Leonard Wheeler

Q: Terminal opens by itself; strange alert messages

I have an early 2009 Mac Pro tower. It's been running fine under El Capitan, but recently several things happen that I can't explain and wanted to see if others are having issues and how they may have dealt with them. I use the latest update of El Capitan (10.11.6), but the first problem below has been going on since the first El Capitan release.

 

First off, I cannot simply restart my computer. When I select "Restart" it will not shutdown, ever. I must do it manually by pushing the start button, then restart manually. I read to unplug the computer for 15 min. and it will clear up the problem. It worked one time. If I shutdown and unplug it, it will work again, but only one time. I would have to keep unplugging it every time I shut it down to work the next time I start up.

 

Also, I often leave my computer on during the night. Lately, seems like since the last El Capitan update, when I first sit down in the morning, I find the terminal open. That is strange because I never open the terminal. I'm scared of the terminal :-) Twice I've found an alert message on the screen when I sit down in the morning to use the computer. I have attached two examples to this note. I'm wondering if someone could help decipher them. If someone is trying to hack my computer, I have no idea what is happening, or how to correct and protect.

 

StrangeScreenShot.jpg

StrangeScreen2.jpg

 

Thank you in advance for any help you can offer!

Michael

 

Message was edited by: Leonard Wheeler

Mac Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), 16Gb of RAM

Posted on Sep 19, 2016 6:26 AM

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  • by Nawk Andersen,Helpful

    Nawk Andersen Nawk Andersen Sep 19, 2016 6:40 AM in response to Leonard Wheeler
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    Sep 19, 2016 6:40 AM in response to Leonard Wheeler

    From what I can tell the first screenshot is an error from Avid Application Manager. Does that sound right to you?

     

    It is mentioned on this page: http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/troubleshooting/Application-Manager-Tro ubleshooting

  • by Leonard Wheeler,

    Leonard Wheeler Leonard Wheeler Sep 19, 2016 6:40 AM in response to Nawk Andersen
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    Sep 19, 2016 6:40 AM in response to Nawk Andersen

    Nawk,

    Thank you so much for responding! Avid App Manager has given me some problems over the course of having it. So, hopefully, there isn't a hack going on? :-) I didn't know the terminal would open without me doing it myself. I'll dive into the known Avid issues.

     

    Thanks again!

    Michael

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Sep 19, 2016 12:57 PM in response to Leonard Wheeler
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    Sep 19, 2016 12:57 PM in response to Leonard Wheeler

    Hi,

     

    It looks like it should be part of a Certificate in the Keychain

    However the Expiry date (1970) looks wrong.

     

    If I remember correctly that date is the theoretical start date of the Apple Clock.

    (you remember when everyone was worry about the Y2K "bug" at the millennium  ?  Apple Computers were not at risk because they used four digits for the year date and that date was the "Start Date")

     

    Not sure why it would trigger Terminal though.

     

     

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