what is vboxheadless & can I stop it or delete it ?

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what is vboxheadless & can I stop it or delete it ?

I have just upgraded to Mojave 10.14.3 on my MBP 13 inch mid 2012 with 8 GB ram and found it te be running slow. For the first time opening anything takes longer & the 'Beach ball' appears stationery for some time before spinning & loading whatever I've opened.

I notice that Vbpxheadless appears in the activity monitor & consumes quiet a bit of CPU pwer - what is the purpose of this item & can I stop it or delete it ?

MacBook Pro 13", 10.14

Posted on Feb 8, 2019 8:08 AM

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Barney-15E

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Feb 10, 2019 5:41 AM in response to PatrickJT

Is it vboxheadless or vpbxheadless. The first is a process for VirtualBox which isn't part of macOS.

I don't know what the second is and it isn't running on my Mac running Mojave.

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PatrickJT Author

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Feb 10, 2019 9:24 PM in response to Barney-15E

It Was vboxheadless & In the meantime I had deleted VirtualBox which solved the problem.

Thanks for the reply.

Rgds, Pat

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