Malware Blocked: “com.docker.vmnetd” was not opened because it contains malware

I tried a few times, same issue.

I’ve now moved onto attempting to fully remove Docker from my laptop after attempting to follow the directions here: Uninstall | Docker Docs

 /Applications/Docker.app/Contents/MacOS/uninstall
Uninstalling Docker Desktop...
Error: open /Users/username/Library/Group Containers/group.com.docker/settings-store.json: no such file or directory

If I attempt to re-install Docker at this point by downloading a fresh install, moving Docker into my Applications directory, then double clicking on Docker, something shows in Activity monitor but Docker doesn’t appear to fully start up. Any chance you can point me towards some logs or additional debugging steps? Again this originated from the same error others are pointing to above. MacOS 14.6.1 for whatever that’s worth. I don’t have a particularly complex or strange setup on my laptop as far as I know.

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