R. Mansfield Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 When I restarted my MacBook Pro this morning, I received a request to load “System software from developer ‘Oracle America, Inc.’” Going into System Preferences: Security and Privacy: General, there is a notice that it was blocked from loading, with a button to allow it. Although I am familiar with Oracle, I’m not certain why I would get the request suddenly; and, of course, I don’t want to risk allowing malware to load that is spoofing Oracle’s identity. I did not install any new software since I last restarted my MBP before this morning. A quick search of the internet found similar messages relating to VirtualBox and Safari. I do have VirtualBox, but have not loaded it in well over a year. And the message did not come from Safari. I have not updated Java. I wish I could get more information regarding the actual origin of the request. If anyone has any insights, I’d be glad to hear them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Λύχνις Δαν Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 VirtualBox and Java are both produced by Oracle, so it's possible that's why, but I agree that it would be good if it explained why. Thx D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 I suggest you update both of these by downloading the latest full version from the proper sources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Λύχνις Δαν Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Yep that's a good approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 As a general rule, I try to do deliberate or manual updates rather than just let everything sort itself out in the background. Same with backups, where it is just as critical. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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