am I being remotely monitored

I also have a feeling that I am being remotely monitored through some professional spyware someone installed on my computer. Can someone please help me with this. I looked at activity monitor however don't know which process might be spying on me?

Atomic King wrote:

I also have a feeling that I am being remotely monitored through some professional spyware someone installed on my computer. Can someone please help me with this. I looked at activity monitor however don't know which process might be spying on me?

Please post an EtreCheckreport of your system. We can then look for obvious issues. Please click the link, download the app and run the report. Once you have the report, please copy and paste it as your reply to this post.

If you would like more info on what EtreCheck is, simply click the link and you will find a description of the app.

Atomic King,

There is no evidence of your computer being spyed on, however someone has installed AVG antivirus software on your computer. This should be uninstalled per the developers instructions from the system immediately. Mac OS does not require any third party "maintenance" apps such as Antivirus, Cleaning or ANYTHING else. If kept up-to-date and otherwise left alone Mac OS is extremely secure and will run reliably for most users for years.

Once you have uninstalled the AVG app restart in Safe Mode to clear some caches and restart normally.

Thanks so much Kaufmann, really appreciate it. Unfortunately not seeing the AVG antivirus in utilities? Most likely deleted it however it is still running in the background. What should I do? Can you also tell me which caches to delete once in safe mode? Regards, AK

Thanks so much Kaufmann, really appreciate it. Unfortunately not seeing the AVG antivirus in utilities? Most likely deleted it however it is still running in the background. What should I do? Can you also tell me which caches to delete once in safe mode? Regards, AK

Likely not, however please post an EtreCheckreport of your system and we can look for obvious issues.

rkaufmann included a link to it already.

EtreCheck is a report that shows how your system is configured and if there are any obvious problems with your installation. You can get it by clicking on the link I provided in my first post.

That's normal network activity. You're not being remotely monitored, and "etrecheck" would not be able to tell you whether you are or not.

Akamai is a giant network streaming company. Apple has many contracts with Akamai to handle their streaming services, App Store downloads, etc. When you watch an Apple televised conference like World Wide Developer Conference it is Akamai that is transporting that video over its network to you. No malware or virus going on here.

How can one check if they are being remotely monitored?

Go to Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor/Network, and a large pane will display all of your network activity. Eventually, akamai will appear in the pane. You can temporarily disable akamai, too. You may have to wait quite some time for any activity to appear, if you see any at all.

I agree with the people on this thread to say that akamai is a trusted network partner for Apple, but if you're leery, you can monitor this or other connections with a paid application, Little Snitch - or you can remove akamai from your network entirely. It might be possible to use the software on a trial basis, for free, but you'd best contact the developer for that information.