Activity Monitor How to Catch a Hacker

I have a 15" MacBook Pro OSX El Capitan 10.11.6 I know how to access activity monitor and I have a small understanding of how it works. I have watched youtube videos and read a few articles on google. My concern is i feel as though my computer has been compromised. I thought about this for a long time. Debating wether or not this is a real issue. I have decide to seek advice. I have several processes running under CPU. I was wondering if there is some sort of list that contains the names of normal processes that a Mac which has not been compromised.

I am attaching screen shots of all the processes that are running. I would like to know which ones I should remove if any and how should I determine if my computer has been hacked remotely or with a key logger. Any advice is greatly appreciated.


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MacBook Pro (15-inch Glossy), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), Activity Monitor

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 3:17 PM

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Posted on Apr 15, 2017 10:38 AM

You're assuming hidd is short for hidden, or something you aren't supposed to find.


The hidd service is the Human Interface DeviceDaemon. In fact, the hidd service is required for your Mac to operate properly as it is responsible for the operation of any human input devices, such as your mouse (or trackpad on a MacBook) or keyboard!

It is a very important process. If you are experiencing high CPU or memory utilization from hidd, you may want to restart your computer.

Note: If the hidd process is killed, it will restart immediately.

And yes, not surprisingly, it's also a running process on my Mac.

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Apr 15, 2017 10:38 AM in response to gingergrrl

You're assuming hidd is short for hidden, or something you aren't supposed to find.


The hidd service is the Human Interface DeviceDaemon. In fact, the hidd service is required for your Mac to operate properly as it is responsible for the operation of any human input devices, such as your mouse (or trackpad on a MacBook) or keyboard!

It is a very important process. If you are experiencing high CPU or memory utilization from hidd, you may want to restart your computer.

Note: If the hidd process is killed, it will restart immediately.

And yes, not surprisingly, it's also a running process on my Mac.

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Apr 14, 2017 3:27 PM in response to gingergrrl

Your computer isn't compromised. If it were you would not find anything in Activity Monitor. It would be more helpful than posting all those unneeded images to have told us why you think you have been compromised, and what evidence you have that you think proves it.

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