Mac virus

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Mac virus

when I open safari I get a pop up notification

“1903611371752760934” wants access to control “Safari”. Allowing control will provide access to documents and data in “Safari”, and to perform actions within that app.

this also seems related to not allowing me launch google chrome on the same computer

I had some issues before with something called leadingloading service something like this which will control the search engine on my chrome.

any ideas ? this is very annoying basically can't work on this machine

Posted on Oct 8, 2023 6:49 PM

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Answer 1

Old Toad

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Oct 9, 2023 12:47 PM in response to christos299

Download and run Etrecheck. Be sure to give it Full Disk access before running.

Copy and paste the results into your reply. Etrecheck is a diagnostic tool that was developed by one of the most respected users here in the ASC and recommended by Apple Support to provide a snapshot of the system and help identify the more obvious culprits that can adversely affect a Mac's performance.

Copy the report

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Then we can evaluate the report to see if we can determine the cause of the problem.

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Answer 2

Oct 8, 2023 9:29 PM in response to christos299

Probably not a virus, but some sort of Web site notification. See if changing Safari Preferences/Settings as outlined in the following User Tip settles its hash:

Stop unwanted Notifications - Apple Community

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K Shaffer

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Oct 9, 2023 12:25 PM in response to christos299

Related reference material follows.

Effective defenses against malware and other threats - Apple Community

Phony "tech support" / "ransomware" popups and web pages - Apple Community

How to install adware - Apple Community

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christos299 Author

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Oct 9, 2023 3:16 PM in response to Servant of Cats

Thanks.

1 - there were no extensions.

2 - Under login items, I found a section "Allow in the Background", and I a lot of weird stuff was there and all of them were "checked" - see picture. I unchecked all of them except dropbox. it looks like this resolves the issue with the Safari annoying notification. I have to check what happens with my other issue of google chrome not able to start. How I find those applications and remove them all together though ?

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christos299 Author

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Oct 9, 2023 4:41 AM in response to Servant of Cats

thanks. I did that for safari notifications. same problem

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Old Toad

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Oct 9, 2023 12:47 PM in response to Old Toad

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Answer 7

Oct 9, 2023 6:42 AM in response to christos299

If you've blocked Web notifications, I wonder if it is a Safari extension.

Go into Safari > Settings… (might be called Safari > Preferences… on your machine) and click on the Extensions tab. See if you installed some Safari extension that you might not want.

Another thing you might check is Login Items. This is in General Settings under Ventura, but I think it used to live off the Users & Groups Preferences. See if there is any application set to automatically start up when you log in / start up that looks suspicious.

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