MAC, NIS 5.5 and VMware Issue

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Hi,

 

I have a MacBook Pro Retina Mid 2012 with Mountain Lion (10.8.4), NIS 5 for Mac (5.5) and VMware Fusion (5.0.3). When I launch VMware Fusion the NIS Firewall raises an Application Blocking alert for what seem to be random files in the Incoming direction. See attachment for examples.

 

Files it has recently raised alerts for are:

 

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AOSUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Info.plist

/System/Library/Extensions/IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleWWANSupport.kext/Contents/Resources/he.lproj/Localizable.strings

/usr/share/terminfo/78/xterm+edit

/System/Library/CoreServices/KeyboardSetupAssistant.app/Contents/Resources/common.bundle/Contents/Resources/sk.lproj

 

This issue is intermittant. VMware functions fine regardless of whether I select Allow or Block.

 

I have clean built the Mac - reformatted, installed OS etc - and re-installed the applications but it still occurs.

 

I have raised  a support case with VMware and there response is:

 

"We would recommend you to consult Norton support and let us know what they have to say as Fusion doesn't use these files. 

If Norton isolates to VMware Fusion, their inputs will help us to proceed further"

 

I am unable to find how I raise a support case with Norton. I'm assuming it is through these forums.

 

Can anybody please advise as to what the issue might be?

 

Many thanks

 

 

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Hi sunil_kumar,

 

I have a little more detail of what is happening.

 

What I see is a "Norton Firewall: Application Blocking" event. The message is "The application "MainMenu.nib" is attempting to use the Internet. Do you want to allow this application to use the Internet". Note the application changes each time I receive the message.

 

The process which is triggering this event is vmnet-natd.

 

I have attached screenshots of these details.

 

Are there any further logs where I should be able to see more details of these messages i.e. IP address details?

 

3

Well the files are different but the root cause may be similar.  I have not had another occurrance of the issue.  I am also running NIS 5.5 on Mountain Lion.

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Hi,

 

I have a MacBook Pro Retina Mid 2012 with Mountain Lion (10.8.4), NIS 5 for Mac (5.5) and VMware Fusion (5.0.3). When I launch VMware Fusion the NIS Firewall raises an Application Blocking alert for what seem to be random files in the Incoming direction. See attachment for examples.

 

Files it has recently raised alerts for are:

 

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AOSUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Info.plist

/System/Library/Extensions/IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleWWANSupport.kext/Contents/Resources/he.lproj/Localizable.strings

/usr/share/terminfo/78/xterm+edit

/System/Library/CoreServices/KeyboardSetupAssistant.app/Contents/Resources/common.bundle/Contents/Resources/sk.lproj

 

This issue is intermittant. VMware functions fine regardless of whether I select Allow or Block.

 

I have clean built the Mac - reformatted, installed OS etc - and re-installed the applications but it still occurs.

 

I have raised  a support case with VMware and there response is:

 

"We would recommend you to consult Norton support and let us know what they have to say as Fusion doesn't use these files. 

If Norton isolates to VMware Fusion, their inputs will help us to proceed further"

 

I am unable to find how I raise a support case with Norton. I'm assuming it is through these forums.

 

Can anybody please advise as to what the issue might be?

 

Many thanks

 

 

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I find the files are different each time the problem occurs. At the moment I have the problem regularly but not all the time. This has always happened. I have fully rebuilt my Mac - not for this issue I hasten to add!!! - but the problem is still there.

 

I'll keep the post updated with any information from VMware.

 

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Further reply from VMware


After discussing with our internal team, we confirm that the issue is not related to VMware Fusion.

We recommend you to consult with Norton's support for further assistance. 

Please let us know if you have any further questions, we will be glad to assist you.

 

Anybody from Norton able to assist?

 

7

Make sure you checkmark the option 'Don't ask again for this application'. This way you shouldn't be asked again for your action.

8

As you can see from the screenshots in my examples, the checkmark is selected. On each occasion the 'application' (Norton seems to say they are applications but they are simply just random files) is different.