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User profile for user: scania472
scania472 Author
User level: Level 1
14 points

xmemapp task uses a lot the CPU!

I noticed that my battery looks like 5 years old because it discharges really quickly. I figured out why. A task in the Task Manager called "xmemapp" uses my CPU on 60-70% all time all of my cores. I shutted down this task and nothing happened except my CPU usage went down to 4-5% (Safari and iTunes were running). What can i do with it except shutting it down all the time when the CPU usage is above the sky?

MacBook Pro TouchBar and Touch ID, macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Posted on Oct 14, 2017 12:52 AM

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User profile for user: infosee
infosee
User level: Level 2
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Posted on Oct 18, 2017 12:18 AM

It is a new malware which use your machine for bitcoin miner. Please read blew post for details.


https://www.securemacos.com/remove-xmemapp-malware-from-mac-os/



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