My MacBook Pro 16" says no internet after connecting to WiFI after Sequoia update

even though i had removed all ESET apps and programs i had to manually remove the Filters under Settings\Network\Filters because they still contained to ESET entries (as i mentioned earlier). After removing them manually i got my internet access back!

I am now connected! I had thrown ESET in the trash and disabled ESET filters. I didn't know how to delete the ESET filters, so I had Apple Support call. ESET was in trash, so she had me empty trash. From System-Network-Filters, she instructed me to highlight an ESET filter and use the minus key "-" to delete the filter and then do same for the second ESET filter. Yay! Thank you everyone!

I am having the same issue. How do I manually remove the ESET filters? I disabled them, but I don't have an option to remove them.

I had the same issue, all apps stated no access to the internet and couldn't browse to anything in Safari. However I could run commands in terminal like ping and DNS lookup's which all worked fine.

Ended up just restoring my Mac to Sonoma and I'm back online.

Thank you so much for sharing this tip on how to remove ESET filters. 🙏

First you have to delete ESET and please go to filters and delete the entries and once you get onto the internet, which most certainly you will get connected, you can decide further course of action with ESET anti virus or change it to malware bytes which lot more friendlier to MAC O/S es and i guess provides similar protection

Thanks! for all the inputs, finally i had to get into ESTS filters and delete the entries by disabling it didn't work for me. I was struggling for the last 24 hours and cursed myself for updating the OS. Apple customer support frankly were not aware of this issue ad we went in circles, including setting up an appointment with Genius Bar

Hi everyone,

I have MacBook Pro 14“ and I am experiencing this problem with the Internet connection (while being connected to WiFi) after having upgraded to macOS Sequoia on Tuesday (17.09.)!

I am so angry because I had the same problem with the internet connection regularly even before the upgrade, but at least I could use the HotSpot of my phone to connect to the internet; However, after the upgrade not even hotspot is of help!

This makes me so mad because I have had high expectations when I switched to Mac (from Windows) less than 2 years ago! I have thought until now that since my Mac is still pretty new, it cannot have such a major problem! Surely the problem lies with the internet service provider….hopelessly I was searching the internet for some clues and just so landed on this page. I am happy to read that I am not alone in this and that there is a potential solution.

I have NordVPN and ESET. After the upgrade I immediately received the message that ESET does not support this macOS so I have to install a newer version. I wanted to install the new version, but of course, not possible without the internet connection.

I just randomly switched off my NordVPN and suddenly got my access back to the internet (via both Hotspot and WLAN) when using Google Chrome (even though I didn’t have this problem with the VPN before!!!). HOWEVER, Safari is still not working!

So I am not sure whether I should uninstall ESET and NordVPN, or downgrade to the previous OS or to just wait for a new version/update of macOS which could fix all these issues!

I don’t wish to get rid of the VPN and ESET because I fill less safe knowing that Mac can also be sooo faulty :/ sigh…

NJD30 wrote:

I have the same problem but only when using NORD VPN, I have deleted the ESET files from filters but now ESET is saying it needs to be configured so my question is, with these two being deleted, will it not affect functionality of ESET?

Thanks

A virtual private network, or VPN, is an encrypted connection over the Internet from a device to a network.

If you need to be "present" on an institutional network, a VPN is a great tool for accomplishing this. it is generally issued and supported by the institution.

Almost all other uses are a SCAM. There is generally no need for you to have a private connection to a VPN vendor's Network, except to make it easier for them to harvest your data to sell.

If VPN vendors just stopped there, it would be bad. But many of these packages also insist on scanning all your files, non-stop, -- nominally looking for viruses, but who knows for sure what data they are harvesting. Their non-stop file reading punishes your computer's performance in the process.

Some also break into your other secure connections so they can be FIRST to examine your data, often leaving your Mac MORE vulnerable to attack.

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MacOS shares a lot of the lock-down mechanisms developed for the iPhone. Applications are all sand-boxed with a list of the resources they require, and they cannot ask for anything outside their sandbox without crashing. Signed Applications are checked that they are from legitimate Developers, and Notarized Applications are delivered with the assurance that they have NOT been modified since their release by the Developer.

From MacOS 11 Big Sur onward, the system is on a Separate, crypto-locked System Volume, which is not writeable using ordinary means. Any unauthorized changes to the crypto-locked volume are quickly detected and you are alerted.

So you could store just about every malware known to mankind on your Mac, and your Mac would not get infected spontaneously. Scanning for virus-like patterns might make you feel a little better now, but non-stop scanning is outdated nonsense, and a tremendous waste of resources.

Nothing can become Executable Unless/Until you supply your Admin password to "make it so".

Effective defenses against malware and ot… - Apple Community

Had the same issues for a few days and it was so annoying. The above steps fixed the issue on my MacBook Pro M3. Thanks everyone for your help!

Launch a browser and enter this easy to remember all-numeric IP address:

1.1.1.1 

in the address bar,  and press return.

If you get the CloudFlare** splash page, your internet is working, but DNS lookup may not be working.

**CloudFlare is NOT part of the solution, they just own the easiest to remember all-numeric IP Address.

Same problem on macbook pro A2992

Tried to change dns settings and more

One strange moment: if i reboot, telegram can be online for 3-5 minutes and i even can send files, but safari not working, after that time even telegram getting offline

Thanks for this update. I checked the macbook of a colleague of mine and under Network his firewall wasn't active and under "Filters & Proxy" i disabled both ESET entries (ESET Firewall & ESET Network Protection Proxy) but this had no effect on his system.

I booted the system into safe mode and removed all ESET related apps/settings. Rebooted the laptop and checked if there were still any related ESET processes active in the background. Then i tried to to access the web using a cabled connection, Wifi and even a hotspot but none worked. I can ping and i even tried using IP addresses but to no avail.