mryat
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Q: Silent Clean Server

Hi all,

 

Recently i realised that a program named "SilentCleanServer" appeared out of nowhere running in my background. I tried to force quit it, but to no avail. Tried searching with avg anti virus as well , but couldn't find anything with it. Could this be some kind of virus or adware ? Thanks !

 

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.1.x)

Posted on Nov 29, 2015 5:51 AM

by RobertoB_69,Apple recommended
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A:

It is a process spawned by Mobie PhoneClean.

You can see in Task Monitor that it shares the same icon.

You can also find it in the app contents: PhoneClean.app/Contents/MacOS

Posted on Nov 29, 2015 10:32 PM

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  • by greg sahli,

    greg sahli greg sahli Nov 29, 2015 1:32 PM in response to mryat
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    Nov 29, 2015 1:32 PM in response to mryat

    I can't answer you - but have a question that may help. Do you own an iPhone and have Silent Clean installed on it?

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Nov 29, 2015 1:42 PM in response to mryat
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    Nov 29, 2015 1:42 PM in response to mryat

    Is it in your Applications folder?

  • by RobertoB_69,Apple recommended

    RobertoB_69 RobertoB_69 Nov 29, 2015 10:32 PM in response to mryat
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    Nov 29, 2015 10:32 PM in response to mryat

    It is a process spawned by Mobie PhoneClean.

    You can see in Task Monitor that it shares the same icon.

    You can also find it in the app contents: PhoneClean.app/Contents/MacOS

  • by Chen Kai-shao,Apple recommended

    Chen Kai-shao Chen Kai-shao Nov 30, 2015 1:43 AM in response to RobertoB_69
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    Nov 30, 2015 1:43 AM in response to RobertoB_69

    It's the new function of imobie phoneclean 4.0  released in  2015. NOV. 27th

    http://www.imobie.com/phoneclean/

    Past version of imobie phoneclean should be connected via USB between your iPhone/iPad and Mac/PC.

    The new version  imobie phoneclean 4.0 can delete your iPhone/iPad's junks and temporary files via WIFI connection.

    So that APP call the new function was  SilentCleanServer and it was launched in background when your Mac startup.

     

    But I still don't know how to stop this background app while Mac startup.

    Even I trashed the imobie phoneclean 4.0, that background app SilentCleanServer still launched while startup.

  • by A nonym,

    A nonym A nonym Dec 2, 2015 7:20 AM in response to Chen Kai-shao
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    Dec 2, 2015 7:20 AM in response to Chen Kai-shao

    Chen Kai-shao wrote:

     

    But I still don't know how to stop this background app while Mac startup.

    Even I trashed the imobie phoneclean 4.0, that background app SilentCleanServer still launched while startup.

    Try deleting the "com.imobie.PhoneClean" and "com.iMobie.SilentCleanServer" folders in ~/Library/Application Support

  • by kodos72,

    kodos72 kodos72 Dec 3, 2015 9:47 AM in response to A nonym
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    Dec 3, 2015 9:47 AM in response to A nonym

    I did this : install again phone clean, then go to application folder and right click on it, select show all data. Select components, you'll find silentcleanserver file put it in the trash and delete it. After that uninstall phoneclean. Hope this will be helpful

  • by AliveX99,

    AliveX99 AliveX99 Dec 8, 2015 1:57 AM in response to mryat
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    Dec 8, 2015 1:57 AM in response to mryat

    The new version of PhoneClean is available and as I see the problem was solved.

  • by Chen Kai-shao,

    Chen Kai-shao Chen Kai-shao Dec 13, 2015 12:10 AM in response to AliveX99
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    Dec 13, 2015 12:10 AM in response to AliveX99

    I downloaded the newest version of PhoneClean 4.0.1 20151208.

    But the shade tetragon still on my desktop wallpaper.

    48.jpg

  • by RobertoB_69,

    RobertoB_69 RobertoB_69 Dec 13, 2015 12:55 AM in response to Chen Kai-shao
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    Dec 13, 2015 12:55 AM in response to Chen Kai-shao

    I confirm.

    Just removed PhoneClean, I think that's a poorly engineered solution for a simple task: there's not even an option to stop/disable the silent clean functionality.

    Background processes should always be reduced to a minimum and only for important tasks.