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Onlyapplication

About four days ago, I got a request on my computer to enter the password because a program was trying to make changes to my computer. I denied because I was not doing anything that should prompt that to happen. That caused a window to open and show the program that was trying to make changes. The name of the program is "Onlyapplication". I did not recognize it, so I deleted it (moved it to trash). It happened again the next day, and has now happened for four days straight. Each day, when I log on, I get the prompt to enter my password and allow changes. I deny, and move the program to trash. How can I stop the program from running each day? Does anyone know what this program does?

MacBook Pro Retina

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 4:24 PM

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SalishConsultant

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Sep 23, 2019 10:48 PM in response to SalishConsultant

Installed and ran Malwarebytes and it identified adware in the library folder.

Seems to have removed all traces and my search engine is now acting correctly again.

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shaiwals

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Sep 25, 2019 4:28 PM in response to dale0408

I was able to get things working again including getting internet connectivity back by deleting OnlyApplication, NetLookupSearch from LaunchAgents and LaunchDaemons and also another Trojan with a GUID name which I’m guessing is generated in the fly.

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Jmac1961

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Sep 23, 2019 4:52 PM in response to rgOO6

I had the same thing happen. Bitdefender identified malware on my computer and deleted it. No more problem.

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rgOO6 Author

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Sep 24, 2019 7:05 PM in response to Camy17

Those two may not be related. I have had both issues. But for me, the web browser not loading was first. I ended up having to restore my computer to fix it. About two months later I now had the issue with Openapplication. I just installed and ran Bitdefender and it seems to have actually removed the full program.

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Sep 23, 2019 8:54 PM in response to rgOO6

It just popped up on one of my iMacs.

Removed the application, searched and found a folder in finder and removed that too. No idea where it came from.

Apple? Anything you want to tell us?

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shaiwals

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Sep 24, 2019 10:00 AM in response to Camy17

I see the same thing. Avast saw and removed MacOS:Adload-J in NetLookupSearch. But my mbpro isn’t able to connect to the internet unless I boot in safe mode.

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Camy17

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Sep 24, 2019 6:24 AM in response to rgOO6

Just found this on my MBP today. Onlyapplication appeared, trying to open itself. Didn’t recognise it so I moved it to trash, emptied the trash. Safari begins to only load Yahoo despite multiple troubleshooting to set google as default search engine (which is what I’ve used for the last 3 years of this mb). Unsure if this is related to Onlyapplication. So downloaded Bitdefender to try and locate malware and delete, everything seemed okay. However, issues with loading safari continue (yahoo search engine and eventually struggles to load webpages at all) and now ive resorted to erasing the entire hard drive to try and reboot the machine..

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BDAqua

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Sep 23, 2019 5:03 PM in response to rgOO6

Good work to both.

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Sep 23, 2019 8:27 PM in response to rgOO6

I have had exactly same issue. I ran MacBuster. Identified Malware and deleted it. Is this some new virus?

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dale0408

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Sep 25, 2019 4:16 PM in response to rgOO6

I contacted Apple Support and they called me and took me through the steps to get rid of it.

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Jmac1961

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Sep 25, 2019 4:29 PM in response to dale0408

Are you going to share what they told you???

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BDAqua

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Sep 24, 2019 10:29 AM in response to shaiwals

This App could point out where some hidden .plists are...

EtreCheck is a simple little app to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac.

http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck

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