什么是maftask，为什么它在Mac上运行？

Maftask is a helper process for Mac Auto Fixer, a very common adware program. It claims to clean up your Mac from viruses but will insert ads into your browser and run itself on startup.

Maftask是Mac Auto Fixer(一个非常常见的广告软件程序)的帮助程序。 它声称可以清除Mac中的病毒，但会在浏览器中插入广告并在启动时自行运行。

This article is part of our ongoing series explaining various processes found in Activity Monitor, though this one is different from the rest as while kernel_task, hidd, and installd are normal system processes, maftask is malware, and should be removed.

这篇文章是一部分我们正在进行一系列解释各种进程在活动监视器中发现，虽然这是一个不同于其余的同时kernel_task ， hidd和INSTALLD是正常的系统进程，maftask是恶意软件，并应被删除。

这是如何在我的计算机上得到的？ (How Did This Get on My Computer?)

You probably unknowingly installed it alongside another application. Mac Auto Fixer is bundled malware, meaning when you install something from an untrusted source (pop-up ads, scam emails, etc.) it installs itself alongside the app you intended to install. This is a common way of getting malware onto Macs and other computers, as it doesn’t require any hacking or exploiting of the operating system or browser to do.

您可能在不知不觉中将其与另一个应用程序一起安装了。 Mac Auto Fixer是捆绑的恶意软件，这意味着当您从不受信任的来源安装某些内容(弹出广告，欺诈电子邮件等)时，它将自动与您打算安装的应用程序一起安装。 这是将恶意软件传播到Mac和其他计算机上的一种常见方法，因为它不需要任何黑客或利用操作系统或浏览器的攻击。

MacOS isn’t safe from malware anymore. Malware used to focus primarily on Windows, but now adware and scamware are much more common on a Mac than it used to be. Everything is a lot more secure now, and scamware that users install directly makes up the most common form of malware.

MacOS 不再受恶意软件的侵害 。 恶意软件过去主要集中在Windows上，但是现在Mac上的广告软件和诈骗软件比以前更加普遍。 现在，一切都变得更加安全，用户直接安装的欺诈软件构成了最常见的恶意软件形式。

For most things, the best antivirus you can have is a bit of tech sense. Don’t install software from advertisements or pop-up browser ads, as most of these are either scams or full-on malware. On a Mac, you can also stick to only trusted sources like the Mac App Store.

对于大多数事情来说，最好的防病毒软件具有一定的技术意义。 不要安装广告或弹出浏览器广告中的软件，因为其中大多数都是欺诈或恶意软件。 在Mac上，您还可以仅坚持使用Mac App Store这样的受信任来源。

我如何摆脱它？ (How Do I Get Rid of It?)

Often malware will try to insert itself into other programs to keep itself hidden and become hard to remove. Luckily, Mac Auto Fixer isn’t an entirely nasty program and keeps itself contained to its own app container. Removing it is as simple as deleting the app.

通常，恶意软件会尝试将其自身插入其他程序中，以使其自身隐藏起来并变得难以删除。 幸运的是，Mac Auto Fixer并不是一个完全讨厌的程序，并且可以将其保存在自己的应用程序容器中。 删除它就像删除应用程序一样简单。

You’ll probably find the app in the Applications folder in your home folder. Launch Finder and click “Applications” to find it. Simply Ctrl-click (or right-click) the Mac Auto Fixer application and move it to trash. Reboot your Mac afterward to verify that the app is removed. It might also be in the system applications folder, located at the root of your hard drive.

您可能会在主文件夹的“应用程序”文件夹中找到该应用程序。 启动Finder，然后单击“应用程序”进行查找。 只需按住Ctrl键单击(或右键单击)Mac Auto Fixer应用程序，然后将其移至废纸.。 之后重新启动Mac，以确认该应用已删除。 它也可能位于硬盘驱动器根目录下的系统应用程序文件夹中。

Alternatively, you can try to remove it automatically with Malwarebytes, a free (and legitimate) malware scanner for macOS. Malwarebytes will have the added benefit of removing all files associated with Mac Auto Fixer and any other malicious applications you might have installed.

另外，您可以尝试使用Malwarebytes (适用于macOS的免费(合法)恶意软件扫描程序) 自动将其删除 。 Malwarebytes将具有删除与Mac Auto Fixer和您可能已安装的任何其他恶意应用程序关联的所有文件的附加好处。

翻译自: https://www.howtogeek.com/406606/what-is-maftask-and-why-is-it-running-on-my-mac/