Grass 7.0 and 7.2 won't start - OSX Trojan virus detected and file deleted

Grass 7.0 and 7.2 won't start - OSX Trojan virus detected and file deleted

bsherrod 19 Dec 2017 22:25

Hi -

I've been using Grass for quit a while on my Mac and began experiencing issues with application startup about 6 months ago. I get the same error many others are experiencing with GUI startup and failure (see error message pasted in below). The offending file is:
/usr/local/lib/wxPython-unicode-2.8.12.1/lib/libwx_macud_gizmos-2.8.0.dylib

I usually delete the app and then reload the frameworks and app to get it running again and it usually works for a while but the same error keeps resurfacing. It happened again today when I started Grass 7.0 (and same for reloaded 7.2; both of which work on this machine).

Today was a bit different - I got a notification from my security software that it detected an OSX.Trojan.Gen virus and deleted the file /Applications/Grass-7.2.app/Contents/MacOS/lib/libwx_macud_gizmos-2.8.0.dylib

It looks like the deleted file is what's causing my application startup error. Same thing happened when I reinstalled 7.2. My guess this has been happening in the background for quite a while and I was missing the notifications for some reason. This is a huge problem for me now because I can't get the program to work and its impacting my research. Im now at the point where I've installed Grass on my Windows machine at home just to to work on some data (uhg….).

Any suggestions as to what to do in terms of a fix would be very helpful.

Cheers…BrianS

Launching <wxpython> GUI in the background, please wait…
GRASS 7.2.svn (wa_coast):~ > Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Applications/GRASS-7.2.app/Contents/MacOS/gui/wxpython/wxgui.py", line 158, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
File "/Applications/GRASS-7.2.app/Contents/MacOS/gui/wxpython/wxgui.py", line 145, in main
app = GMApp(workspaceFile)
File "/Applications/GRASS-7.2.app/Contents/MacOS/gui/wxpython/wxgui.py", line 48, in init
wx.App.init(self, False)
File "/Applications/GRASS-7.2.app/Contents/MacOS/etc/python/wx/_core.py", line 7981, in init
self._BootstrapApp()
File "/Applications/GRASS-7.2.app/Contents/MacOS/etc/python/wx/_core.py", line 7555, in _BootstrapApp
return _core_.PyApp__BootstrapApp(*args, **kwargs)
File "/Applications/GRASS-7.2.app/Contents/MacOS/gui/wxpython/wxgui.py", line 90, in OnInit
from lmgr.frame import GMFrame
File "/Applications/GRASS-7.2.app/Contents/MacOS/gui/wxpython/lmgr/frame.py", line 50, in <module>
from lmgr.layertree import LayerTree, LMIcons
File "/Applications/GRASS-7.2.app/Contents/MacOS/gui/wxpython/lmgr/layertree.py", line 37, in <module>
from mapdisp.frame import MapFrame
File "/Applications/GRASS-7.2.app/Contents/MacOS/gui/wxpython/mapdisp/frame.py", line 44, in <module>
from gui_core.query import QueryDialog, PrepareQueryResults
File "/Applications/GRASS-7.2.app/Contents/MacOS/gui/wxpython/gui_core/query.py", line 21, in <module>
from gui_core.treeview import TreeListView
File "/Applications/GRASS-7.2.app/Contents/MacOS/gui/wxpython/gui_core/treeview.py", line 25, in <module>
import wx.gizmos as gizmos
File "/Applications/GRASS-7.2.app/Contents/MacOS/etc/python/wx/gizmos.py", line 9, in <module>
import _gizmos
ImportError: dlopen(/Applications/GRASS-7.2.app/Contents/MacOS/etc/python/wx/_gizmos.so, 2): Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/wxPython-unicode-2.8.12.1/lib/libwx_macud_gizmos-2.8.0.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/GRASS-7.2.app/Contents/MacOS/etc/python/wx/_gizmos.so
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Re: Grass 7.0 and 7.2 won't start - OSX Trojan virus detected and file deleted

cmbarton54 19 Dec 2017 22:32

I apologize for not replying to this or other posts sooner. I don't see these forum posts as often as I should due to a very busy past year.

Over the past year +, I've been trying to get GRASS to compile under the new OS (now up to OSX 10.13 - High Sierra). Unfortunately, there has been no one in the GRASS dev community who is able to help with this. Since last summer, I've been working with a colleague to try a new way to build GRASS. It looks hopeful, but we have not yet had success. I hope to have a bit of time over winter break to continue this.

If it all works out, it should avoid the long-running SIP incompatibilities and other problems with 16/32bit dual architecture compiling. There is still a ways to go on this however. I will keep you all posted as this develops. I wish I had better news for the holidays. But I will keep working on this.

Cheers
Michael

Re: Grass 7.0 and 7.2 won't start - OSX Trojan virus detected and file deleted

bsherrod 19 Dec 2017 22:40

Thanks for the quick reply Michael! I'm going to poke and prod my machine to try and get it running again, and I can work on my Windows machine in the interim. I wish I could help you out but I'm not much of a programmer. Please keep at it - I love using Grass and appreciate your efforts greatly!

BrianS