Process called "bJZgzKVB" takes a lot of RAM in my iMac

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Process called "bJZgzKVB" takes a lot of RAM in my iMac

Hello from Catalonia!

First of all, I hope you excuse my English level.

I have an iMac (27-inch, Late 2012) 3,2 GHz Intel Core i5 de 4 núcleos 24 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 1,12TB Fusion Drive with macOS Catalina 10.15.1 installed.

And I arrived to this community beacuse I have a terrible issue.

About 5-10 minutes after I start my iMac, the amount of RAM decreases although I do nothing on my iMac and it goes to 2-3Gb of free RAM, so you can understand that it is impossible to work. All apps closed, included Finder.

I can find a process called "bJZgzKVB" using the 96,1% of the CPU in the Activity Monitor and I think this is not "normal".

When I kill the "bJZgzKVB"process, the amount of free RAM increases to 16-18Gb, but some minutes later, the "bJZgzKVB" process reappears in the Activity Monitor and the free RAM begins to desappear.

I've search in Google this "bJZgzKVB" process but I cannot find any result.

Could anybody iluminate me or help me somehow?

Regards and thank you in advance.

iMac 27", macOS 10.15

Posted on Dec 2, 2019 1:24 PM

Answer 1

stedman1

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Dec 3, 2019 10:28 AM in response to nievesgirona

You’re quite welcome. For future reference, the article below has great advice for avoiding future Adware issues.

Effective defenses against malware and ot… - Apple Community

Answer 2

nievesgirona Author

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Dec 3, 2019 10:13 AM in response to stedman1

O... M... G...!!! Thank you so much!!!! I was really desperate because I didn’t find relevant information about this crazy situation.

You really helped me.

That Malwarebytes app found 55 malwares!!!

This is a very helpful community!!!!

Answer 3

nievesgirona Author

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Dec 4, 2019 5:31 PM in response to stedman1

Regarding to that link and other link talking about malware and adware, I have the CleanMyMac app installed in my iMac... is it convenient to uninstall it?

I have some doubts about the convenience of having installed the AppCleaner app and the MemoryClean app. What do you think about? What's your recommendation?

And what about this pointed apps/add ons in the System Preferences screen?

The problem is that I share my iMac with my wife and she does not pay attention about what she installs in my iMac...

Regards and thank you.