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Information in my MacBook Pro

What is “6985386993138073261“

Get information: "" 6985386993138073261 "wants access to control" Safari ". Allowing control will provide access to documents and data in" Safari ", and to perform actions within that app." OK, or dont allow ???

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Feb 2, 2021 4:31 AM

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Posted on Feb 2, 2021 7:54 AM

predrag244 wrote:

What is “6985386993138073261“
Get information: "" 6985386993138073261 "wants access to control" Safari ". Allowing control will provide access to documents and data in" Safari ", and to perform actions within that app." OK, or dont allow ???



You will have to say what action or link do you take/click to see this pop up—" 6985386993138073261 "wants access to control" Safari ".


Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/Anti-Virus/VPN


—If you suspect you have installed adware/malware:


>System Preferences>Profiles click into it and then remove all the suspicious things from the list. (This Preference pane will not be present if no profiles found.)


Adware Removal Guide—Manual removal of : http://www.thesafemac.com/arg-identification/

or

Try running this trusted utility https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/


also Verify you are not using SOCKS proxy:

>System Preferences>Networks>Advanced>Proxy uncheck the box


Adware/malware launch daemons can set SOCKS proxies without user participation.

(SOCKS is an Internet protocol that exchanges network packets between a client and server through a proxy server.)

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Feb 2, 2021 7:54 AM in response to predrag244

predrag244 wrote:

What is “6985386993138073261“
Get information: "" 6985386993138073261 "wants access to control" Safari ". Allowing control will provide access to documents and data in" Safari ", and to perform actions within that app." OK, or dont allow ???



You will have to say what action or link do you take/click to see this pop up—" 6985386993138073261 "wants access to control" Safari ".


Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/Anti-Virus/VPN


—If you suspect you have installed adware/malware:


>System Preferences>Profiles click into it and then remove all the suspicious things from the list. (This Preference pane will not be present if no profiles found.)


Adware Removal Guide—Manual removal of : http://www.thesafemac.com/arg-identification/

or

Try running this trusted utility https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/


also Verify you are not using SOCKS proxy:

>System Preferences>Networks>Advanced>Proxy uncheck the box


Adware/malware launch daemons can set SOCKS proxies without user participation.

(SOCKS is an Internet protocol that exchanges network packets between a client and server through a proxy server.)

Information in my MacBook Pro

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