PDAnet for mac asks for incoming network connections every boot.

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PDAnet for mac asks for incoming network connections every boot.

Ok, a couple of days ago i installed PDAnet for my iphone, and found that i do not need it, so, i uninstall it, and now.... every single time i boot my macbook, "PDANET wants incoming network connections". It says deny or allow, and no matter which option i click, it still pops up. So, i reinstalled, and uninstalled again, then i tried using the uninstall script. No matter what i try, i cannot get rid of it. I even removed it from login options, i know people have complained about this popup, and there was time were my mac did this for other apps, but it fixed itsself after one popup. This one just wont quit. Any help is greatly appreciated.

13in. MBP 4GB RAM 250GB HDD (2009), Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Dec 25, 2009 6:29 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 25, 2009 7:03 PM in response to ikid77

Hi ikid, Try this...

Open the Security Preferences and click on the Firewall tab.
Click the gold lock icon in the lower left and enter your password.
Click "Advanced..." in the lower right corner.
In the list of items, highlight the one for PDAnet.
Then click the "-" button at the bottom to remove it.
Now close System Preferences and reboot your Mac.

See if you get that popup again. Let us know. Cheers!

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Dec 25, 2009 7:39 PM in response to Glenn Carter

Ok, i try that and there is no entry for pdanet. I uninstalled the app which may be why. But when i uninstall it shouldnt the popup be gone? its just really odd for it to still happen.

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Dec 25, 2009 7:50 PM in response to ikid77

There is apparently some remnant of the application still in the system. Go up to Spotlight and enter PDAnet.

Now select "Show All".
Make sure "This Mac" and "File Name" are selected.
Anything coming up that should have been deleted.

If not, click the tiny "+" button on the far right.
In the first drop-down menu that appears select "Other..."
Scroll down to "System files" and place a check mark in the box on the right.
Click OK.
Now from the drop-down select "System files" and from the next drop-down select "are included".
Anything showing up related to PDAnet now?

If so then it most likely needs to be deleted. Let us know

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Dec 25, 2009 8:34 PM in response to Glenn Carter

Well, a regular search comes up with the uninstall script, which is odd because i already ran it. Ran it again, but it diid nothing. I manually had to delete the script. Besides that, it came up with nothing. im searching system files now.

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Dec 25, 2009 8:46 PM in response to Glenn Carter

okay, after leaving my mac for about 10 minutes, the search mainly resulted in history from safari, but there was a couple of .drv files associated with pdanet. i removed them. restarting now. *fingers crossed*

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ikid77 Author

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Dec 25, 2009 9:00 PM in response to Glenn Carter

SUCCESS.

Apparently there were .plist & .drv files left on my mac even after using the uninstall script. now after deleting them, all is back to normal.

Thanks a ton.

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Answer 7

Dec 25, 2009 9:23 PM in response to ikid77

Great to hear!

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