Kernel and Installer taking to much CPU

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Kernel and Installer taking to much CPU

I have 4GB of RAM in my system. My Kernel_task and Installer are taking way to much CPU

This in turn heats up fan and if Firefox is running i get up to 90-95°C !!

I'm having continous crashes and since installing Temperature Gauge I can simultaneously understand which activity (activity monitor) is heating up my macbook air...

Hardware Information:

MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012)

MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir5,2

1 1.8 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores

4 GB RAM

Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: (null)

System Software:

OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 7:32:16

Disk Information:

APPLE SSD SM256E disk0 : (251 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 250.14 GB (2.81 GB free) (Low!)

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB

USB Information:

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Gatekeeper:

Anywhere

Kernel Extensions:

[not loaded] at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (3932 - SDK 10.8) Support

[not loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.4.3) Support

[not loaded] com.Huawei.driver.HuaweiDataCardDriver (4.0.6) Support

[kext loaded] com.avatron.AVExFramebuffer (1.7 - SDK 10.8) Support

[kext loaded] com.avatron.AVExVideo (1.7 - SDK 10.8) Support

[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (1.7) Support

[not loaded] com.samsung.driver.CMC220 (1.3.0) Support

[not loaded] com.samsung.driver.CMC220Comm (1.3.0) Support

[not loaded] com.samsung.driver.CMC220USB (1.3.0) Support

[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraDevSupport (1.0.7) Support

[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraFSRSupport (1.0.1) Support

[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraHSRSupport (1.0.5) Support

[not loaded] com.sony.driver.prs (1.0.1d1) Support

[not loaded] com.sony.driver.prs2 (1.0.3d1) Support

[not loaded] jp.co.roland.RDUSB0117Dev (1.0.0) Support

[kext loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.3.12) Support

[kext loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.3.12) Support

[kext loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.3.12) Support

[kext loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.3.12) Support

Startup Items:

NMTCPSettingsTuning: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/NMTCPSettingsTuning

HWNetMgr: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr

ParallelsTransporter: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ParallelsTransporter

RDUSB0117Startup: Path: /Library/StartupItems/RDUSB0117Startup

Problem System Launch Daemons:

[failed] com.apple.softwareupdated.plist

[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

[loaded] com.littleknownsoftware.MPC.CopyMoveHelper.plist Support

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist Support

[loaded] com.sierrawireless.SWoCTool.plist Support

[not loaded] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.plugin.AntiTheft.daemon Support

[not loaded] org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist Support

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.startup.plist Support

Launch Agents:

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support

[running] com.delicioussafari.DeliciousSafariAgent.plist Support

[running] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist Support

User Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support

[loaded] com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist Support

[running] com.genieo.completer.download.plist Support

[loaded] com.genieo.completer.update.plist Support

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support

[loaded] com.littleknownsoftware.MailPluginTool-Startup.plist Support

[not loaded] com.littleknownsoftware.MailPluginTool-Watcher.plist Support

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist Support

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist Support

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist Support

[running] com.nchsoftware.expressaccounts.agent.plist Support

[running] com.nchsoftware.expressinvoice.agent.plist Support

[not loaded] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper Support

[not loaded] info.lokiware.attachmenttamer.cleanup.plist Support

[running] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist Support

User Login Items:

Flux

Air Display Host

Google Drive

HazelHelper

VMware Fusion Start Menu

EvernoteHelper

Internet Plug-ins:

Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1 Support

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16 - SDK 10.8 Support

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: Unknown

Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

zako: Version: zako 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

Safari Extensions:

Omnibar: Version: 1.2

Ebay Shopping Assistant: Version: 1.1

1Password: Version: 3.9.20

Searchme: Version: 1.3

Streak: Version: 6.4

Slick Savings: Version: 2.0

Amazon Shopping Assistant: Version: 1.1

Audio Plug-ins:

BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9

AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

iTunes Plug-ins:

Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9

User iTunes Plug-ins:

iLike: Version: 1.0 Support

PPC Bundle: Version: (null) Support

Tiger Bundle: Version: (null) Support

iLike Bundle: Version: (null) Support

TuneUp Visualizer: Version: 2.2.0 Support

User Internet Plug-ins:

fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: (null) Support

CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 Support

Picasa: Version: 1.0 Support

BrowserPlus_2.4.21: Version: 1.0 Support

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Emoticons Support

Flash Player Support

Flip4Mac WMV Support

FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) Support

GeekTool Support

Hazel Support

MacFUSE Support

Perian Support

VS-20 Support

Time Machine:

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: ON

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 232.96 GB Disk used: 230.34 GB

Destinations:

Backup [Local] (Last used)

Total size: 279.49 GB

Total number of backups: 11

Oldest backup: 2014-02-08 12:50:06 +0000

Last backup: 2014-05-10 06:59:54 +0000

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 279.49 GB < (Disk used 230.34 GB X 3)

Time Machine details may not be accurate.

All volumes being backed up may not be listed.

Top Processes by CPU:

11% filezilla

5% WindowServer

2% Activity Monitor

1% Mail

1% sysmond

Top Processes by Memory:

37 MB WindowServer

33 MB Mail

20 MB Safari

16 MB Finder

16 MB com.apple.internetaccounts

Virtual Memory Information:

2.22 GB Free RAM

152 MB Active RAM

366 MB Inactive RAM

915 MB Wired RAM

2.46 GB Page-ins

139 MB Page-outs

Posted on May 20, 2014 3:37 PM

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Answer 1

May 20, 2014 3:54 PM in response to aivan bonafe

I can see why you are having problems ..

You need to uninstall CleanMyMac and MacKeeper. Both will cause you nothing but problems. Do not install third party so called Mac cleaning utilities. Your Mac runs maintenance in the background for you > Mac OS X: About background maintenance tasks

Instructions for uninstalling MacKeeper here.

Do not install MacKeeper: Apple Support Communiti

Uninstall CleanMyMac. Instructions here.

You also need to remove the Genieo malware. Instructions here.

And delete this file: net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist from /Library/LaunchAgents

com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower < This driver has caused other Mac uers kernel panics and freezes as noted from the results of an Apple Support Communities search here.

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Answer 2

May 20, 2014 3:56 PM in response to aivan bonafe

And keep an eye on available disk space.

Click your Apple menu  top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click About This Mac > More Info > Storage

Make sure there's at least 15% free disk space.

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Answer 3

aivan bonafe Author

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May 20, 2014 4:05 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

Thanks , did as you suggested !

I had just returned Macbook Air from service and since battery is back in place it keeped crashing...

The people at the store told and recommended to have MacKeeper out so I did !! But i was not aware of CleanMyMac being crapware too ...

Any suggestion for 'cleaning' Mac Data? What about Macwares MacTuneUp ?

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Answer 4

May 20, 2014 4:27 PM in response to aivan bonafe

Both are ****ware.

As I mentioned previously, no third party Mac cleaning utilities are necessary on a Mac. If you install third party so called cleaning utilities, you'll have the same problems all over again.

Mac OS X: About background maintenance tasks

I'm curious. Which store suggesed MacKeeper ?

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Answer 5

aivan bonafe Author

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May 20, 2014 4:38 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

No store suggested using Mackeeper...
They recommended de-installing...

But I did not mention to have CleanMyMac installed too.

THanks for the link 😉

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Answer 6

MadMacs0

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May 21, 2014 1:24 AM in response to aivan bonafe

aivan bonafe wrote:

Gatekeeper:

Anywhere

There is no reason to have GateKeeper disabled. If you find the need to open an app that isn't from the AppStore and isn't signed, then simply right-click / control click on the app and select Open from the popup menu. That way you will think about whether or not it's from a trusted site so you won't accidentally install Genieo Adware next time. Just make sure you use the developers web site or a reputable download site like MacUpdate. The installers at Softonic and C|Net's download.com often include unwanted add-ons.

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