Terminal keeps opening on its own. How do i stop it?

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Terminal keeps opening on its own. How do i stop it?

Hey guys,

since the last two days, the application Terminal has been opening on itself and every time I quit the application it simply reopens after a couple minutes always showing this:

Last login: Thu Sep 8 18:36:04 on ttys000

*my name*-Mac-mini:~ *myusername*$

I don't know how to stop this from happening I checked everywhere I know (I'm not an expert in IT though) and found nothing. Incase it helps, Bitdefender found two Trojans in one of my files but I deleted them after discovery.

Thanks in advance for all the help and advice.

Mac mini, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Sep 8, 2016 9:58 AM

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Answer 1

BDAqua

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Sep 8, 2016 12:50 PM in response to mnsshmusic

What all 3rd party extentions are you running?

EtreCheck is a simple little app to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac.

http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck

Open Console in Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when this happens.

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mnsshmusic Author

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Sep 9, 2016 1:06 AM in response to BDAqua

Hey man thanks for the advice the EtreCheck looks great. I have the AVID License manager running in order to use Pro Tools for work.

I closed it now while not using and I'll check if Terminal at some point will still reopen by itself. If not then I figure that was the issue. 🙂

In Console (I'm not an IT expert) I see a couple of messages from Voice Over and Safari for instance that keep repeating for about 6 or 7 times before a new code is placed. But I'm not confident on wether that is ok like that or if it's a problem.

I can't seem to copy Paste the Code from Console so I'd have to share a screenshot of an example.

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BDAqua

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Sep 9, 2016 6:49 AM in response to mnsshmusic

Just wondering why Script Editor is running?

But...

http://www.cnet.com/news/fix-permissions-errors-for-sandboxed-applications-in-os -x/

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mnsshmusic Author

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Sep 11, 2016 3:42 PM in response to BDAqua

Honestly I have no idea what that even does. :/ should I be worried?

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Answer 5

Oct 27, 2016 8:41 AM in response to mnsshmusic

I have the same problem. It started recently after I installed Avid. It seems to be related to the Avid App Manager. I would appreciate it if anyone can show me a permanent solution.

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Falkian

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Dec 4, 2016 12:26 AM in response to mnsshmusic

I've been having the same issue though its not as constant as yours, like everyone else I have Pro Tools so I hope Avid has an update that will fix this soon.

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May 20, 2017 5:56 PM in response to Falkian

Any corrections made that you've notice? ProTools user as well. Still having the same problem.

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