Safari opening on its own overnight

The same thing happens to me. But, it doesn't seem to have happened since any upgrade or update of any kind. I just get the blank page open, then a second page named TrustArc Preference Manager. So 2 pages open by themselves at night. Blank and Pref. Manager (screen capture - sorry it's in French).

Now, I try to turn off Internet at night to keep Safari and these pages from opening by themselves.

@Buffsters

I don't know if you got this resolved, but I was having problems, too, and even went through apple support.

But the fix does have to do with Java (which Apple did not cover in our session). Java will become obsolete soon, but some web browsers still use it. You can uninstall Java, but the safer bet is shown below:

Goto System Preferences; on the bottom row, click on the Java icon. That should open a separate window. (If you don't see a new window, but see in the toolbar "Java Control Panel" open the window from there.)

Click the tab in Java Control Panel for "Updates"

Uncheck the "Check for updates automatically" box. AND YOU MUST CLICK APPLY (or it won't save)

Now it should no longer check for updates at night when your computer is sleeping. It's not really a malware thing like some have suggested in this thread.

You can close everything and restart your computer just to make sure everything has taken effect.

Hope this helps!

I have a Mac-mini I leave on all the time, it runs a network controller software. This morning it was powered off. When I powered it on the first thing that loaded was this URL also blank.

nit having any luck finding any good info on the site.

Doing some searches I found in a Chinese website that it might have to do with Java but the translation wasn’t that great. Figures since the URL has oracle in the name.

TrustArc domain is a reputable domain that handles security around several things but hey do have a cookies solution.

I have no proof yet but with that being known it may be something legitimate although not expected behavior that this site opens.

The same for me, since a couple of months, on two different machines in different lan: Macbook pro (dynamic IP), iMac27 (static IP). At first I thought it was some intrusion in my office router with static IP, but the same happens at home (dynamic IP). At this point I am inclined to attribute it to something related to Java.

Any hints?

Thanks!

Daria

Exactly the same thing has happened to me three or four times this month. And co-incidentally ‘my data’ has been involved in a breach and I’m having to change all my passwords. That’s never happened before. No idea if they are connected and don’t seem to be able to be able to get rid of the Trust arc consent.

While I was using my Mac, a java update popped up and low an behold immediately after that the blank page popped up. This is not malware and is related to Java and several google searches around the subject also prove this.

Not too sure on the solution however, but since I use my Mac as a headless server, It doesn't really bother me as much as others.

Buffsters wrote:

There have been some helpful comments, with one possible data breach, but no solutions so far to this. Is anyone from Apple following this?

No, no one from Apple is following this. This is a user-to-user forum. Apple's participation is minimal. If you want direct advice from Apple, use the Contact Support link at the top right of every page of these forums.

Meanwhile, I'd suggest downloading and running the free version of Malwarebytes. It was originally developed by a long-time forum member and is useful for finding and removing adware.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/

I get this two. This time only YouTube was open in my safari browser, for whatever thats worth.

I found this... looks like it has to do with websites using trustarc for cookie consent: https://cliqz.com/en/magazine/annoyed-by-cookie-consent-notices-there-is-a-method-behind-it

Thank you, leee555 for the explanation. Much appreciated.

If Java is no longer needed, I'm then wondering how to remove it completely from System Preferences.

If anyone has an idea. Please let us know.

Cheers everyone !

Meanwhile I got a new Java update and after installing it my problem was solved: no more auto opening of Safari on Saturday nights...

and yes, I still need Java to access my home banking and other websites... it depends on the single sites, not on the browser...

I have had the same as "jacks176" Trust arc started popping up a few weeks ago in the same manner and I have also had my first data breach - why is no one let alone Apple not doing anything about this??? I have had 2 days of stress changing all my passwords/accounts etc....

Hi, I was logged in to a website when a message popped up that I had a data breach and my password was known...very stressful...can't get in touch with Apple at the moment which I am finding very frustrating...would you mind telling me how you removed Oracle and Java from your computer?