com.apple.sbd is draining cpu resources

P.S. I removed the adware, per EtreCheck, restarted and ran EtreCheck again with the following results:

EtreCheck version: 2.9.6 (256)

Report generated 2016-02-23 10:15:08

Download EtreCheck from http://etrecheck.com

Runtime 6:35

Performance: Below Average

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Problem: Computer is too slow

Hardware Information: ⓘ

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)

[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2

1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core

16 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

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

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 119

Video Information: ⓘ

Intel HD Graphics 4000

Color LCD 1280 x 800

DELL E198WFP 1440 x 900 @ 60 Hz

System Software: ⓘ

OS X El Capitan 10.11.3 (15D21) - Time since boot: less than an hour

Disk Information: ⓘ

APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 disk0 : (500.11 GB) (Rotational)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (409.95 GB free)

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

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N ()

USB Information: ⓘ

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Western Digital My Passport 07A8 1 TB

EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Time Machine-My Passport 2 (disk1s2) /Volumes/Time Machine-My Passport 2 : 999.83 GB (479.82 GB free)

TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1 TB

iTunes Tosh (disk2s1) /Volumes/iTunes Tosh : 1.00 TB (799.38 GB free)

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Thunderbolt Information: ⓘ

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Gatekeeper: ⓘ

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions: ⓘ

/Applications/MacX Video Converter Pro.app

[not loaded] com.macxdvd.driver.goodSysAudioCapture (1 - SDK 10.10 - 2015-05-15) [Support]

/Applications/duet.app

[not loaded] com.kairos.driver.DuetDisplay (1 - SDK 10.11 - 2015-12-22) [Support]

/Library/Extensions

[loaded] com.karios.driver.DuetDisplay (1 - SDK 10.10 - 2016-01-30) [Support]

/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.aliph.driver.jstub (1.1.2 - SDK 10.7 - 2016-01-30) [Support]

System Launch Agents: ⓘ

[loaded] 157 Apple tasks

[running] 79 Apple tasks

System Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[loaded] 193 Apple tasks

[running] 95 Apple tasks

Launch Agents: ⓘ

[loaded] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitealerts.plist (2008-09-24) [Support]

[running] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitestatus.plist (2009-09-28) [Support]

[running] com.hp.devicemonitor.plist (2012-05-26) [Support]

[loaded] com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist (2010-01-19) [Support]

[running] com.hp.productresearch.plist (2012-01-16) [Support]

Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-01-29) [Support]

[running] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitedaemon.plist (2008-07-20) [Support]

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (2010-08-25) [Support]

User Launch Agents: ⓘ

[running] com.amazon.music.plist (2016-02-02) [Support]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-01-28) [Support]

User Login Items: ⓘ

iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

SoundBunnyHelper Application (~/Library/Application Support/SoundBunny/SoundBunnyHelper.app)

Google Photos Backup Application (/Applications/Google Photos Backup.app)

SoundBunnyHelper Application (~/Library/Application Support/SoundBunny/SoundBunnyHelper.app)

CopyClip Application (/Applications/CopyClip.app)

SoundBunnyHelper Application (~/Library/Application Support/SoundBunny/SoundBunnyHelper.app)

SoundBunny Application (/Applications/SoundBunny.app)

SoundBunnyHelper Application (~/Library/Application Support/SoundBunny/SoundBunnyHelper.app)

SoundBunnyHelper Application (~/Library/Application Support/SoundBunny/SoundBunnyHelper.app)

SoundBunnyHelper Application (~/Library/Application Support/SoundBunny/SoundBunnyHelper.app)

Amazon Cloud Drive App Application (/Applications/Amazon Cloud Drive App.app)

Other Apps: ⓘ

[running] com.amazon.clouddrive (2015-12-03)

[running] com.amazon.clouddrive.mac.41632 (2016-02-11)

[running] com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.EtreCheck (2016-02-20)

[running] com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000005.SoundBunny (2015-07-28)

[running] com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000007.SoundBunnyHelper (2015-07-28)

[loaded] com.fiplab.clipboardhelper (2016-01-20)

[running] com.fiplab.copyclip2.44192 (2016-01-20)

