annoying processes in background

[notwist]

There are three programs (all PowerPC) that are always running on my MacBook. Below is a pic of the ones I'm talking about.

The top two I think are related to Norton Antivirus I used to have installed on my computer. I have since uninstalled them. I don't know why they are still there. The last one I believe must be related to Office, but I'm not too sure.

Basically, how do I remove these (if they shouldn't be there)?😕

 

[applelabs]

The first two do indeed look like Norton Antivirus (eww). Do a spotlight search for "Norton". And see if there any files still hanging around.

 

[JHacker]

The 3rd one is Microsoft Automatic Update for Office. If you disable Automatic Updates, I'm pretty sure this goes away - I don't have it running anymore and I believe that's how I got rid of it.

 

[notwist]

Hmm, I searched for 'Norton' and 'Symantec' and deleted everything yet it's still there. I'll keep trying searching though. 😱

 

[applelabs]

Hmm, I searched for 'Norton' and 'Symantec' and deleted everything yet it's still there. I'll keep trying searching though. 😱

Did you log out afterwards?

 

[notwist]

Did you log out afterwards?

:doh: Thanks! 🙂

 

[iSaint]

I find this thread ironic. I've never heard anyone talk about unknown background processes in OS X because Apple computers never (very rarely) freeze up for no reason. That's a Windows OS problem. I remember the bad old days looking at all those processes and trying to figure out what the helck was locking up my Windoes machine. 🙄 😀

 

[sepu]

how can you see those background processes ? there is and app for that ?
thanks

 

[WildCowboy]

how can you see those background processes ? there is and app for that ?
thanks

Activity Monitor

 

[pianoman]

Activity Monitor can be found in Applications > Utilities. ideally, you'll never have to use that app.

 

[Rod Rod]

Activity Monitor can be found in Applications > Utilities. ideally, you'll never have to use that app.

I have Activity Monitor on pretty often. I like to see how hard my processors or cores are working. I also like to see at which rate file transfers and network activity is happening. Another reason I check it is to see just how awful Safari is as a memory and resource hog. Once its virtual RAM reaches about 4 or 5GB, which is ridiculous, I finish reading whichever news articles I have up and close Safari.