appProtd Process???

noah_swanson
New Contributor

Anyone know what the appProtd process is? It's seen in activity monitor but nowhere else. I can't find a file anywhere and google returns one result (some guy's twitter page).

This process is pegging someone's system pretty hard. Not sure whether it's safe to kill it or not. Activity monitor say's its parent process is launchd.

Any insight?
Noah Swanson
Imaging Specialist
Enterprise Desktop Services
Phone: 309-765-3153
SwansonNoah at johndeere.com

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tlarkin
Honored Contributor

Open activity monitor, select the process and look at open files and
ports and it should link to what the launchd item is for.

mwright
New Contributor

Did you sample it and check the path when you were in Activity Monitor?

-Matt

noah_swanson
New Contributor

There is no path when sampling process. I've attached the sample.

Noah Swanson
Imaging Specialist
Enterprise Desktop Services
Phone: 309-765-3153
SwansonNoah at johndeere.com

Cem
Valued Contributor

did any one found out how to deal with appProtd service?
it kicks in on some Macs and slows them right down.

McAfee Security 1.1 & ePO agent 4.6