.5 connected to Apple Airport WiFi on 5Gz channel. Odd is however that we have two MacBooks running the same OS version, connected to the same router. One is getting the screen every five minutes and the other is not.
However if I try to check the network prefs on the machine that doesn't have the problem, it has difficulty loading the tabs (TCP, DNS etc.) on the "advanced" dialogue.
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Jul 15, 2015 2:56 AM in response to Ocean 17by Juanjo28,Same here!! Mavericks 10.9.5 on 13" pro retina 2014 in U.A.E. Any solution?
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Jul 15, 2015 2:59 AM in response to chuan_xxxby Mad-Jack,I have tried restarting the computer, router and the wireless network hub. Still got the pop up. It is affecting my iMac (10.9.5) but not my iPhone 5s (8.3) or my iPad mini (8.3). I also see it isn't local to Apple products, Android seem to be having problems too.
Not that it has solved anything, but I have simply put the offending window into the corner out of the way, the computer seems to be working fine, internet works, email works and so on. Running a virus scan now, but I don't think it will be that.
My guess as some hacker has done something to the web. But then what do I know?
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Jul 15, 2015 2:58 AM in response to Ocean 17by jbcortes,Same problem here, on two different MacBooks. This is insane.
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Jul 15, 2015 3:08 AM in response to jbcortesby Wyrmfire,★HelpfulGo into [Hard Drive] -> System -> Library -> CoreServices
Find "Captive Network Assistant" and rename it to "XCaptive Network Assistant".
Voila! No longer a problem.
This is at least a temporary fix to resolve the issue until Apple fixes the problem at their end (who knows how long that is going to take).
In terms of overall impact, it will only affect people on corporate networks or airports that need to input corporate usernames/passwords. If you're just connecting to your wireless at home it won't have any impact.
This is one of the reasons I suggest also not "deleting" the file and instead "renaming" it to get it out of the way, temporarily whilst Apple fix the issue so you can then rename it again after they fix what they need to.
At least it won't get in your way every five minutes whilst trying to surf the net.
Anyway, hopefully that helps everyone.
Regards,
Wyrmfire
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Jul 15, 2015 3:04 AM in response to Wyrmfireby Mad-Jack,Forgive my (obvious) ignorance, but will doing this have any other implications, security wise or other?
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Jul 15, 2015 3:09 AM in response to Ocean 17by UKSJM,Yes I have the same issue also.
Nothing has changed on my MacBook Pro but today has started doing this.
OS X 10.9.5
MacBook Pro
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Jul 15, 2015 3:10 AM in response to Mad-Jackby Wyrmfire,This is one of the reasons I suggest not "deleting" the file and instead "renaming" it to get it out of the way temporarily whilst Apple fix the issue so you can then rename it again after they fix what they need to.
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Jul 15, 2015 3:12 AM in response to Wyrmfireby Marx,Thanks Wyrmfire. That did the trick. We'll just have to wait until Apple resolves the issue now..
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Jul 15, 2015 3:13 AM in response to UKSJMby Wyrmfire,Take a look at my previous post, UKSJM. That should resolve the issue at least temporarily.