I received a message from my Norton Antivirus that said my computer was trying to access the CIJSUAgent. What on earth is that?

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I received a message from my Norton Antivirus that said my computer was trying to access the CIJSUAgent. What on earth is that?

I own an iMac 2009, processor 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4GB of memory. The operating system is OS X Yosemite 10.10.5. My Norton Internet Security program gave a message that my computer was requesting access to the CIJSUAgent. I have no idea what that is, and I haven't been able to find information on the web. I did allow access, but now I'm wondering if I should have. Any help would be appreciated!

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), 2009

Posted on Sep 12, 2017 5:22 PM

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Answer 1

apothicdark Author

Level 1

12 points

Sep 14, 2017 2:02 PM in response to BobHarris

Hi Bob,

I ran the EtreCheck & here is my report. Any help would be appreciated

EtreCheck version: 3.4.4 (448)

Report generated 2017-09-13 16:05:52

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 4:10

Performance: Good

Click the [Lookup] links for more information from Apple Support Communities.

Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.

Click the [Clean up] link to delete unused files.

Problem: Beachballing

Description:

Beach balling each time I start a task in any program.

Hardware Information:ⓘ

iMac (24-inch, Early 2009)

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

iMac - model: iMac9,1

1 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (Duo) CPU: 2-core

4 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

Handoff/Airdrop2: not supported

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

Video Information:ⓘ

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 - VRAM: 256 MB

iMac 1920 x 1200

Disk Information:ⓘ

WDC WD6400AAKS-40H2B0 disk0: (640.14 GB) (Rotational)

[Show SMART report]

(disk0s1) <not mounted> [EFI]: 210 MB

l (disk0s2 - Journaled HFS+) / [Startup]: 639.28 GB (350.09 GB free)

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

OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5670S ()

USB Information:ⓘ

EHCI Root Hub Simulation

Apple Inc. Keyboard Hub

Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard

Western Digital My Book 1 TB

EHCI Root Hub Simulation

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

OHCI Root Hub Simulation

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

OHCI Root Hub Simulation

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Microsoft Microsoft® 2.4GHz Transceiver v8.0

Virtual disks:ⓘ

My Book (disk1s3 - Journaled HFS+) /Volumes/My Book : 1.00 TB (40.13 GB free)

Physical disk: (null) 1.00 TB (40.13 GB free)

mmig-mac-3_5_2-ea11 (disk2 - HFS+) /Volumes/mmig-mac-3_5_2-ea11 : 839 MB (502 MB free)

Physical disk: (null) 839 MB (502 MB free)

PrinterDriver_MG6600 series (disk3s2 - HFS+) /Volumes/PrinterDriver_MG6600 series : 21 MB (4 MB free)

Physical disk: (null) 21 MB (4 MB free)

System Software:ⓘ

OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 (14F27) - Time since boot: about one day

Gatekeeper:ⓘ

Mac App Store and identified developers

Clean up:ⓘ

com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/OSServices.framewo rk/Versions/A/Support/CSConfigDotMacCert -l ~/Library/Logs/CSConfigDotMacCert-@me.com-SharedServices.log -u [redacted]@me.com -t SharedServices -s

Executable not found!

One orphan file found. [Clean up]

Kernel Extensions:ⓘ

/Library/Extensions

[loaded] com.symantec.SymXIPS (8.1 - SDK 10.10) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.symantec.internetSecurity.kext (7.5.1 - SDK 10.11) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.symantec.ips.kext (7.5.1 - SDK 10.11) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.symantec.nfm.kext (7.5.1 - SDK 10.11) [Lookup]

/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.smarttech.driver.SupportsInk (1.0.0) [Lookup]

[not loaded] com.smarttech.iokit.SMARTBoard (10.0.345.5) [Lookup]

[not loaded] com.tectona.driver.PL2303 (1.3.0) [Lookup]

System Launch Agents:ⓘ

[not loaded] 5 Apple tasks

[loaded] 144 Apple tasks

[running] 44 Apple tasks

[killed] 19 Apple tasks

19 processes killed due to insufficient RAM

System Launch Daemons:ⓘ

[not loaded] 46 Apple tasks

[loaded] 132 Apple tasks

[running] 69 Apple tasks

[killed] 15 Apple tasks

15 processes killed due to insufficient RAM

Launch Agents:ⓘ

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (? e65d1bd2 be93c7fb - installed 2017-05-28) [Lookup]

[running] com.symantec.uiagent.application.NFM.plist (Symantec - installed 2017-04-28) [Lookup]

