What is Ez7z and do I need it?

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Donna Penn Author

Level 1

111 points

What is Ez7z and do I need it?

Am cleaning my Mac using MacKeeper which unearths everything, or so it seems.

I've got an app called Ez7z and don't know what it is and/or if I need it.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

Posted on Nov 29, 2014 12:28 PM

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Answer 1

John Galt

Level 10

158,876 points

Aug 8, 2015 11:23 AM in response to Donna Penn

http://www.trusteer.com/support/uninstalling-rapport-mac-os-x

... just trying to keep things clean and up to date and operating smoothly.

Installing garbage such as "CleanMyMac", "MacKeeper" and "Trusteer Rapport" conflicts with that goal. As long as those programs remain installed, or components of them remain active after incompletely removing them, your Mac will not operate properly.

Moreover, using such "cleaning" apps can easily corrupt a system to the point that erasing it and reconfiguring it is the only practicable way of recovering from their effects. EtreCheck is not intended to be an exhaustive diagnostic tool and cannot reveal those effects. If that were my Mac I would be satisfied with nothing less than erasing it completely, given the uncertainty of exactly what your did with those "cleaning" apps. It is impossible for anyone, within the limitations of this site, to remotely diagnose someone else's Mac and provide absolute assurance that your system or the files and work products you use it to create have not been corrupted. Only you can do that, through direct observation of its performance as you use it to do whatever it is you need your Mac to do. If your Mac is working to your satisfaction, leave it alone. If it isn't, describe what's wrong. Never install some magical cure-all in an attempt to fix it — regardless of the source.

You need to become much more circumspect regarding what you choose to install on your Mac. Macs do not need "cleaning" or any non-Apple "security" or "anti-virus" or "protection" software. Keeping it up to date means just that — installing software updates from Apple and maintaining all non-Apple software in manner recommended by their respective developers. If you want your Mac to work as designed, let it work as designed: don't burden it with useless junk.

On that subject, "MightyText" seems to be very resource-intensive and appears to have caused your Mac to "hang" on at least one occasion. If OS X's native Messages app does not meet your requirements I suggest you find another alternative from the Mac App Store.

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Answer 2

Nov 29, 2014 12:35 PM in response to Donna Penn

The first thing I would remove from your Mac is MacKeeper. It is crapware. The only thing it is good for is lining Zeobit's pockets with gold. As far as your Mac is concern all it can do is cause trouble.

Ez7z is a command line compressor which is redundant in my opinion seeing as how OS X has zip software builtin. I would delete it also.

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Answer 3

OGELTHORPE

Level 9

57,349 points

Nov 29, 2014 1:10 PM in response to Donna Penn

Ez7z appears to be a Zip file unarchiver. based on this discussion, moving it to trash should eliminate it:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6129962?answerId=25585778022#25585778022

In addition to Allan Eckert's good suggestion of ridding your MBP of MacKeeper, also rid it of 'CleanMyMac'.

Ciao.

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Answer 4

OGELTHORPE

Level 9

57,349 points

Nov 29, 2014 1:49 PM in response to Donna Penn

Never having installed 'CleanMyMac' I assume these instructions should work:

macpaw.com/support/cleanmymac/knowledgebase/how-to-uninstall-cleanmymac-2

For MacKeeper, follow the advice in this user tip:

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3036

Ciao.

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Answer 5

Donna Penn Author

Level 1

111 points

Nov 29, 2014 12:39 PM in response to Allan Eckert

Thanks, Allan. How's Clean My Mac, in your opinion?

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Answer 6

Nov 29, 2014 12:45 PM in response to Donna Penn

I think from my testing of that it is in the same software realm as MacKeeper. It causes far more problems then it does good.

IMHO any that say cleanup, increase performance or security should be avoided at all costs.

Are you having troubles with your Mac?

If you are, I suggest you download and install EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck

Run EtreCheck and publish report here

Allan

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Answer 7

Donna Penn Author

Level 1

111 points

Nov 29, 2014 1:00 PM in response to Allan Eckert

No specific troubles just trying to keep things clean and up to date and operating smoothly.

Here's the report via Etresoft. Is there a clean my mac type of app you would recommend?

EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)

Report generated November 29, 2014 at 3:50:16 PM EST

Hardware Information: ℹ️

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.53GHz, Mid 2009) (Verified)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,4

1 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Video Information: ℹ️

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB

Color LCD 1344 x 840

System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 11 days 0:52:15

Disk Information: ℹ️

ST9250315ASG disk0 : (250.06 GB)

S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 249.20 GB (96.51 GB free)

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

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868

USB Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

/Library/Application Support/HASP/kexts

[loaded] com.aladdin.kext.aksfridge (1.0.2) Support

/Library/Application Support/MacKeeper/AntiVirus.app

[not loaded] net.kromtech.kext.AVKauth (2.3.7 - SDK 10.9) Support

[loaded] net.kromtech.kext.Firewall (2.3.7 - SDK 10.9) Support

/Library/Extensions

[loaded] com.squirrels.airparrot.framebuffer (3 - SDK 10.8) Support

[loaded] com.squirrels.driver.AirParrotSpeakers (1.8 - SDK 10.8) Support

/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.Intersil.base (1.2.1d0) Support

[not loaded] com.Intersil.prism2 (1.3.1) Support

[not loaded] com.Maxtor.driver.PowSecDriver (4.4.10) Support

[not loaded] com.Seagate.driver.PowSecDriver (4.4.10) Support

[not loaded] com.beceem.BeceemAppleWiMAXAdapter (5.2.d87) Support

[not loaded] com.cy.iokit.Morpheus (1.4) Support

[not loaded] com.maxtor.iokit.IOFireWireMxBt (4.2.6) Support

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.ConnectUSB (3.0.0) Support

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.Pvsnet (3.0) Support

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (3.0) Support

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.vmmain (3.0) Support

[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraDevSupport (2.0.6) Support

[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraFSCSupport (2.0.6) Support

Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

[loaded] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support

[running] com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist Support

[loaded] com.xrite.device.softwareupdate.plist Support

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

[running] com.aladdin.aksusbd.plist Support

[running] com.aladdin.hasplmd.plist Support

[running] com.informer.mac.daemon.plist Support

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

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support

[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support

[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.SierraReset.plist Support

[running] com.sierrawireless.SWoCMon.plist Support

[running] com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist Support

[running] com.xrite.device.xrdd.plist Support

[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus.plist Support

[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.plugin.AntiTheft.daemon.plist Support

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support

[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support

[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support

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

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

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

[invalid?] com.shirtpocket.backuponmount.plist Support

[invalid?] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist Support

User Login Items: ℹ️

HP Scheduler ApplicationHidden (/Library/Application Support/Hewlett-Packard/Software Update/HP Scheduler.app)

HPEventHandler Application (/Library/Printers/hp/hpio/HPEventHandler.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.239 - SDK 10.6 Support

EPPEX Plugin: Version: 4.1.0.0 Support

Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.239 - SDK 10.6 Support

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

NP2020Player: Version: 5.0.4.0 Support

Silverlight: Version: 4.0.50917.0 Support

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version

Safari Extensions: ℹ️

Ebates Cash Back

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

BDSPrefPane Support

Flash Player Support

Trusteer Endpoint Protection Support

Time Machine: ℹ️

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: OFF

Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

Destinations:

DP BKUP FreeAgent [Local]

Total size: 249.72 GB

Total number of backups: 3

Oldest backup: 2014-11-18 10:22:23 +0000

Last backup: 2014-11-26 04:25:42 +0000

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 249.72 GB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

16% Mail

8% com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64

6% WindowServer

4% mds

1% hidd

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

321 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

258 MB com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64

258 MB Safari

189 MB AntiVirus

180 MB mds_stores

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

1.65 GB Free RAM

3.20 GB Active RAM

1.65 GB Inactive RAM

987 MB Wired RAM

9.62 GB Page-ins

803 MB Page-outs

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Answer 8

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,233 points

Aug 8, 2015 12:02 AM in response to Donna Penn

If you purchased a copy of MacKeeper and you are "disappointed" in the product, you are entitled to a refund based on a recent class-action settlement.

https://yenchasoftwaresettlement.com/Portals/0/Documents/Website%20Notice_v1.pdf

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Answer 9

Donna Penn Author

Level 1

111 points

Aug 8, 2015 7:22 AM in response to Allan Eckert

Hi Allan: Thank you for following up on this so long after the original query.

Below, please find the report.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best, Donna

EtreCheck version: 2.3 (135)

Report generated 8/8/15, 10:19 AM

Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck

Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.

Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.

Hardware Information:(What does this mean?)

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.53GHz, Mid 2009) (Verified)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,4

1 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 89 - SN = W01107AW7D3BA

Video Information:(What does this mean?)

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB

Color LCD 1344 x 840

System Software:(What does this mean?)

OS X 10.9.5 (13F1096) - Time since boot: about 29 days

Disk Information:(What does this mean?)

ST9250315ASG disk0 : (250.06 GB) (Rotational)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 249.20 GB (119.96 GB free)

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

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868 ()

USB Information:(What does this mean?)

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Gatekeeper:(What does this mean?)

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions:(What does this mean?)

