CentralGeo folder???
I have a folder in my app folder called "CentralGeo." I have no idea what it does. I have tried to delete it several times. Keeps coming back. Is this something in the new OS? Or a Trojan horse?
Thanks
MP
Mac Pro, macOS 10.15
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I have a folder in my app folder called "CentralGeo." I have no idea what it does. I have tried to delete it several times. Keeps coming back. Is this something in the new OS? Or a Trojan horse?
Thanks
MP
Mac Pro, macOS 10.15
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Thanks for your response. Disappeared this morning - which is a good thing. Very odd. It has resurfaced in the past after having been deleted. That is why I thought it might have been part of the OS. Or... a Trojan horse.
I'll keep my fingers crossed that it does not come back.
Thanks again
MP
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Thanks for your response. Disappeared this morning - which is a good thing. Very odd. It has resurfaced in the past after having been deleted. That is why I thought it might have been part of the OS. Or... a Trojan horse.
I'll keep my fingers crossed that it does not come back.
Thanks again
MP
Good it has disappeared
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Never seen this one before and not in Applications folder.
Is this an upgrade to Monterey from ?? previous version ?
Was there ever an Application in previous version of macOS with this name ?
What happens when you Control I on the folder ? What appears in the way of useful info ?
CentralGeo folder???