Administrator Privileges

EtreCheckPro may need Administrator Privileges to remove malware. EtreCheckPro never directly asks for your administrator password. EtreCheckPro also never installs any “Helper” software. Instead, EtreCheckPro uses AppleScript to perform any operations using Administrator Privileges. This way, when you enter your administrator password, EtreCheckPro never sees it. Your administrator password is verified by Apple’s command-line AppleScript tool osascript. The password dialog will say “osascript wants to make changes”.