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Sanchita Paul
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🚨 Attention Docker Users on Mac 🚨

Have you encountered the dreaded "Docker will damage your computer" or "com.docker.socket was not opened because it contains malware" error recently? Don’t worry—your Mac is safe! 🎉

After struggling with this issue myself, I finally found a workaround that worked like a charm, and I’m sharing it here to help others in the community. 💡

Here’s what you can do to resolve the problem:

1️⃣ Close Docker and kill all running Docker processes:

docker kill $(docker ps -q)
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2️⃣ Check if vmnetd processes are running and kill them (if they exist):

ps aux | grep vmnetd  
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3️⃣ Remove the problematic vmnetd file:

sudo rm /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.docker.*  
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4️⃣ Download the latest Docker .dmg file from the official website.

5️⃣ Restart your Mac—this step is crucial! Without restarting, you’ll likely keep seeing the popup.

6️⃣ Install Docker via command line:

cd ~/Downloads  
sudo hdiutil attach Docker.dmg  
sudo /Volumes/Docker/Docker.app/Contents/MacOS/install  
sudo hdiutil detach /Volumes/Docker 
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7️⃣ Open Docker from Applications and it should work fine! 🎉

For more details, check out the ongoing discussion on GitHub or Docker Community Forum here.

I hope this helps save someone time and frustration! If you’ve experienced this or found another solution, feel free to share in the comments. 🙌

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