Deciphering the EtreCheck report

Hello everyone,

Recently thought it will be good check my MacBook Pro (Catalina 10.15.5) for any malware. Saw that EntreCheck is a good utility to run for the purpose. Its report is below.

The top concern raised was that there is a runaway process:

"Top Processes Snapshot by CPU:

Process (count) CPU (Source - Location)

Other processes 83.87 % (?)"

Should I be concerned? How do I find out what the runaway process is/was? Any help in deciphering the report will be much appreciated! Thanks.

EtreCheck Report

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 15, 2020 12:45 PM

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Allan Jones

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Posted on Jul 15, 2020 1:17 PM

Allowing EtreCheck full access may help identify the "other" process. Otherwise, you can use this Apple technique:

See how apps affect Mac performance, battery runtime, temperature, and fan activity - Apple Support

You'll need to tell us the name of any greedy processes that test reveals. Screenshots from Activity Monitor are not very helpful because AM uses a dynamic display, changing every few seconds.

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Allan Jones

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Jul 15, 2020 1:17 PM in response to hikonix

Allowing EtreCheck full access may help identify the "other" process. Otherwise, you can use this Apple technique:

See how apps affect Mac performance, battery runtime, temperature, and fan activity - Apple Support

You'll need to tell us the name of any greedy processes that test reveals. Screenshots from Activity Monitor are not very helpful because AM uses a dynamic display, changing every few seconds.

Jul 15, 2020 12:52 PM in response to hikonix

You have not rebooted in 34 days. Probably a good idea to do so in order to clear cache etc.

hikonix Author

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Jul 15, 2020 1:56 PM in response to Allan Jones

Thank you, Allan. Look like rebooting as suggested by BobTheFisherman helped. And I ran EtreCheck again (report attached) by giving it more access. I could not see any greedy process in AM either - looked at the %CPU column. All working ok I think.

EtreCheck report 2

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Deciphering the EtreCheck report