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EtreCheck Report

Hey - just looking for assistance deciphering this EtreCheck report. No real issues with the Mac itself, just concerns from the results of the report. I do have Sophos installed and running, and yesterday I installed Bitdefender as a trail as I was considering switching to it, but it just made the Mac hot an the fans run constantly. Uninstalled via the Uninstaller, but it didn't fully uninstall - removed the files from Library/Application Support as directed, but not sure of it's still causing issues.


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MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.0

Posted on Dec 7, 2020 4:07 PM

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Posted on Dec 9, 2020 6:27 PM

Sophos is repeatedly crashing. I'm sure it isn't giving you any protection in that state.


And something is causing massive levels of I/O and system load. That computer is running about 3 time slower than it should. I can't tell is Sophos or Backblaze is causing this. I suggest removing both.

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Dec 9, 2020 6:27 PM in response to TonyCorc

Sophos is repeatedly crashing. I'm sure it isn't giving you any protection in that state.


And something is causing massive levels of I/O and system load. That computer is running about 3 time slower than it should. I can't tell is Sophos or Backblaze is causing this. I suggest removing both.

Dec 7, 2020 7:45 PM in response to TonyCorc

Uninstall both Sophos and Bitdefender by following the developers' instructions. Anti-virus software is not needed on a Mac and it usually causes more problems than it solves plus it impacts system performance. Also you never install more than one AV product at a time as they will end up conflicting with each other.


I am a bit concerned that the report is showing almost 12GB of Swap being used, but the Mac also has not been restarted in 18 days.


Otherwise I don't see any issues.


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