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SOCKS proxy keeps turning back on

This is the Etrecheck report. Any help is greatly appreciated.


Thank you in advance!

Posted on Aug 25, 2022 7:40 AM

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TX_LSU2008 wrote:

<SOCKS proxy keeps turning back on.log>
This is the Etrecheck report. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance!


If you you have installed adware/malware ref:


>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.)


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.)


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

or

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



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Aug 25, 2022 7:46 AM in response to TX_LSU2008

TX_LSU2008 wrote:

<SOCKS proxy keeps turning back on.log>
This is the Etrecheck report. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance!


If you you have installed adware/malware ref:


>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.)


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.)


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

or

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



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