/Library/Application Support/HASP/kexts

[loaded] com.aladdin.kext.aksfridge (1.0.2) [Click for support]

/Library/Extensions

[loaded] com.squirrels.airparrot.framebuffer (3 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]

[loaded] com.squirrels.driver.AirParrotSpeakers (1.8 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]

/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.Intersil.base (1.2.1d0) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.Intersil.prism2 (1.3.1) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.Maxtor.driver.PowSecDriver (4.4.10) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.Seagate.driver.PowSecDriver (4.4.10) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.beceem.BeceemAppleWiMAXAdapter (5.2.d87) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.cy.iokit.Morpheus (1.4) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.maxtor.iokit.IOFireWireMxBt (4.2.6) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.ConnectUSB (3.0.0) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.Pvsnet (3.0) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (3.0) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.vmmain (3.0) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraDevSupport (2.0.6) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraFSCSupport (2.0.6) [Click for support]

Startup Items:(What does this mean?)

Executor: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Executor

Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite

Launch Agents:(What does this mean?)

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.xrite.device.softwareupdate.plist [Click for support]

Launch Daemons:(What does this mean?)

[running] com.adobe.adobeupdatedaemon.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.aladdin.aksusbd.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.aladdin.hasplmd.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.informer.mac.daemon.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.SierraReset.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.sierrawireless.SWoCMon.plist [Click for support]

[failed] com.speedtools.scheduleagent.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.xrite.device.xrdd.plist [Click for support]

User Launch Agents:(What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.shirtpocket.backupbytime.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.shirtpocket.backuponmount-login.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.shirtpocket.backuponmount.plist [Click for support]

User Login Items:(What does this mean?)

FastTasks 2 Application (/Applications/FastTasks 2.app)

AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)

Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

Android File Transfer Agent Application (~/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer/Android File Transfer Agent.app)

Music Manager Application Hidden (~/Library/PreferencePanes/MusicManager.prefPane/Contents/Helpers/MusicManagerH elper.app)

MightyText Application (/Applications/MightyText.app)

HP Scheduler UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)

HPEventHandler Application (/Library/Printers/hp/hpio/HPEventHandler.app)

Internet Plug-ins:(What does this mean?)

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]

NP2020Player: Version: 5.0.4.0 [Click for support]

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: 3.0.0.0 - SDK 10.9 [Click for support]

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.12 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 18.0.0.209 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

Silverlight: Version: 4.0.50917.0 [Click for support]

Flash Player: Version: 18.0.0.209 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

WidevineMediaOptimizer: Version: 6.0.0.12757 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]

NP_2020Player_IKEA: Version: 5.0.94.1 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.12 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

EPPEX Plugin: Version: 4.1.0.0 [Click for support]

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version

User internet Plug-ins:(What does this mean?)

CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 [Click for support]

Safari Extensions:(What does this mean?)

Ebates Cash Back

Pin It Button

3rd Party Preference Panes:(What does this mean?)

BDSPrefPane [Click for support]

Flash Player [Click for support]

MusicManager [Click for support]

Trusteer Endpoint Protection [Click for support]

Time Machine:(What does this mean?)

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: OFF

Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 249.20 GB Disk used: 129.24 GB

Destinations:

time machine backup [Local]

Total size: 999.52 GB

Total number of backups: 16

Oldest backup: 2015-01-26 02:06:07 +0000

Last backup: 2015-07-21 15:59:36 +0000

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 999.52 GB > (Disk size 249.20 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU:(What does this mean?)

85% MightyText

77% softwareupdated

3% WindowServer

2% EdgeInspect

1% hidd

Top Processes by Memory:(What does this mean?)

875 MB kernel_task

459 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(3)

238 MB Safari

221 MB MightyText

172 MB softwareupdated

Virtual Memory Information:(What does this mean?)

1.72 GB Free RAM

4.98 GB Used RAM (1.90 GB Cached)

78 MB Swap Used

Diagnostics Information:(What does this mean?)

Aug 6, 2015, 10:57:28 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MightyText_2015-08-06-225728_[redacted].hang

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Answer 10

Nov 29, 2014 1:06 PM in response to Donna Penn

According to this report you still have MacKeeper, Clean My Mac 2 and rapport installed. Get rid of them.

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Answer 11

Donna Penn Author

Level 1

111 points

Nov 29, 2014 1:26 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

Gentlemen (I assume)--any recommendations for how to remove those apps properly?

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Answer 12

Donna Penn Author

Level 1

111 points

Dec 1, 2014 4:25 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

Well, gentlemen, I believe I have rid my laptop of all things Mackeeper and Clean My Mac. Thanks for the advice.

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Answer 13

Aug 8, 2015 6:13 AM in response to Donna Penn

Run EtreCheck again and post the results here and we will confirm if you have managed to get rid of them.

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Answer 14

Aug 8, 2015 10:45 AM in response to Donna Penn

You should also remove Rapport. It is worthless on your Mac. Sorry I failed to notice it on the other report but I missed with all the other stuff that was there.

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