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what is this ?
/private/var/run/com.apple.xpcproxy.RoleAccount.staging/com.apple.activititymoni tor.helper.16777218.735039.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.activititymonitor.helper
its a process running as a root process but doesn't have a name. Seems odd?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), Malware
It's part of the OS X anti-malware software.
Please don't mess with system processes. That could seriously damage the operating system.
It's part of the OS X anti-malware software.
Please don't mess with system processes. That could seriously damage the operating system.
if its part of a system process and/or an anti malware process it shoud have a name.
thank you for the response kappy
Leave your concern about it at Apple Feedback.
Kappy;
You must be very knowledgable to respond so quickly with such a "determined" answer. Thank you. It's nice to have some way to communicate with people that can help explain some of these concerns.
Alan
[root:/] $ find / -name com.apple.activi*
/Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app/Contents/XPCServices/com.apple.activititymonitor.helper.xpc
/Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app/Contents/XPCServices/com.apple.activititymonitor.helper.xpc/Content s/MacOS/com.apple.activititymonitor.helper
/private/var/run/com.apple.xpcproxy.RoleAccount.staging/com.apple.activititymoni tor.helper.16777218.7792553.xpc
/private/var/run/com.apple.xpcproxy.RoleAccount.staging/com.apple.activititymoni tor.helper.16777218.7792553.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.activititymonitor.helpe r
when looking at the app:
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 May 19 19:23 Activity Monitor.app
drwxr-xr-x 9 root wheel 306 May 19 19:21 Contents
In Contents:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1877 May 19 19:18 Info.plist
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 May 19 19:21 MacOS
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 8 Oct 22 2013 PkgInfo
drwxr-xr-x 34 root wheel 1156 Jun 2 21:32 Resources
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Sep 9 2013 XPCServices
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 May 19 19:21 _CodeSignature
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 467 May 19 19:18 version.plist
In XPCServices:
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Sep 9 2013 com.apple.activititymonitor.helper.xpc
Look at the dates, only the last line and the host folder (XPCServices) have much older dates.
I checked on my other computer and the files are there with the same dates.
Not sure what to think of this.
safe processes?
