7.10 gutsy~I think its a Virus?!?!

[KEE]

yeah i keep get a error that says <cant retrieve buddy list, try again in a few hours> message thats acting like a virus. it doesnt stop requiring and its stacking it self up to 100 or more ( depends how long i leave it go with out closing them all) i cant stop it and i have to keep closing them to empty the process list of that error...please help =( its really slowing down comp and its getting messing even as of right now while i am writing this since i cant tell where this is in task bar....again help =(

[hyper_ch]

and what makes you now think that this is a virus?

[KEE]

and what makes you now think that this is a virus?

lol its a virus requiring in task menu is a good sign...anything is a virus that as "unwanted" processes occurring especially an auto eror message like that doest stop =S ... anywone us please help ...

[hyper_ch]

(1) I still don't see any sign of a virus there

(2) you only give little information as to what is stacking where

(3) you're definition of a virus is a bit... odd ;)

[KEE]

(1) I still don't see any sign of a virus there

(2) you only give little information as to what is stacking where

(3) you're definition of a virus is a bit... odd ;)
Ook what is a virus?
its stacking by filling up the task bar to like well it stacked to like i counted 100 up till i can catch up by closing and bring it down to 0 or 1 since it does not stop =S but i restarted/log out and its still happening...yeah your rite - no virus =S

[hyper_ch]

Have a read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus

[amac777]

Do you run pidgin or some other chat program? The error "cant retrieve buddy list" sounds like something to do with online chat. Something is probably messed up with the config of your chat program or the online account it uses such as MSN or yahoo.

[DrMega]

anything is a virus that as "unwanted" processes occurring especially an auto eror message like that doest stop =S

Actually that's not correct. A virus (in computing terms) is so called because it is able to replicate itself and spread to other machines, just as a virus in the biological sense is. From what you describe, your problem has not came from and transfered to another machine.

[KEE]

Do you run pidgin or some other chat program? The error "cant retrieve buddy list" sounds like something to do with online chat. Something is probably messed up with the config of your chat program or the online account it uses such as MSN or yahoo.
well the funny thing is pidgin buddy list is ok and when i log out(computer) and log back its not set to start up but that error thing starts adding at start up =S i wouldnt mind since i close both task menus but the errors really cause lot undesired slow down. i am about to just erase the drive and install ubuntu again... its started after i downloaded a movie form limewire spiderwick.avi (sorry i dont remember the ip address) =S

[DrMega]

its started after i downloaded a movie form limewire spiderwick.avi (sorry i dont remember the ip address) =S

I've never heard of any security issues on Ubuntu, but I do know that friends that use Limewire on Windows are always getting more than they bargained for in terms of malware. I've told all my freinds that as long as they are using Limewire on their machines, they can ask someone else to fix them when they break, because it was taking up too much of my time.

[KEE]

anyone has any ideas? if its not a virus what is it?!? its certainly causing alot of issues on my comp. is there a anti viral program or that works with gutsy 7.10? id like to get rid of it other then reinstalling =O

[KEE]

I've never heard of any security issues on Ubuntu, but I do know that friends that use Limewire on Windows are always getting more than they bargained for in terms of malware. I've told all my freinds that as long as they are using Limewire on their machines, they can ask someone else to fix them when they break, because it was taking up too much of my time.

well i did uninstall pidgin in synaptic manager but that did not removed the error bug/malware. its just getting worst =S now when removed one 2 more pop up and keep going ... wow i never thought id needed back up cds for ubuntu =( but i did make some data cds for saves and some script still abit of work in terminal later to get it to work as this one ..damn is their a malware remover for ubuntu??
=(

i never had problems using limewire for windows before..id always used on guest settings though

[nubdora]

It started when you downloaded the spiderwick file, eh? Have you trashed it yet?

[ratmandall]

can you post screenshot's of these pop up messages?

[KEE]

i fix it =P i thought id restart the computer 20 times to activate the system check on start up and after it did that its working fine. yeah i still got the video and re downloaded pidgin. everything is working fine the errors is gone. sorry i didnt get a picture but i was busy trying to fix it on my own since i didnt get any help here =/

[cariboo907]

I can't say that I have ever heard of someone doing what you did, when you can just boot off of the livecd and run fsck. That is the way you would do it in windows. Remember Linux is not Windows, most of what you know about computers does not transfer to Linux.

Jim

[KEE]

I can't say that I have ever heard of someone doing what you did, when you can just boot off of the livecd and run fsck. That is the way you would do it in windows. Remember Linux is not Windows, most of what you know about computers does not transfer to Linux.

Jim
well I probably didnt do anything but the errors are not there which is good =D