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On Debian11/KDE I see that node is running and accessing the Internet but I didn't start it.

How can I find out how it got started to see why it's running and prevent that? ps -p {pid} -lf doesn't show useful information. If it autostarts or started after some upgrade, I'd like to see and prevent that.

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    Maybe systemd is running a service which runs node. First try getting the PID number of the proccess node and try one of these commands: ps -o 'pid,ppid,args,unit' pid_node_proccess or systemctl status pid_node_proccess Commented Jun 30, 2023 at 22:31
  • The first command just shows that unit that started it was [email protected]; the 2nd one has it beneath the branch app-konsole-{id}.scope (what does that mean?) and it seems like what's running is npm/node_modules/update-notifier/check.js {"pkg":{"name":"npm","version":"6.14.16"}} Commented Jul 1, 2023 at 8:55
  • About the first one means the node command is part of the user 1000 session (your current user). About the second one I'm not really sure but it seems that the konsole/terminal is running the node js application. Maybe an installation/update create the 'startup' configuration for this node js app. Just try checking the file npm/node_modules/update-notifier/check.js and see all is OK (check it's not a type of malware) Commented Jul 2, 2023 at 21:00

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