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<blockquote data-quote="gsahli" data-source="post: 1621080" data-attributes="member: 182015">You &quot;may&quot; have a sophisticated adware/malware. Antivirus programs probably wouldn't find this - they haven't in the past.Have you updated your OS X recently? Please tell us exactly what version you're on.&nbsp; Apple has included some new adware/malware protection (definitions) in the last month. One &quot;feature&quot; of the malware is that it blocks Apple updates by the simple mechanism of modifying the /etc/hosts file.To check this please open the Terminal Utility and type:more /etc/hosts (&amp; RETURN)This command displays the text of the hosts file. If there's more than one page worth, you can see the rest by pressing the space bar. (press q to quit/exit)Look for:127.0.0.1&nbsp;&nbsp; swscan.apple.comIt shouldn't be there.And tell us any other lines that have 127.0.0.1 in them.(127.0.0.1 localhost is the Only normal one)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gsahli, post: 1621080, member: 182015"] You "may" have a sophisticated adware/malware. Antivirus programs probably wouldn't find this - they haven't in the past. Have you updated your OS X recently? Please tell us exactly what version you're on. Apple has included some new adware/malware protection (definitions) in the last month. One "feature" of the malware is that it blocks Apple updates by the simple mechanism of modifying the /etc/hosts file. To check this please open the Terminal Utility and type: more /etc/hosts (& RETURN) This command displays the text of the hosts file. If there's more than one page worth, you can see the rest by pressing the space bar. (press q to quit/exit) Look for: 127.0.0.1 swscan.apple.com It shouldn't be there. And tell us any other lines that have 127.0.0.1 in them. (127.0.0.1 localhost is the Only normal one) [/QUOTE]

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