Activity monitor- "Installer" takes 5GB of memory. What is it and how to stop it?
In the activity monitor, there is a process name called "Installer" and it takes up to 5GB of my memory. Each time I force-quit it, it comes back on. What is it and how to stop it?
This is often due to a failed installation of genieo/installmac adware. You should be able to double-click the process in Activity Monitor to see the Inspect window, with a list of files used by it.
There are removal instructions at
You installed the "Genieo/InstallMac" rootkit.
and
http://www.thesafemac.com/arg-genieo/
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