What is the process "YaraScanService" and why does it hog all my RAM?
What does it do? And can I safely get rid of it?
I'm running High Sierra 10.13.6 on a Mac Pro (mid-2010) with 17GB Ram.
Mac Pro, macOS High Sierra (10.13.2), 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
I did not mean to imply that yarascan does not run at all if Downloads folder is empty. Yarascan will run momentarily at startup, but if Downloads folder is empty, shuts right down again, having no significant impact on RAM or processor usage.
I just read somewhere that it was going to be included as a standard component in macOS Mojave ... that sounds promising .... 😁
Avira?
quote: "MRT. Mine has no reference to Yarascan"
Same.
If you go to /System/Library/CoreServices/MRT.app/ and click Show packages it is under XPCServices.
Well that's odd. I'm suspecting this is some sneaky malware.
Here is what mine looks like.
Same here, no XPCServices.
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) macOS 10.13.6 (17G65)
MRT.app version 1.35 , created 14 June 2018 at 02:02, modified 20 June 2018 at 19:03
Well that's odd. I'm suspecting this is some sneaky malware.
Or some sneaky Anti-Virus software...same/same.
Any advice on how to get rid of it?
quote: "Any advice on how to get rid of it?"
No, not yet... 😕
See this post I put on another thread:
See this post I put on another thread:
Nothing different there. Some people have an XPCService installed and some do not.
Please other people post pictures of YaraScanServices.xpc in their /System/Library/CoreServices/MRT.app at /Contents/XPCServices/ like Sweejak.
(system config and name of the antivirus, please).
I'm letting it run for a while, it is using about 70% of the CPU and almost 15GB of my installed 17GB Ram.
What is "YaraScanService" and why does it hog all my RAM?
