Activity Monitor Process

I recently purchased the new 14" M1 Pro and in the activity monitor, there is a process called "net.protected.macos.AVHelper" and it is using a significant amount of memory. Does anyone know what this might be?

Posted on Nov 2, 2021 5:13 PM

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jmike21 Author

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4 points

Nov 2, 2021 5:32 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

I have TotalAV. Initials make sense now. No longer need it so defiantly going to uninstall it.

Nov 2, 2021 5:16 PM in response to jmike21

¿what third-party anti-virus scanner or VPN did you install?

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