Today, I was trying to fix the file permissions and ownership on an external hard drive and while I was trying to add myself as a user/owner the through the get Info window, the system presented me with an unknown to me user with the name: _avqmd.
Of course there is no indication for such user in the system preferences -> users.
But I was also able to spot a avqmd.plist file inside: /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users
Does anyone know what is this and from where it comes from?
Best Answer
_avqmd
is an account created by the Avira anti-virus.This account is used to run background tasks without the use of the overall priviliged account
root
. This is a correct security practice: separation of priviledge.If you want to see what this account is used for, run for example:
If you didn't install
Avira
, then this account is a problem. For example, it might be a crapware trying to hide under the name of this software.