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Hi,
In the last several weeks, my Mac has had several kernal panics, all of a sudden. Im not sure why, below I shall attach the information I get from the report. If anyone could help, that would be fantastic!
Thanks,
Rahul
MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.13
My money is Symantec
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp 5.2.8
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt 5.2.8
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB 5.2.8
com.parallels.virtualhid 1.0.3 3
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv 5.2.8
com.intel.kext.intelhaxm 6.0.1
com.parallels.virtualsound 1.0.36 36
com.symantec.ips.kext 9.0.0
com.symantec.nfm.kext 9.0.0
com.symantec.internetSecurity.kext 9.0.1
com.symantec.SymXIPS 9.0.1
The above list are all the 3rd party kernel extensions you have installed. Any one of them have full access to the internals of macOS and can mess with things.
However, anti-virus packages are notorious for sticking their fingers where they do not belong, and symantec is highly suspect.
Besides macOS includes its own defenses against malware.
If you want to scan your Mac for adware and the rare Trojan malware, use MalwareBytes. It at least has proved effective.
My money is Symantec
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp 5.2.8
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt 5.2.8
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB 5.2.8
com.parallels.virtualhid 1.0.3 3
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv 5.2.8
com.intel.kext.intelhaxm 6.0.1
com.parallels.virtualsound 1.0.36 36
com.symantec.ips.kext 9.0.0
com.symantec.nfm.kext 9.0.0
com.symantec.internetSecurity.kext 9.0.1
com.symantec.SymXIPS 9.0.1
The above list are all the 3rd party kernel extensions you have installed. Any one of them have full access to the internals of macOS and can mess with things.
However, anti-virus packages are notorious for sticking their fingers where they do not belong, and symantec is highly suspect.
Besides macOS includes its own defenses against malware.
If you want to scan your Mac for adware and the rare Trojan malware, use MalwareBytes. It at least has proved effective.
Hi Bob,
Thank you for your reply!
It could definitely be Symantec, as thinking back, ever since installed the anti-virus from them, my laptop has been having kernal panics.
I have just uninstalled it so hopefully it shouldn't happen again.
Thanks for your help!
MacOS - Kernal Panic - Help Please!