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

[ankitaaman123]

@rimelek It worked for me for → M3 Pro Silicon , Sequoia 15.2
sudo rm -rf ~/Library/Group\ Containers/group.com.docker

sudo rm -rf ~/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker

sudo rm -rf ~/.docker

Now run →

• brew uninstall --cask docker --force
• brew uninstall --formula docker --force

run the command brew install --cask docker

[aermichelle]

worked for me also!! If I tried this first, I would’ve save 90+ min of my day today

[buster95 (Walter Corrales)]

Same here today I lost all work on my local, dammit

[juanpz399]

I had the same error today

[kiske]

Possible workaround #2578632843

[juanpz399]

I found the solution here, you can implement it

[Workaround in description] Mac is detecting Docker as a malware and keeping it from starting

[jere46]

It works for me! thanks

[mlsounddev]

Same problem here, Intel Mac. Just noticed today when I rebooted. Both messages appearing when OS is starting

[mesmessd]

Same error for me. It happend about 15 minutes ago:

Machine: MacBook Air (x86/Intel)
OS: macOS Sonoma 14.7.2
Reason (possible): Docker was running; the screen cut off (screen saver); when I unlocked my machine it was stuttering (has not done this before); I shut everything down then restarted; after the restart I was met with the following:

[franciskpeyes (Chao He)]

Me too, Macbook Pro Apple M3, 8GB Memory, MacOS Sequoia 15.2.

I was installing Windows 11 VM via UTM this monring, initially, I could not run Docker app, I thought it’s due to lack of memory, as VM took 4GB out of 8GB, however, after removing the VM, I still could not run Docker, so I uninstalled it and installed the latest Docker, starting to get this error

[harshdeepgill]

Thanks @benmuiruri , it worked!

[jp022 (Jaya)]

Thanks it’s work for me

[styles77]

Ah, finally a solution after hours of searching and trying.
Thanks man, you’re the best!

[randretsa (Andrianjaka Randretsa)]

thanks @benmuiruri, it works for me

[alanscaria]

Thankyou!!! This worked for me.

[twessman]

Thanks, this works for me!

[zakhaev]

Got the same notification today on my MacBook Air M3

[beinnova (Giorgio Cerruti)]

As from today I get the same error

Anybody did find a solution?

[jeanphilippebriend343 (Jean-Philippe Briend)]

Please follow this Github issue: https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/7520 as this is the main location where we publish updates while we roll out patched versions.

[beinnova (Giorgio Cerruti)]

It didnt work for me. I just reinstalled docker desktop and it works now. Thank you.