UpgradeHelper

[multicore]

I just got a pop-up on my Mac to enable notifications for "UpgradeHelper". I've never heard of it and can't find anything on it either. Anybody know?

 

[bogdanw]

It should be an app installed somewhere on your system. Have you tried to search UpgradeHelper with Spotlight?

 

[multicore]

Yeah, I can't find it anywhere on my Mac. But spotlight did send me to an "iBoost" site that claimed it was a Wacom product. Nothing about it on Wacom's site. I think I'll give them a call tomorrow.

 

[bogdanw]

Check your Login Items https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/mh15189/mac

 

[chown33]

What is the exact text of the notification? What icon is associated with it? Please post a screenshot, if possible.

Consider the possibility that the popup asking to enable notifications is lying. That is, it could be scareware, coming from a browser notification, for example.

Here's a couple of my recent posts regarding scareware:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/father-in-law-got-this-on-his-mac-solutions-to-get-rid-of-this-permanently.2427103/?post=33157105#post-33157105

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mcaffee-not-installed-buts-running-anyway.2384520/?post=32162233#post-32162233

 

[multicore]

Yes, since I had never heard of it I was not going to give it any permissions. But Wacom claimed ownership. As part of the tablet driver. I guess that's why searching for it came up blank.

Edit: And Login Items did have an 'umbrella' Wacom entry with 4 items but no further specifics.

 

[bogdanw]

And Login Items did have an 'umbrella' Wacom entry with 4 items but no further specifics.

You can find them in /Library/LaunchDaemons, /Library/LaunchAgents or ~/Library/LaunchAgents

https://support.apple.com/guide/terminal/apdc6c1077b-5d5d-4d35-9c19-60f2397b2369/mac

 

[multicore]

Yeah, it was there in /Library/LaunchDaemons. Wonder why search returns no hits.