yarascanservice using 100gb of memory..

I just updated to 10.13.6 tonight.

After rebooting, I got a warning from cleanmymac that I was running out of memory.

I got into Activity Monitor and found yarascanservice using 99gb - then to 100gb before I Force Quit the application.

I just wanted to notify that there may be a memory problem with this application/service.

Thank you,

Myrhillion

iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.6), Late 2014 Regina 5K iMac

Posted on Jul 9, 2018 5:51 PM

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Myrhillion Author

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Jul 12, 2018 4:27 AM in response to rbn1

I verified with the CleanMyMac folks that it is not part of their product.

I'm at a bit of a loss on this one, I reviewed everything in the app folder to see which company made it and I don't have any anti-virus software.

Lanny

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13,225 points

Jul 14, 2018 7:14 PM in response to ericf2000

It seems clear that it is now a part of CoreServices

Well, maybe to you it does, but I have see no evidence that this is true.

Perhaps you have installed something like "Clean My Mac," and are not considering it as an anti-virus software.

Alakani

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10 points

Aug 29, 2018 1:44 PM in response to ericf2000

This is most definitely not solved, and it most definitely does not run once and delete itself. It scans the same files over and over and over again, in the most resource unfriendly way possible. I live off the grid, my only electricity is solar panels. Scanning the same files repeatedly is killing all of my batteries. So much for Apple being a green company and vaguely caring about customer issues since Jobs passed.

Aug 29, 2018 2:19 PM in response to Alakani

If that is true then you have a different problem. Maybe if you start your own thread with full details about your problem and what you have tried so far to fix it, someone might be able to offer you a solution.