I was just checking through the Login Items section under General Settings and noticed this oddly named file: NWSDaemon. It was says the "Item from an unidentified developer". It is under the "Allow in the Background" section.
I toggled it off but wondering 1) what it is and 2) if I can remove it if I don't need it to be there.
Thank you!
everything from Apple is from identified developer Apple.
everything from other Identified developers is signed with their Developer Certificate. Registered Developers pay about US$1000 to be Registered developers, and are issued an revokable Developer Certificate for signing their software. (except for a few minor components from certain Major non-Apple Developers who are too big to be hounded out of town. Example are things like a Microsoft Office startup daemon and a Dropbox updater. In almost every case, the thousands of main-in files in the software package are signed, and only a few stragglers were overlooked.)
anything NOT from a Registered Developer has no place on your well-protected Mac. if you know what it is, and it is essential for your operation, you can make a one-off exception.
The term 'NWSDaemon' comes up [essentially] empty when I search for that exact term. I get four hits for usenet stuff and the rest are in non-Roman languages.
There is some malware that generates random names for its components.
What is NWSDaemon? I just noticed it as one my Login Items on my macbook pro
