Asepsisupdater still active on Sierra 10.12.1

SkipRas · November 19, 2016, 10:21am

Yesterday I found the following message:

 **ASEPSISUPDATER** 
 **Asepsis update check failed**
 An error occurred in retrieving update information.
 Please try again later.

Long time ago I had Asepsis installed as well as Totalfinder, however they “should have” been removed from my MAC, but there seem to be some files left. How can I remove this?

darwin · November 19, 2016, 11:13am

Do you still have asepsisctl on command-line?

see http://asepsis.binaryage.com/#installation

If not, something with uninstallation went wrong, probably.

Here is the uninstallation script:

github.com

binaryage/asepsis/blob/master/ctl/cmd/uninstall.rb

def cmd_uninstall(options)
    ctl = "\"#{ASEPSISCTL_SYMLINK_SOURCE_PATH}\""
    
    $forced_exit_code = 0
    
    sys!("#{ctl} uninstall_wrapper")
    sys!("#{ctl} kill_daemon")
    sys!("#{ctl} uninstall_daemon")
    sys!("#{ctl} remove_symlink")
    sys!("#{ctl} enable_warnings") if prior_yosemite?
    sys!("#{ctl} uninstall_updater")

    # install launchd "runonce" task to finish the uninstallation after reboot
    sys!("sudo cp \"#{RESOURCES_PATH}/com.binaryage.asepsis.uninstall.plist\" \"/Library/LaunchDaemons\"")
    
    if $forced_exit_code==0 then
      say "Asepsis uninstallation done, reboot your computer."
    else
      say_red "Asepsis uninstallation done, but with some failures, please inspect the command output.\nTo complete uninstallation reboot your computer."
      exit 1

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SkipRas · November 19, 2016, 12:18pm

Yes, I have. I downloaded Asepsis.pkg, and ran the uninstaller to no avail. Using your script I found the plist file and removed this and other files belonging to Asepsis. Seems to have helped, so thanks for your prompt response.