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Re: macOS Technical Note: Privileged Helpers, dragging to Trash, and EtreCheck

From "David B." <"David B."@invalid.org>
Newsgroups uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject Re: macOS Technical Note: Privileged Helpers, dragging to Trash, and EtreCheck
Date 2026-05-28 12:48 +0100
Organization Retired
Message-ID <n7qocgFl87vU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 28/05/2026 12:37, David B. wrote:
> On 27/05/2026 15:29, Brock McNuggets wrote:
> [
>> https://shottr.cc/s/PDfQ/SCR-20260527-b1c
>>
>> This is screensho showing AppCleaner's complete findings for 
>> EtreCheckPro.
>> AppCleaner specifically scans /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/ and
>> /Library/LaunchDaemons/ — hunting down exactly these kinds of remnants is
>> rather the whole point of the application. The result? Seven items, every
>> single one sitting in perfectly ordinary user ~/Library/ locations. No 
>> daemon.
>> No privileged helper. Nothing that survives a reboot, let alone plots 
>> against
>> you in the background.
> 
> Please explain why MY finding has 9 entries, whilst your has only 7.
> 
> https://i.ibb.co/ZzFxjY5r/Screenshot-2026-05-28-at-12-26-44.png
> 
> Perhaps it's because I have paid for a full licence some weeks ago?
> I did tell you! ;-)


Here's an image so you can make an easy comparison!

https://i.ibb.co/ZpMphMYy/Screenshot-2026-05-28-at-12-43-08.png

-- 
Kind regards,
David

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macOS Technical Note: Privileged Helpers, dragging to Trash, and EtreCheck "David B." <"David B."@invalid.org> - 2026-05-27 15:03 +0100
  Re: macOS Technical Note: Privileged Helpers, dragging to Trash, and EtreCheck Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-27 14:29 +0000
    Re: macOS Technical Note: Privileged Helpers, dragging to Trash, and EtreCheck Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2026-05-27 15:15 +0000
      Re: macOS Technical Note: Privileged Helpers, dragging to Trash, and EtreCheck Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-27 15:34 +0000
    Re: macOS Technical Note: Privileged Helpers, dragging to Trash, and EtreCheck "David B." <"David B."@invalid.org> - 2026-05-27 18:34 +0100
      Re: macOS Technical Note: Privileged Helpers, dragging to Trash, and EtreCheck Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-27 20:00 +0000
        Re: macOS Technical Note: Privileged Helpers, dragging to Trash, and EtreCheck "David B." <"David B."@invalid.org> - 2026-05-27 23:36 +0100
          Re: macOS Technical Note: Privileged Helpers, dragging to Trash, and EtreCheck Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-27 23:33 +0000
    Re: macOS Technical Note: Privileged Helpers, dragging to Trash, and EtreCheck "David B." <"David B."@invalid.org> - 2026-05-28 12:48 +0100
  Re: macOS Technical Note: Privileged Helpers, dragging to Trash, and EtreCheck Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-27 20:31 +0000
    Re: macOS Technical Note: Privileged Helpers, dragging to Trash, and EtreCheck "David B." <"David B."@invalid.org> - 2026-05-27 23:42 +0100
      Re: macOS Technical Note: Privileged Helpers, dragging to Trash, and EtreCheck Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-27 23:39 +0000
        Re: macOS Technical Note: Privileged Helpers, dragging to Trash, and EtreCheck "David B." <"David B."@invalid.org> - 2026-05-28 08:48 +0100
          Re: macOS Technical Note: Privileged Helpers, dragging to Trash, and EtreCheck Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-28 12:26 +0000

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