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What is this process called urlexceptiond in OS X (latest version)?

The user is daemon and I wonder if it could be malware ?

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  • The only Google hit I can see on that process would tell me it's part of F-Secure.
    – Tetsujin
    Apr 26, 2016 at 9:20
  • Ok.. I go back under my rock... I was just running a scan with F-Secure... LOL! Sorry about this question!
    – Zzz
    Apr 26, 2016 at 9:21
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    No, it's a valid question & google had only one hit for 'urlexceptiond' which was an Etre Check post on github. It was listed in the whitelist section, as com.f-secure.urlexceptiond.plist
    – Tetsujin
    Apr 26, 2016 at 9:24
  • First to check would be the path of the running executable either with ps oe find.
    – techraf
    Apr 26, 2016 at 9:26

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As Alex has already said, a daemon is a background process, traditionally ending in the letter d.

In this particular case, it's part of F-Secure Antivirus, though I can't tie down exactly what it does it's safe to assume it's not malicious.

The full name of the file responsible is com.f-secure.urlexceptiond.plist

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A daemon is...

... a computer program that runs as a background process, rather than being under the direct control of an interactive user. Traditionally, the process names of a daemon end with the letter d, for clarification that the process is, in fact, a daemon, and for differentiation between a daemon and a normal computer program

So no, it's not malware

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