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What are pma and Ecrp
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What are pma and Ecrp
I just upgraded to Ventura 13.1 and I got two background items added. "pma" and "Ecrp". Can someone tell me what these are for or if I need them ?
Thanks, Art
Thanks, Art
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I don't know. Those are the correct letters but I'd like to know what they do and do I need them ? I followed the links but didn't get what I wanted.
Thank you, Art
Thank you, Art
bogdanw
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Check what you have in ~/Library/LaunchAgents, /Library/LaunchAgents, /Library/LaunchDaemons and /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools.
You can also use KnockKnock https://objective-see.org/products/knockknock.html
You can also use KnockKnock https://objective-see.org/products/knockknock.html
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Is it malware ? It came in with the MAC OS 13.1 upgrade ?
I scanned with CleanMyMacX and it said no malware.
I scanned with CleanMyMacX and it said no malware.
bogdanw
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I wasn't suggesting they were malicious, just an easier way to identify items that launch at startup.
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Okay, thank you. I'm hoping someone can tell me what they are.
bogdanw
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You will find out yourself if you look into the locations mentioned above. No one else can know what you have installed.
They would be installed by one or more of the applications you have on your computer. They didn’t come with Ventura, they're just being pointed out to you that they will run in the background in service to some application, and only you can know what that is. I believe that pma is a Windows file. If you have Chrome installed it might have come from that. I have 2 3rd party apps that can run in the background which are shown in Settings/General/Log in items. You likely have several there that use those items you’re asking about. You can also disable them in that setting but you could find out very quickly why they were there when one of those applications pops up a notification for you, or it wasn't necessary to begin with.Okay, thank you. I'm hoping someone can tell me what they are.
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