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I'm not sure how to determine what files should be Kept/Removed or what other actions to take. Any and all advice appreciated...


EtreCheck version: 3.4.6 (460)

Report generated 2017-11-18 08:56:36

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Runtime: 3:22

Performance: Good


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Problem: No problem - just checking


Hardware Information:

MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014)

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

MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2

1 1.4 GHz Intel Core i5 (i5-4260U) CPU: 2-core

4 GB RAM Not upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Handoff/Airdrop2: supported

Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 86


Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 5000 - VRAM: 1536 MB

Color LCD 1440 x 900


Disk Information:

APPLE SSD SD0128F disk0: (121.33 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

[Show SMART report]

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

Macintosh HD (disk0s2 - Journaled HFS+) / [Startup]: 120.00 GB (44.19 GB free)

(disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 990 MB


USB Information:

XHCI Root Hub SS Simulation

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

XHCI Root Hub USB 2.0 Simulation

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0


Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus


System Software:

OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 (14F2511) - Time since boot: about 8 days


Gatekeeper:

Mac App Store and identified developers


Possible adware:

Unknown file: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.QuickLookSearches.plist

~/Library/Application Support/com.QuickLookSearches/QuickLookSearches r

Adware: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.pcv.hlpramcn.plist

Unknown file: ~/Library/Safari/Extensions/2DDCEA3C20DA42D9B8D2921360822D4B.safariextz

3 possible adware files found. [Remove/Report]


System Launch Agents:

[not loaded] 5 Apple tasks

[loaded] 138 Apple tasks

[running] 49 Apple tasks

[killed] 20 Apple tasks

20 processes killed due to insufficient RAM


System Launch Daemons:

[not loaded] 47 Apple tasks

[loaded] 132 Apple tasks

[running] 65 Apple tasks

[killed] 18 Apple tasks

18 processes killed due to insufficient RAM


Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (? 2afb3af7 a56d5fc2 - installed 2017-10-25) [Lookup]


User Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.QuickLookSearches.plist (? a9dae437 2b2636ba - installed 2017-11-05) [Lookup]

[running] com.dtv.vgconnect.plist (Shell Script aaab42d2 - installed 2014-10-27)

[loaded] com.dtv.vgconnect.uninstall.plist (Shell Script f4b6657c - installed 2015-01-19)

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2017-10-26) [Lookup]

[running] com.pcv.hlpramcn.plist (Techyutils Software Private Limited - installed 2017-11-14) Adware! [Remove/Report]

~/Library/Application Support/amc/helperamc.app/Contents/MacOS/helperamc

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist (Spotify - installed 2017-11-09) [Lookup]


User Login Items:

iTunesHelper Application (Apple, Inc. - installed 2017-11-01)

(/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

EvernoteHelper Application (Evernote - installed 2014-12-16)

(/Applications/Evernote.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/EvernoteHelper.app)

Octoshape Application

(~/Library/Octoshape/Octoshape.app)

Dropbox Application

(/Applications/Dropbox.app)

Spotify Application - Hidden

(/Applications/Spotify.app)


Internet Plug-ins:

FlashPlayer-10.6: 27.0.0.187 (installed 2017-11-14) [Lookup]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2017-10-27)

Flash Player: 27.0.0.187 (installed 2017-11-14) [Lookup]

iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 (installed 2015-02-14)

PepperFlashPlayer: 27.0.0.187 (installed 2017-11-14) [Lookup]

Default Browser: 600 (installed 2017-10-26)


User internet Plug-ins:

OctoshapeWeb: 1.0 (installed 2017-10-26) [Lookup]


Safari Extensions:

Evernote Web Clipper - Evernote Corp. - http://evernote.com (installed 2017-10-26)

Any Search DS (installed 2017-11-05)


3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player (installed 2017-10-25) [Lookup]


Time Machine:

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: OFF

Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 120.00 GB Disk used: 75.81 GB

Destinations:

Time Machine [Local]

Total size: 166.84 GB

Total number of backups: 6

Oldest backup: 1/25/15, 11:58 AM

Last backup: 10/27/17, 1:19 AM

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 166.84 GB < (Disk used 75.81 GB X 3)


Top Processes by CPU:

23% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

9% WindowServer

7% kernel_task

3% mds

3% Safari


Top Processes by Memory:

600 MB kernel_task

479 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

223 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

119 MB Safari

104 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent


Top Processes by Energy Use:

24.04 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

12.26 WindowServer

9.08 Safari

3.30 NDSPCShowServer

1.86 mds


Virtual Memory Information:

355 MB Available RAM

22 MB Free RAM

3.65 GB Used RAM

333 MB Cached files

1.63 GB Swap Used


Software installs (last 30 days):

Adobe Flash Player: (installed 2017-10-26)

Adobe Pepper Flash Player: (installed 2017-10-26)

Adobe Flash Player: (installed 2017-10-26)

Twitter: 4.3.2 (installed 2017-10-26)

Adobe Flash Player: (installed 2017-11-14)

Adobe Pepper Flash Player: (installed 2017-11-14)


Install information may not be complete.


Diagnostics Events (last 3 days for minor events):

2017-11-18 07:09:40 NDSPCShowServer Crash [Open]

2017-11-09 19:05:13 Last shutdown cause: 3 - Hard shutdown

MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014), OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Nov 18, 2017 6:34 AM

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