Safari keeps downloading "UNKNOWN" files

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Safari keeps downloading automatically files named "unknown" Textedit kind.

does anyone know how to cancel it?

Posted on Feb 8, 2018 6:08 AM

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Posted on Feb 8, 2018 7:22 AM

Clean up:

~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.hola.vpn.plist

/usr/bin/open -a HolaVPN.app --args --startup

Executable not found!

One orphan file found. [Clean up]


Run the report again and click [Clean up].


CleanMyMac3 Uninstall


Check for associated parts and pieces using these programs.


EasyFind – Spotlight Replacement



Find Any File

6 replies

Feb 8, 2018 6:26 AM in response to yossi99

Please run EtreCheck and post the report here if you can .


https://etrecheck.com


Click “Free Download” button, open Downloads folder, click on it to open, and then select ”Open”.

Click on the bouncing EtreCheck icon in the Dock.

“Choose a problem” from the popup menu box, and then “Start EtreCheck” in the dialog.


Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy to Clipboard” .

Paste it into the reply.

Feb 8, 2018 6:40 AM in response to dominic23

thank for the quick reply!


EtreCheck version: 3.4.6 (460)

Report generated 2018-02-08 16:37:21

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 2:14

Performance: Excellent


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Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.

Click the [Clean up] link to delete unused files.


Problem: Other problem

Description:

Safari keeps downloading unknown files


Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)

[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro14,3

1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 (i7-7700HQ) CPU: 4-core

16 GB RAM Not upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

8 GB LPDDR3 2133 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

8 GB LPDDR3 2133 MHz ok

Handoff/Airdrop2: supported

Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 48

iCloud Quota: 4.91 GB available


Video Information:

Radeon Pro 555 - VRAM: 2 GB

Color LCD 3360 x 2100

Intel HD Graphics 630 - VRAM: 1536 MB


Disk Information:

APPLE SSD SM0256L disk0: (251 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

(disk0s1) <not mounted> [EFI]: 315 MB

(disk0s2) <not mounted> [APFS Container]: 179.41 GB

S (disk0s3 - MS-DOS FAT32) /Volumes/S : 592 MB (590 MB free)

BOOTCAMP (disk0s4 - Tuxera NTFS) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP : 70.68 GB (14.13 GB free)


USB Information:

USB30Bus

Apple Inc. iBridge

USB31Bus

USB31Bus


Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus_1

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus_0


Virtual disks:

Macintosh HD (disk1s1 - APFS) / [Startup]: 179.41 GB (104.28 GB free)

Encrypted: Yes (Unlocked)

Physical disk: disk0s2 179.41 GB (104.28 GB free)

(disk1s2) <not mounted> [Preboot]: 179.41 GB

Physical disk: disk0s2 179.41 GB

(disk1s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 179.41 GB

Physical disk: disk0s2 179.41 GB

(disk1s4) /private/var/vm [VM]: 179.41 GB

Physical disk: disk0s2 179.41 GB


System Software:

macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 (17D47) - Time since boot: about one day


Gatekeeper:

Mac App Store and identified developers


Clean up:

~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.hola.vpn.plist

/usr/bin/open -a HolaVPN.app --args --startup

Executable not found!

One orphan file found. [Clean up]


Startup Items:

TuxeraNTFSUnmountHelper: Path: /Library/StartupItems/TuxeraNTFSUnmountHelper

Startup items no longer function in OS X Yosemite or later


System Launch Agents:

[not loaded] 8 Apple tasks

[loaded] 153 Apple tasks

[running] 129 Apple tasks


System Launch Daemons:

[not loaded] 37 Apple tasks

[loaded] 163 Apple tasks

[running] 130 Apple tasks


Launch Agents:

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-12-05) [Lookup]

[failed] com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a2 3d420d.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-11-17) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-02-07) [Lookup]

[not loaded] com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-01-30) [Lookup]


Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-11-17) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-11-17) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.adobe.acc.installer.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-02-07) [Lookup]

[running] com.adobe.agsservice.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-01-30) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Agent.plist (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2017-12-17) [Lookup]

[running] com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeard.plist (TunnelBear, Inc. - installed 2017-12-23) [Lookup]


User Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-12-05) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-02-01) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2017-11-17) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Scheduler.plist (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2017-12-17) [Lookup]

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist (Spotify - installed 2018-02-07) [Lookup]

[running] com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeara.plist (TunnelBear, Inc. - installed 2017-12-23) [Lookup]

[not loaded] org.hola.vpn.plist (? b3b0db38 0 - installed 2017-01-25) [Lookup] - HolaVPN.app: Executable not found!


User Login Items:

Spotify Application

(/Applications/Spotify.app)

iTunesHelper Application (Apple, Inc. - installed 2018-01-26)

(/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

Backup and Sync Application

(/Applications/Backup and Sync.app)


Internet Plug-ins:

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 17.012.20098 (installed 2017-12-05) [Lookup]

AdobePDFViewer: 18.009.20050 (installed 2017-12-05) [Lookup]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2018-02-02)

AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 (installed 2018-02-07) [Lookup]


Safari Extensions:

[enabled] Adblock Plus - Eyeo GmbH - https://adblockplus.org/ (installed 2017-11-17)


3rd Party Preference Panes:

Tuxera NTFS (installed 2018-01-08) [Lookup]


Time Machine:

Time Machine not configured!


Top Processes by CPU:

19% WindowServer

13% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

10% com.apple.WebKit.Networking

6% Safari

5% kernel_task


Top Processes by Memory:

1.49 GB kernel_task

727 MB Safari

577 MB Spotify Helper

349 MB QuickLookUIService

251 MB Finder


Top Processes by Network Use:

Input Output Process name

9 MB 860 KB Spotify

3 MB 83 KB Mail

895 KB 663 KB mDNSResponder

595 KB 171 KB com.apple.WebKit.Networking

304 KB 227 KB biometrickitd


Top Processes by Energy Use:

31.10 Mail

11.84 WindowServer

5.76 Adobe CEF Helper

4.38 coreaudiod

3.60 Spotify Helper


Virtual Memory Information:

7.51 GB Available RAM

1.52 GB Free RAM

8.49 GB Used RAM

5.98 GB Cached files

269 MB Swap Used


Software installs (last 30 days):

WhatsApp: 0.2.8000 (installed 2018-01-21)

Fusion 360: 1.29.7 (installed 2018-01-30)

WhatsApp: 0.2.8082 (installed 2018-02-02)


Install information may not be complete.


Diagnostics Events (last 3 days for minor events):

2018-02-07 17:38:15 Adobe Illustrator.app High CPU use [Open] [Details]

2018-02-06 23:02:23 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent High CPU use [Open] [Details]

2018-01-20 00:19:38 Kernel Panic [Open] [Details]

3rd Party Kernel Extensions: None

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