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Monterey 12.3.1 networking issues.

Hi, just yesterday I've updated my MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017) to macOS Monterey 12.3.1 and with it came plenty of networking issues.


Long story short most of the apps that use any kind of internet connection crash on startup without even giving a crash report.

The apps I tried where: browsers (like: chrome, firefox, opera), whatsapp, adobe creative cloud, even visual studio code and the list goes on.


So far I checked my security setting and found nothing abnormal there and can't think of anything else to try, so I wanted to ask

Is this an issue limited to me and my device or something greater?

But most importantly is there anything I can do other than rolling back to the previous Mac OS?


MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Apr 4, 2022 3:37 AM

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Posted on Apr 6, 2022 1:01 AM

Some more notes on your report:


Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.

Time Machine backup out-of-date - The last Time Machine backup is over 10 days old.

Battery failure - Your battery is reporting that it needs to be serviced.

Gatekeeper disabled - Gatekeeper security protection is disabled. This computer is at risk of malware infection.

System Integrity Protection disabled - System Integrity Protection is disabled. This computer is at risk of malware infection.

Apple security disabled - Apple security software is disabled. This computer is at risk of malware infection.



Note that besides the security problems, the battery is also failing.


And this is cause for concern:


Kernel boot arguments - This computer has custom kernel boot arguments.


So your system is booting with arguments that are unusual. Have you any idea why this is?

It seems fishy to me.

These are the boot arguments mentioned:


System Software:

macOS Monterey 12.3.1 (21E258)

Time since boot: About 17 hours

Boot args: amfi_get_out_of_my_way=1 -no_compat_check arch=x86_64


I have seen hundreds of Etrecheck report and this is the first time I have seen this.

Apart from special testing, that should be done by people who understand these things way better than us, this should never appear. And yet, here it is.


Have you got any idea how these appeared? Was it deliberate?


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Monterey 12.3.1 networking issues.

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