How to cleanse my computer of Bradford Persistent Agent

I keep getting an error message from Bradford (the fortinac persistent agent). This is from old software that serves no function on my machine. The Bradford uninstaller is 32 bit, and it won't work on Monterey. I tried using the instructions from this site for uninstalling the software on a Mac running Catalina, but that didn't work, since I couldn't find Bradford or Fortinac in the Activity Monitor. Does anyone know how to get rid of this app on Monterey?


Relevant info from Etrecheck:


 [Loaded] com.bradfordnetworks.bncsaui.plist (Not signed - installed 2015-11-04)

        Executable: /Library/Application Support/Bradford Networks/Persistent Agent/CSA.app/Contents/MacOS/CSA


I'm scared of command-line-type modifications in Terminal and have no experience with them.


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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.5

Posted on Jan 23, 2023 8:13 AM

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Jan 23, 2023 8:38 AM in response to tywinheirs

tywinheirs wrote:

I keep getting an error message from Bradford (the fortinac persistent agent). This is from old software that serves no function on my machine. The Bradford uninstaller is 32 bit, and it won't work on Monterey. I tried using the instructions from this site for uninstalling the software on a Mac running Catalina, but that didn't work, since I couldn't find Bradford or Fortinac in the Activity Monitor. Does anyone know how to get rid of this app on Monterey?

Relevant info from Etrecheck:

 [Loaded] com.bradfordnetworks.bncsaui.plist (Not signed - installed 2015-11-04)
        Executable: /Library/Application Support/Bradford Networks/Persistent Agent/CSA.app/Contents/MacOS/CSA

I'm scared of command-line-type modifications in Terminal and have no experience with them.

It is always better to post the full EtreCheck report. I can't tell if that is a launch daemon or a launch agent. It should show up as an unsigned app in the Security page on your EtreCheck report. You can remove it as if it were malware. EtreCheck isn't going to do a complete uninstall. It will only remove the plist configuration file and the executable. You will probably need to manually go to "/Library/Application Support" and delete the "Bradford Networks" folder. There might be other pieces laying around, but they will not have any impact on the system.

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