Q: Failed Launch Agent and Spyware
I spent some time trying to find this out online, but I thought I would ask for help. I not to long ago updated to Mavericks and my computer just seems to be getting unbearably slow and jumpy. I have a suspicion that Google Chrome is hogging memory. I ran a EtreCheck posted below and I have a few questions.
I have a failed user launch agent:
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
Is this something that can be fixed, if so, how?
Also, I read that com.google.keystone.daemon.plist is spayware and should be removed, how do you remove it?
If anyone can give me any advice on how I could get my computer running smoother, I would greatly appreciate it!
Hardware Information:
iMac (20-inch, Early 2008)
iMac - model: iMac8,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
ATI Radeon HD 2400 - VRAM: 128 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021) - Uptime: 1 day 4:4:12
Disk Information:
ST3500418ASQ disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (295.76 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
HP Officejet J5700 series
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
USB Flash Disk 524.3 MB
NAME (disk2s1) /Volumes/NAME: 524.2 MB (173.7 MB free)
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information:
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
[kext loaded] com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring (9.0) Support
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.versioncueCS4.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist Support
[loaded] com.coupons.coupond.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
[not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
User Login Items:
Belkin Router Monitor
Spotify
Google Chrome
Internet Plug-ins:
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.3.1.18536 Support
CouponPrinterPluginMac1.0.0.7: Version: CouponPrinterPluginMac 1.0.0.4 - SDK 10.7 Support
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.2.1f4 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20513.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.3.1.18536 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 Support
CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: Version: 5.0.3 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 55 Check version
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
npBcsMcTcIO: Version: (null) Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Adobe Version Cue CS4 Support
Flash Player Support
Growl Support
Java Support
Top Processes by CPU:
2% mds
2% WindowServer
1% TemperatureMonitor
1% mds_stores
0% Adobe Photoshop CS4
Top Processes by Memory:
262 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
123 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
115 MB softwareupdated
115 MB Safari
82 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information:
1.36 GB Free RAM
1.67 GB Active RAM
514 MB Inactive RAM
472 MB Wired RAM
9.60 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
iMac (20-inch Early 2008), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
Posted on May 11, 2014 11:53 AM