"Mark Allan" in Login items

whatever-marc wrote:

Hi,

I just got a new MacBook Pro 16 and installed Ventura on it. I just discovered in the Login Items a "Mark Allan" app that was Allowed in the Background. Any idea what that is?

Third party software... disallow it if that is your preference. Uninstall if that is your preferences.

https://apps.apple.com/kg/app/mark-allen-connect/id1643151690

I can not say definitively on your machine...you are in the best position to sort it out.

Change Login Items settings on Mac - Apple Support

Much like your issue, there is at least one other with similar but not same Name Appearing in login items.

Perhaps a worth of your time to read from the link below

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254388648?answerId=258215232022#258215232022

Suspect yours is much the same.

For some reason Apple is not showing the developer of apps that are set in the User Login Items.

Mark Allen is a software developers that has developed apps in BASIC among other things. Do you run any BASIC or have any such apps? From mu Google searches he seems to be a well k own and reputable developer so I doubt he would put out software that would keep piping up messages like that.

Have you tries selecting the software in the login Items settings pane and removing it with the "-" button at the bottom of the window?

If you run and post the Etrecheck report we can evaluate it and try to see which of your apps is causing that.

Hum, care to share the Etrecheck report ?

That or wait around for another Contributor who is also a Developer of a respected Application we suggest for Trouble Shooting Apple Computers.

Have seen this Contributor explain the details on this type of Elusive Named Process appearing in the Log In Items.

First, there is no reason to ever install or run any 3rd party "cleaning", "optimizing", "speed-up", anti-virus, VPN or security apps on your Mac.  This documents describe what you need to know and do in order to protect your Mac: Effective defenses against malware and other threats - Apple Community and Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support.  

There are no known viruses, i.e. self propagating, for Macs.  There are, however, adware and malware which require the user to install although unwittingly most of the time thru sneaky links, etc.   

Anti Virus developers try to group all types as viruses into their ad campaigns of fear.  They do a poor job of the detecting and isolating the adware and malware.  Since there are no viruses these apps use up a lot of system resources searching for what is non-existent and adversely affect system and app performance.

There is one app, Malwarebytes, which was developed by a long time contributor to these forums and a highly respected member of the computer security community, that is designed solely to seek out adware and known malware and remove it.  The free version is more than adequate for most users.  

Also, unless you're using a true VPN tunnel, such as between you and your employer, school or bank's servers, they are useless from a privacy standpoint.

That being said I recommend you uninstall ClamXav according to the developers instructions