Launch Daemons:ⓘ

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (? 2afb3af7 bb6105db - installed 2016-10-25) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2017-04-13) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (? 6d8cb30e cf9ce3fb - installed 2014-02-26) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (Shell Script e3fefdd2 - installed 2017-03-15) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.symantec.SymLUHelper.NFM.plist (Symantec - installed 2017-09-08) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.symantec.UninstallerToolHelper.NFM.plist (Symantec - installed 2017-09-08) [Lookup]

[running] com.symantec.deepsight-extractor.NFM.plist (Symantec - installed 2017-09-08) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.symantec.liveupdate.daemon.NFM.plist (Symantec - installed 2017-09-08) [Lookup]

[running] com.symantec.nfm.wps.plist (Symantec - installed 2017-09-08) [Lookup]

[running] com.symantec.sharedsettings.NFM.plist (Symantec - installed 2017-09-08) [Lookup]

[running] com.symantec.symdaemon.NFM.plist (Symantec - installed 2017-09-08) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.symantec.symqual.detail.NFM.plist (Symantec - installed 2017-09-08) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.symantec.symqual.panicreporter.NFM.plist (Symantec - installed 2017-09-08) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.symantec.symqual.submit.NFM.plist (Symantec - installed 2017-09-08) [Lookup]

[loaded] jp.co.canon.MasterInstaller.plist (Canon Inc. - installed 2015-03-26) [Lookup]

User Launch Agents:ⓘ

[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist (? ? ? - installed 2009-04-26) - /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/OSServices.framewo rk/Versions/A/Support/CSConfigDotMacCert: Executable not found!

[running] com.apple.FolderActions.enabled.plist (Apple, Inc. - installed 2017-06-25)

[loaded] com.apple.FolderActions.folders.plist (Shell Script 61e350f9 - installed 2015-03-21)

User Login Items:ⓘ

Microsoft AU Daemon Application (? 0 - installed 2004-10-11)

(/Applications/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft AU Daemon.app)

Dropbox Application

(/Incompatible Software/Dropbox.app)

CIJSUAgent SMLoginItem - Hidden (Canon Inc. - installed 2015-03-26)

(/Applications/Canon Utilities/IJ Scan Utility/Canon IJ Scan Utility2.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/CIJSUAgent.app)

Internet Plug-ins:ⓘ

DirectorShockwave: 11.5.1r601 (installed 2009-08-03) [Lookup]

Default Browser: 600 (installed 2015-07-16)

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: 2.3.8.1 (installed 2011-01-13) [Lookup]

npTGEQPlugin: 7.5.1 (installed 2011-09-16) [Lookup]

Silverlight: 5.1.30514.0 (installed 2014-10-24) [Lookup]

FlashPlayer-10.6: 23.0.0.207 (installed 2016-11-22) [Lookup]

Flash Player: 23.0.0.207 (installed 2016-11-22) Outdated! Update

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2017-06-25)

iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 (installed 2010-04-20)

SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.7.2 (installed 2017-03-18) [Lookup]

EPPEX Plugin: 10.0 (installed 2016-05-22) [Lookup]

JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 131 build 11 (installed 2017-05-28) Check version

Safari Extensions:ⓘ

None

3rd Party Preference Panes:ⓘ

Flash Player (installed 2016-10-25) [Lookup]

Flip4Mac WMV (installed 2011-01-13) [Lookup]

Java (installed 2017-05-28) [Lookup]

Time Machine:ⓘ

Skip System Files: NO

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

l: Disk size: 639.28 GB Disk used: 289.19 GB

Destinations:

My Book [Local]

Total size: 1.00 TB

Total number of backups: 387

Oldest backup: 5/2/09, 9:47 PM

Last backup: 9/13/17, 3:30 PM

Size of backup disk: Adequate

Backup size 1.00 TB > (Disk used 289.19 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU:ⓘ

12% SymDaemon

4% mdworker

3% WindowServer

3% kernel_task

Top Processes by Memory:ⓘ

1.10 GB SymDaemon

625 MB kernel_task

407 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

387 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

164 MB iPhoto

Top Processes by Energy Use:ⓘ

4.06 WindowServer

0.64 NFMWps

0.48 SymDaemon

0.28 NotificationCenter

Virtual Memory Information:ⓘ

674 MB Available RAM

28 MB Free RAM

3.34 GB Used RAM

646 MB Cached files

523 MB Swap Used

Software installs:ⓘ

Norton for Mac.Universal: (installed 2017-09-11)

My Image Garden V352: (installed 2017-09-12)

Canon IJ Printer Driver: (installed 2017-09-12)

Install information may not be complete.

