Unfamiliar item in Login Items subheading Allow in the Background

As I was just about to close up my '24 MacBook Air Sonoma I saw this notification pop up and disappear quickly - something like this: YONGMING ZHANG has been added to your login items.

In General_Login items_Allow in Background there is an item called YONGMING ZHANG. I can't find this anywhere on the computer. With login items you can + or - them, but with the ones in Allow in Background you can't.

 I was a couple of security updates behind on the Air. I usually check for those as I don’t get a notification for them.


When I first notice this strange login item I checked for and did not find within:

1. ~/Library/LaunchAgents

2. /Library/LaunchAgents

3. ~/Library/LaunchDaemons

4. /Library/LaunchDaemons


At the time I was on the Verizon website.

The only thing I’d downloaded anything was MalwareBytes about a week previous. I run it now and it finds nothing. Although it previously had found something that MalwareBytes did “quarantine” and later found it not a danger.

So, what is this and how do I get rid of it?

And why - how did it get placed in there out of nowhere?

Posted on Feb 15, 2025 11:58 AM

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Feb 15, 2025 12:07 PM in response to generdude

generdude wrote:

As I was just about to close up my '24 MacBook Air Sonoma I saw this notification pop up and disappear quickly - something like this: YONGMING ZHANG has been added to your login items.
In General_Login items_Allow in Background there is an item called YONGMING ZHANG. I can't find this anywhere on the computer.



https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252448492/Trend-Micro-apps-on-Mac-accused-of-stealing-data


Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus

all known to cause issues on the macOS

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