There is a report in today’s online news about a new malware targeting Macs calle OSX/Dok. The first symptom is a pop-up message about a new OSX update. Don’t update! It is a trojan that can bypass Gatekeeper. Apparently it is signed with a valid developer certificate and attacks all kinds of Mac.
Pat > On 29 Apr 2017, at 08:57, petercr...@westnet.com.au wrote: > > My son's (James) MacBook Pro (~2011) has been updated to Sierra 10.12.4 since > he went on school holidays. He went back to school this week and was unable > to gain access into the school IT environment using the school wifi. He had > previously had no problem at last time in school when running El Capitan. He > called me this morning as I am FIFO at the moment in sunny Hedland and using > Facetime we proved a few things. He was able to access the school IT > environment by using the home WIFI network without a hitch. This problem > therefore arises when he is at school in the school wifi environs. > > He indicated to me when first attempting to connect to the school environment > via the installed VMware he had a "certificate pop up come up on screen" to > which he pressed Accept. My suspicion is that has something to do with his > access problem though may be a Sierra related issue potentially. He took it > to his school IT team on Friday who said "you need to go to the App store and > do an update". He told them he is at the latest OSX 10.12.4, there is no > further update - I think they're fobbing him off and copping out because they > don't actually know the problem and solution. But neither do I, however I > admit to it. James is pretty competent in these things but we're both stumped > right now. > > > Any clues by anyone on similar issues? > > > Regards > > > Pete. > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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