Diagnostics Information:ⓘ

2017-09-11 22:32:45 Last shutdown cause: 0 - Power loss

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Answer 2

BobHarris

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55,109 points

Sep 14, 2017 5:03 PM in response to apothicdark

1.10 GB SymDaemon

You have given more than 1 quarter of your RAM over to Norton/Symantec

Multiple people have strongly suggested you uninstall Norton/Symantec. I'm going to suggest this again as well. It is not necessary. It is giving you false positives. It is slowing down your Mac.

And yes, you could use more RAM

<http://MacSales.com>

<http://Crucial.com>

are 2 well respected Mac RAM vendors

You should most likely clean up the orphaned file, by running EtreCheck again, and clicking on the Clean Up button

One orphan file found. [Clean up]

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Answer 3

etresoft

Level 9

51,016 points

Sep 13, 2017 12:35 PM in response to apothicdark

macOS has several distinct layers of antivirus protection built into the operating system. There is virtually no risk from viruses. Adware, however, is a big problem. Unfortunately, most 3rd party anti-virus software is ineffective against adware, or sometimes indistinguishable from it.

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Answer 4

BobHarris

Level 9

55,109 points

Sep 13, 2017 6:01 AM in response to apothicdark

apothicdark wrote:

Really? I thought I had to have virus protection. My computer is running very slowly - lots of spinning balls when I want it to do something. Could that be from the Norton?

One of the very frequent causes of "My Mac is running Slow" reports in these forums is caused by the anti-virus package the user has installed. Sometimes running side-by-side with adware that the A/V never detected.

The forum volunteers have respect to apps created by long time forum volunteers

EtreCheck <https://etrecheck.com>

and MalwareBytes <https://www.malwarebytes.org/>, the free versions, run it when you want option.

If you would like to run EtreCheck and post the output here, someone will evaluate your system and let you know if there are any suggested changes.

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Answer 5

JimmyCMPIT

Level 7

29,258 points

Sep 14, 2017 10:34 AM in response to apothicdark

AV products for mac, especially the ones from "respected" Windows developers are commonly the root cause of serious problems with OS X. The Windows mindset of needing Anti Virus and 3rd party utilities running along side the OS does apply to Mac, moreover the findings on these and other forums is these types products will get you into serious trouble on the Mac causing more problems then they claim to address.

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Answer 6

Sep 14, 2017 2:15 PM in response to apothicdark

In addition to having Norton on your computer, you also just don't have very much memory. You should give some thought to upgrading it. Click the link labeled "Instructions" next to the RAM information in the Etrecheck report.

I had an MBA with 4 gigs of RAM and I had to keep a very close eye on the memory pressure gauge in Activity Monitor or the poor thing did nothing by beach ball.

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Answer 7

Lexiepex

Level 6

14,102 points

Sep 16, 2017 8:12 AM in response to apothicdark

Use the "Clean up" button in the etrecheck list.

And uninstall everything Symantec/Norton and you will be good.

More Ram is a cheap luxury, contemplate it, although your etrecheck list did not report a lot of "Swaps used".

Eric Root already gave you the urls to look at for uninstalling Norton/Symantec:

Norton Product Uninstall

Symantec Uninstaller

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Answer 8

apothicdark Author

Level 1

12 points

Sep 12, 2017 8:34 PM in response to etresoft

Thank you! That makes sense.

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Answer 9

apothicdark Author

Level 1

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Sep 13, 2017 12:38 PM in response to NortonSupport

Yes, I am trying to print to my Canon MG6620.

Here is the screenshot of the message.

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Answer 10

Eric Root

Level 10

684,603 points

Sep 14, 2017 10:19 AM in response to apothicdark

If you haven't done so already, try resetting the printing system.

OS X Mavericks: Reset the printing system
also Yosemite

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Answer 11

julieda

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Sep 12, 2017 8:39 PM in response to apothicdark

I would get rid of your Norton Antivirus program. You do not need it with the iMac. I had it on my iMac and it caused problems. Since I removed it from my computer everything is faster.

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Answer 12

etresoft

Level 9

51,016 points

Sep 12, 2017 6:16 PM in response to apothicdark

Hello apothicdark,

That is probably the Canon InkJet Scan Utility.

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Answer 13

apothicdark Author

Level 1

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Sep 12, 2017 8:36 PM in response to julieda

Really? I thought I had to have virus protection. My computer is running very slowly - lots of spinning balls when I want it to do something. Could that be from the Norton?

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