errant Absinthed.N18 on non-jailbroken device?

Question

Level 1

15 points

errant Absinthed.N18 on non-jailbroken device?

Hi everyone,

I had some odd stuff going on with Messages saying it wasn't delivering messages I'd send. This was on my NON-jailbroken 3rd gen iPod Touch (5.1.1). I thought it might have been the public wifi network I was on, but the problem continued when I got home. I checked processes using SYS Activity Manager, and I saw a process called "absinthed.N18" running. After I powered the iPod down and powered it back up, the process was gone.

I've never jailbroken this device (too chicken when it comes to security and don't want the potential lack of stability). I've seen a number of posts like this in the forums, but very few of them contain any answers, and none of the answers really confirm what the process is and how it gets going. Please let me know if I should be wiping this device and changing passwords or taking a chill pill.

Thanks,

beekicker

Posted on Mar 21, 2014 2:50 PM

Reply

Answer 1

Best reply

lllaass

Level 10

210,417 points

Mar 21, 2014 3:12 PM in response to beekicker

I could not find anything for the N18 but did for other absinthed processes. They seem to be legit Apple processes

Reply

Answer 2

beekicker Author

Level 1

15 points

Mar 21, 2014 3:24 PM in response to lllaass

Is this from you checking your iDevice(s), or are you a dev checking documentation? Either way, thanks for letting me know. I wish there was a list of official Apple processes, but since those aren't usually exposed to the user, I guess Apple doesn't worry about putting that together.

Reply