rimbeaux
Level 1 (4 points)
Mac OS X

Q: Is this message legitimate or a scam?

com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64 wants to use your confidential information stored in “v3.services.acrobat.com” in your keychain.

Mac mini (Late 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Oct 15, 2016 8:59 AM

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rimbeaux

Q: Is this message legitimate or a scam?

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  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Oct 15, 2016 12:43 PM in response to rimbeaux
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    Applications
    Oct 15, 2016 12:43 PM in response to rimbeaux

    Hi,

     

    What is happening when you see this ?

    The WebKit item is in Hard Drive Name/System/Library/Frameworks

     

    Acrobat would normally refer to the Adobe app of that name.

    The Version number might be something to do with and whatever Preferences you may have set in the App.

     

    If you are running something like Little Snitch that tell you every App/Process that connects to the Internet via the Port and IP address involved then it may not look like the app you are using as it will list any process that is called at the time.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    3Sigcopy2.png

    8:43 pm      Saturday; October 15, 2016

     

    ​  iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Sierra)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     iPhone 6 iOS 10.x and an iPad (2)

  • by rimbeaux,

    rimbeaux rimbeaux Oct 15, 2016 2:43 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Mac OS X
    Oct 15, 2016 2:43 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    I believe the message may have had something to do with Flash Player.  I have since deleted Flash Player from my hard drive and restored the drive from a backup, and I haven't seen the message again.

     

    And no, I'm not running Little Snitch.

     

    So strange when cryptic messages like that pop up...

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Oct 16, 2016 11:14 AM in response to rimbeaux
    Level 9 (73,348 points)
    Applications
    Oct 16, 2016 11:14 AM in response to rimbeaux

    Hi,

     

    Items in the Keychain can be set to allow any app or process to access them or they can be set to allow Specific Apps.

     

    If the later is set then any other app or Process will ask if it can see the info.

    Keychain_Access.png

     

    This one for an AIM Screen Name is set to only allow Adium.

    Whilst I may have been  asked to allow other apps to access this (Messages included) it seems my OS has also created another Keychain items that is allowing other apps.

     

    As Safari is a webkit Browser I would check it's Preferences  to see which App it is using to open Flash items

    3Sigcopy2.png

    7:14 pm      Sunday; October 16, 2016

     

    ​  iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Sierra)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     iPhone 6 iOS 10.x and an iPad (2)