com.osxext.cpucooler

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com.osxext.cpucooler

This pkg is presumably using a lot of cpu. In the activity monitor it say 190 to 200% but i am not noticing it at all. Is this package a part of os x/apple? I have done some research in the terminal of the location (Library/Application Support/CpuCooler) but the location doesn't exist. Does anyone know if its apple or a third party package? Aren't all apple related pkg com.apple.pkg?

package-id: com.osxext.cpucooler

version: 2.0

location: Library/Application Support/CpuCooler

iMac with Retina 5K display, macOS High Sierra (10.13.1), null

Posted on Nov 6, 2017 5:43 AM

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Answer 1

infosee

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Nov 6, 2017 6:48 AM in response to Jirban

It is a bitcoin miner malware. If you only kill the process, launch agent will restart it automatically. Please read this article.

Remove cpucooler malware from Mac OS | SecureMacOS

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Jirban Author

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Nov 6, 2017 6:48 AM in response to infosee

Oh i see! It ended up in a reinstall cause I couldn’t find information about it online and couldn’t uninstall it in terminal with my basic knowledge. Thanks for the input anyhow, we’ll see if I restore from timemachine and fix it or start from scratch!

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