WHAT IS DMD and how did it get on my Mac?

Wed Nov 24 08:36:23 UTC 2021

On Wednesday, 24 November 2021 at 08:12:54 UTC, Lydia wrote:
> I just upgraded my iMac to Monterey hoping to escape a hacker.
> BUT NOW...whenever I reboot my machine, one of the first things
> that opens (accompanied by a Blacked out screen) is a process
> called DMD and another one PKD.  Once these two are done 
> loading,
> my actual screen and other apps (finally) begin to load.

These are Apple services.

https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Services
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/220918/pkd-process-on-el-capitan/220923

I am not sure if it is advisable to shut them down.