Unknown App in Activity monitor
hi Guys,
i have an unknown app running in my activity monitor that takes up extreme amounts of memory
do you guys know what it could be ??
MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
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Never saw or heard about it before. Quit the process and reboot. Check again in Activity Monitor to see it's running again.
If it's still there download and run Malwarebytes. It was developed by a long time contributor to these forums and a highly respected member of the computer security community. Then check with Activity Monitor again.
Next log into another user account, Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac, and see if the problem persists. (This tells us if the problem is limited to your user account or is system wide).
Thirdly, boot into Safe Mode (Use Safe Mode to isoloate issues with your Mac and Playing Safe: what does Safe Mode do?) and check with Activity Monitor. Still there? Reboot normally and check again.
NOTE: Safe Mode boot can take up to 10 minutes as it's doing some system cache cleaning, volume verifying and directory repairing.
Download and run Etrecheck. Etrecheck is a diagnostic tool that was developed by one of the most respected users here in the ASC and recommended by Apple Support to provide a snapshot of the system and help identify the more obvious culprits that can adversely affect a Mac's performance.
Copy the report
and use the Add Text button to include the report in your reply. How to use the Add Text Feature When Posting Large Amounts of Text, i.e. an Etrecheck Report
IMPORTANT:
Before running Etrecheck assign Full Disk Access to Etrecheck so that it can get additional information from the Console and log files for the report:
ALSO IMPORTANT:
Then we can examine the report and see if we can determine the root of the problem.