[running] com.getdropbox.dropbox.44512 (2016-02-19)

[running] com.google.gpautobackup.105632 (2016-01-29)

[loaded] com.prosofteng.SoundBunny.8672 (2015-07-28)

Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

npMotive: 1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 (2015-01-22) [Support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: 20.0.0.306 - SDK 10.6 (2016-02-09) [Support]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-01-28)

Flash Player: 20.0.0.306 - SDK 10.6 (2016-02-09) [Support]

Default Browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-01-28)

SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.6.1 - SDK 10.6 (2016-02-18) [Support]

AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101750: Unknown

PepperFlashPlayer: 20.0.0.306 - SDK 10.6 (2016-02-10) [Support]

Silverlight: 5.1.41105.0 - SDK 10.6 (2015-12-18) [Support]

User internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: 1.0.105 (2013-04-25) [Support]

Safari Extensions: ⓘ

1-ClickWeather (2015-01-27)

MLB.com Toolbar (2015-01-27)

Audio Plug-ins: ⓘ

SoundBunny: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.10 (2015-08-10) [Support]

3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ

Carbonite (2013-08-11) [Support]

Flash Player (2016-01-29) [Support]

Time Machine: ⓘ

Skip System Files: NO

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 499.25 GB Disk used: 89.30 GB

Destinations:

My Passport [Local]

Total size: 999.83 GB

Total number of backups: 118

Oldest backup: 9/12/13, 8:59 PM

Last backup: 2/23/16, 9:49 AM

Size of backup disk: Adequate

Backup size 999.83 GB > (Disk used 89.30 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ

98% com.apple.sbd

36% CarboniteDaemon

5% mdworker(20)

5% kernel_task

2% hidd

Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ

1.08 GB kernel_task

377 MB ocspd

328 MB mdworker(20)

295 MB iTunes

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

Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ

10.00 GB Free RAM

6.02 GB Used RAM (2.51 GB Cached)

0 B Swap Used

Diagnostics Information: ⓘ

Feb 23, 2016, 10:12:55 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.sbd_2016-02-23-101255_[redacted].cpu_ resource.diag [Details]

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CloudServices.framework/Versions/A/XPCService s/com.apple.sbd.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.sbd

Feb 23, 2016, 10:07:38 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CarboniteDaemon_2016-02-23-100738_[redacted].cp u_resource.diag [Details]

/Library/Application Support/Carbonite/CarboniteDaemon.app/Contents/MacOS/CarboniteDaemon

Feb 23, 2016, 10:04:41 AM Self test - passed

Feb 23, 2016, 09:37:12 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CarboniteDaemon_2016-02-23-093712_[redacted].cp u_resource.diag [Details]

Feb 22, 2016, 04:55:07 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_2016-02-22-165507_ [redacted].crash

/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.We bKit.WebContent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

Feb 22, 2016, 08:58:21 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.sbd_2016-02-22-085821_[redacted].cpu_ resource.diag [Details]

Again, thanks for any help.

Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ

98% com.apple.sbd

Everything else slows to a near stop while this is happening. Perhaps I am using the wrong lingo or am making an incorrect assumption.

Also, I am seeing the same, or similar, results in the Activity Monitor.

I have been using the built-in Activity Monitor to monitor what could be causing my problems. Essentially, my Mac Book Pro slows to a crawl when I see the "com.apple.sbd" process running. I see it either in the CPU tab, in the Memory tab (or sometimes both), of Activity Monitor.

I will try to quit the process, but only using force quit seems to do the trick. After doing so, my Mac Book Pro seems to return to normal. However, by forcing this process to quit, I fear I am doing some kind of damage to other processes vital to the proper function of my laptop.

Since noticing this problem I've also done a fair amount of online research (both regular google searches and here in the Apple Community forums, where I saw others get resolution by running EtreCheck), but I don't seem to find others who are having the same issue and am therefore am at a loss about how to resolve.

Yes, I do.

Thank you, Linc Davis! I'll give this a try.

Thank you so much!! I had to employ both steps, but after a day or so of testing, this seems to have done the trick Thanks again for your patience and your help.