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Title: Cryptominer ‘mshelper’ Targets macOS: What You Need to Know
Post by: HCK on May 30, 2018, 04:05:15 pm
Cryptominer ‘mshelper’ Targets macOS: What You Need to Know

Discussions of a CPU consuming process, called "mshelper," have surfaced on the Apple support forums and Reddit. Users mentioned their fans spinning unusually fast, computers running hotter than usual and performance taking a hit as a result of the mshelper process. Upon further investigation, this process turns out to be a cryptominer for macOS. Intego VirusBarrier detects and eradicates this malware […]

Source: Cryptominer ‘mshelper’ Targets macOS: What You Need to Know (https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/cryptominer-mshelper-targets-macos-what-you-need-to-know/)