mwdevicelistenr in my activity monitor

When I go to my activity monitor, an application using energy shows up as "mwdevicelistenr". What is this? Is this some kind of malware?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Jun 10, 2024 10:46 AM

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Jun 14, 2024 7:13 PM in response to userl1967

Looks old and over-full and having some hardware issues, and quite possibly some software issues.


You’re going to need to find somebody more familiar with apps and services in China mainland, as there are various payment-, financial-, and smartcard-related apps installed here.


The mwDeviceListenr appears associated with Shenzhen Excelsecu Data Technology Co.,LTD USB-related tools installed in 2015.


The Google apps are being Google apps, and are busy doing who-knows-what.


The battery is well used, and probably headed for replacement.


The SSD is also looking unusually slow, which can means a failure, and can also be caused by having too little free space.


The current usage has well exceeded the available memory, too.


Graphics-related processing appears unhappy too, though whether that’s hardware, an app, lack of memory, or something else?


If you’re going to continue to use this, I’d consider removing the Google apps and any other spps else you don’t need.

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