Help in activity monitor

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Help in activity monitor

Hi,

my macbook pro 13" early 2015 started to make a lot of heat so i went in the monitor activity app to look for what was causing this heat excess.

Two names were on the top of the processor list draining everything : culicinae and lucanidae. System % was at 70%. I can't give screenshots as 10 seconds later the two diseapeared from the list.

I've tried to look what it was on internet but nothing.

Is it a common thing in a mac root?

thanks for your help :-)

MacBook Pro Retina

Posted on Jul 27, 2019 10:23 AM

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Answer 1

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rccharles

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Jul 27, 2019 11:40 AM in response to yummtaj

What version of macOS are you running? apple icon > about this mac

Continue running activity monitor. See if you can see any trends.

I'd run etrecheck. Etrecheck will analyze your machine and software and generate a report. Post results here so others can view. Experienced users have found the reported information useful when diagnosing problems. The proprietary stuff in the report gets filtered.

Install and run

-- Download etrecheck. Goto the EtreCheck download page. The download link is at the bottom of the screen

-- Install etrecheck. Goto your download folder. Double click on EtreCheckPro.zip

-- drag the app to the application folder if you wish.

-- Double click on etrecheck to run. The first five runs are free.

An alternative explanation how to install, run and report output for the EtreCheck Application
Using EtreCheck to Troubleshoot Potential… - Apple Community
-- Explanation of EtreCheck output by etresoft, the author.
Using EtreCheck - Apple Community

How to report etrecheck data.

When the report is done, click on the export icon.

click on "Copy report" to copy to the clipboard

Get back in your web browser and access your discussion. Create a new reply. Click on the <> code icon. Paste you etrecheck output into the code block.

which results in...

Robert
PS. You may find Old Toad's write up helpful.
How to use the Add Text Feature When Post… - Apple Community

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PS.

Here is what I found:

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Answer 2

BDAqua

Level 10

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Jul 27, 2019 11:24 AM in response to yummtaj

Sounds like malware named after Mosquitos & Beetles.

EtreCheck is a simple little app to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac.

http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck

Pastebin is a good place to paste the whole report...

https://pastebin.com/

Workable but harder for me to work with...the Note tool on the bottom of this editor's toolbar, as shown in the image, to copy and paste the output from EtreCheck.

There is also Malwarebytes...

https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/

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Answer 3

yummtaj Author

Level 1

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Jul 27, 2019 12:17 PM in response to BDAqua

EtreCheck version: 6.0.2 (6A004)
Report generated: 2019-07-27 21:05:25
Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com
Runtime: 2:16
Performance: Excellent

Problem: Other problem
Description: 
overheating computer, weird names in activity monitor

Diagnostics Information (past 7 days):
    2019-07-27 21:02:26 UpdaterStartupUtility - Crash (8 times)
        Executable: /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Application Manager/*/UpdaterStartupUtility
        Details: 
            abort() called
            UpdaterStartupUtility(21056,0x1119845c0) malloc: Incorrect checksum fo
            r freed object 0x7fa894d12f08: probably modified after being freed.
            Corrupt value: 0x20a000000000

    2019-07-25 12:44:28 Culicinae - Crash (20 times)
        Executable: /usr/local/bin/Culicinae
        Details: 
            abort() called

    2019-07-25 12:44:28 Lucanidae - Crash (19 times)
        Executable: /usr/local/bin/Lucanidae
        Details: 
            abort() called

    2019-07-23 16:12:13 Ableton Live 10 Suite.app - High CPU Use
        Executable: /Applications/Ableton Live 10 Suite.app

    2019-07-23 02:51:03 DiskImageMounter.app - High CPU Use
        Executable: /System/Library/CoreServices/DiskImageMounter.app

    2019-07-21 19:14:09 Ableton Live 9 Lite.app - Crash
        Executable: /Applications/Ableton Live 9 Lite.app


End of report

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