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remote sharing/hacked

Trying to track down how my computer is hacked and my screen is being remotely shared. All of my screen sharing settings have always been off, and my firewall is always set to the highest level of security. User uploaded file

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I ran ps -A | grep Remote in terminal and here are the results:



Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 1.68 seconds

MacBook-Air:~ time$ sudo ps -A | grep Remote

7236 ?? 0:03.64 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MediaRemote.framework/Support/mediaremoted

7934 ?? 0:00.18 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MediaRemote.framework/Support/mediaremoteagen t

10061 ?? 0:00.03 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/IMFoundation.framework/XPCServices/IMRemoteUR LConnectionAgent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent

14665 ttys000 0:00.01 grep Remote

MacBook-Air:~ time$



sh-3.2# ps -A | grep Remote

69 ?? 0:00.20 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MediaRemote.framework/Support/mediaremoted

384 ?? 0:00.10 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/IMFoundation.framework/XPCServices/IMRemoteUR LConnectionAgent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent

386 ?? 0:00.03 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/IMFoundation.framework/XPCServices/IMRemoteUR LConnectionAgent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent

387 ?? 0:00.10 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/IMFoundation.framework/XPCServices/IMRemoteUR LConnectionAgent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent

572 ?? 0:00.43 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/LocalAuthenticationUI.framework/Versions/A/XP CServices/localAuthenticationRemoteService.xpc/Contents/MacOS/localAuthenticati o nRemoteService

699 ttys000 0:00.01 grep Remote


also, as additional information, when checking screen sharing in terminal

MacBook-Air:~ time$ [[ -f /etc/com.apple.screensharing.agent.launchd ]] && echo 'enabled' || echo 'disabled'

The reply is that screensharing is enabled

MacBook Air, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3)

Posted on Feb 9, 2018 1:46 PM

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Posted on Feb 9, 2018 7:50 PM

Thanks, I'm not using any remote screen sharing programs/3rd party remote screen sharing apps. I've never used any on this machine. From what I know, it's also very easy to turn the screen sharing icon off-so it doesn't display:


http://drsavoye.blogspot.com/2010/03/disable-screen-sharing-menu-icon.html


For example: If you are using Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) to control Screen Sharing, you may simply hide it:


sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/k ickstart -activate -clientopts -setmenuextra -menuextra no



Is there a way in the command line to figure out what the process the hacker might be running to allow screen sharing?

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