What app is causing this... Phishing issue

I recently acquired AT&T fiber at the house.

With that service came a free app called "Smart Home" by AT&T.

I almost immediately started getting a blocked website notices. As seen below. And on all of the notices it's just one website... over and over again.

The problem I am having is determining what app on my M1 Mac is reaching out to this site?

From there I can delete the app and move on.

My VirusBarrier Scanner app from Intego.


How do I find out what app is reaching out?





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iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Apr 7, 2024 4:59 AM

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Apr 7, 2024 8:25 AM in response to austinnate

Also remove the Virus Barrier Scanner. It is just as useless as the AT&T Smart Home. The purpose of these notifications is not to protect your Mac, it is to make them appear to be useful so you will continue with the service making you feel like it is doing a good job.


If you are interested in the extensive steps Apple takes to maintain Security, you can read this Support Article to understand the lengths that Apple goes through. You will not find any additional software that is going to protect you further.

https://help.apple.com/pdf/security/en_US/apple-platform-security-guide.pdf

Apr 7, 2024 7:51 AM in response to austinnate

It’s the amateur AT&T app screaming thief just for the heck of it - ignore, not worth pursuing. Your iMac is all you need for security: everything else is a virus.


Separately, go through the Privacy and Security settings on macOS and also your apps, and disable any that have been enabled by default - that’s what this is about.

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