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Repeated pop-up message about incoming connection


I'm getting this pop up message very frequently. First, it was about once an hour, and I kept 'denying' it. But now its happening about once every 15 seconds and interrupting all my work (because i cant type/do anything else until I dismiss the alert. And its happened six times just while writing this post.


Please let me know if you have any inputs on how to fix this.




MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on Feb 9, 2020 7:38 PM

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Posted on Feb 10, 2020 11:09 AM

Sounds like Adware/Malware for sure...


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


Pastebin is a good place to paste the whole report...

https://pastebin.com/


Or use the paperclip at the bottom of a Reply to attach the full report here. :)


Workable but harder for me to work with...the Note tool on the bottom of this editor's toolbar, as shown in the image, to copy and paste the output from EtreCheck.

There is also free Malwarebytes which may take care of it...

https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/


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Feb 10, 2020 11:09 AM in response to anushrig15

Sounds like Adware/Malware for sure...


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


Pastebin is a good place to paste the whole report...

https://pastebin.com/


Or use the paperclip at the bottom of a Reply to attach the full report here. :)


Workable but harder for me to work with...the Note tool on the bottom of this editor's toolbar, as shown in the image, to copy and paste the output from EtreCheck.

There is also free Malwarebytes which may take care of it...

https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/


Repeated pop-up message about incoming connection

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