Init Processes when OS Sierra start

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Init Processes when OS Sierra start

Hi everybody,

Are these processes are normal when OsX start?, When Os starts with none program open , The first program I open is terminal and execute "lsof -i -n -p | grep TCP" to see which processes are running and I notice a lot of processes , Can anyone could be connection of malware? Thanks

apsd

cloudphot

syncdefau

AppleIDAu

CalendarA

akd

com.apple

mapspushd

AddressBook

storeacco

cloudd

gamed

fmfd

passd

parsecd

storeasse

IMRemoteU

assistantd

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Oct 6, 2016 6:43 PM

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Answer 1

John Galt

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Oct 6, 2016 7:56 PM in response to NicoRobin00

To show running processes use Activity Monitor. To learn how to use it please read Use Activity Monitor on your Mac - Apple Support.

The Terminal command you posted is malformed and won't return the results you posted. Those processes do not indicate the presence of malware.

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Answer 2

trevoz

Level 4

1,990 points

Oct 6, 2016 9:46 PM in response to John Galt

A better way to see all the running processes at a particular point in time is to open Applications > Utilities > Terminal and type:

ps -ax

you can also redirect output to a file for later analysis with:

ps -ax > myfile.txt

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