Help Mac Helpers..I am hoping someone can help me find a way to turn off an antivirus that is running (shown in Activity Monitor) causing heavy use of the CPU and in-turn the cooling fan is on just about all the time. I did have MacKeeper and have run a complete antivirus then turned it off (no luck).. Any suggestions you would be kind enough to provide would be greatly appreciated.
Unknown Antivirus running in background causing cooling fan to run all the time
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Hello and welcome.
-Which version of OS X?
-Which model Mac?
-Which antivirus is running, and have you tried an uninstall of that software?
-What is the process that is running in Activity Monitor?
C
-Which version of OS X?
-Which model Mac?
-Which antivirus is running, and have you tried an uninstall of that software?
-What is the process that is running in Activity Monitor?
C
Hi, thanks for the quick reply,
OS 10.11.3
Mac Air Late 2010
Antivirus: I don't know, I cannot find any software on my computer that would produce this. I deleted all the MacKeeper files. Would uninstall if I knew where to go..
Activity Monitor, I get there via Applications/Utilities.
OS 10.11.3
Mac Air Late 2010
Antivirus: I don't know, I cannot find any software on my computer that would produce this. I deleted all the MacKeeper files. Would uninstall if I knew where to go..
Activity Monitor, I get there via Applications/Utilities.
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I only asked what antivirus, because you mentioned that in the title of your post.
The simplest way to figure out what may be causing the fan issue, is to look in Activity Monitor and sort the processes by % CPU. If you monitor that for a few minutes, and let us know the name of the processes that are using the most CPU percentage, we should be able to determine the steps to resolve it.
C
The simplest way to figure out what may be causing the fan issue, is to look in Activity Monitor and sort the processes by % CPU. If you monitor that for a few minutes, and let us know the name of the processes that are using the most CPU percentage, we should be able to determine the steps to resolve it.
C
I tried to capture the line shown on activity monitor; below
AntiVirus 98.5 8.20 4 0 3413 root 0 bytes 0 bytes 32 bit 98.5 - No 164.8 MB No 0 bytes 30 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 0 177.0 MB 163.8 MB 2.7 MB No No 9,619.4 0 bytes No
It comes and goes every few seconds but is taxing the CPU at 90+%..
AntiVirus 98.5 8.20 4 0 3413 root 0 bytes 0 bytes 32 bit 98.5 - No 164.8 MB No 0 bytes 30 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 0 177.0 MB 163.8 MB 2.7 MB No No 9,619.4 0 bytes No
It comes and goes every few seconds but is taxing the CPU at 90+%..
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I believe that is still part of MacKeeper.
-How did you uninstall MacKeeper previously? Here's a guide from Macworld - How to uninstall MacKeeper from your Mac
I believe the part that is still running is: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus
You could also try: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac
Let us know how it goes,
C
-How did you uninstall MacKeeper previously? Here's a guide from Macworld - How to uninstall MacKeeper from your Mac
I believe the part that is still running is: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus
You could also try: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac
Let us know how it goes,
C
Hey,, you are my hero.... removing the Mackeeper junk from the applications support file. seems to have done the trick... My fan immediately went back to normal and there is peace again, in computer land. Activity Monitor confirmed the antivirus line is gone.. Thank You soo soo much..
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You are most welcome...glad we could help.
Be well,
C
Be well,
C
