malware probably from modifying sources.list

**skullomaniac** · January 12th, 2009

yeah it sux really bad
so i install intrepid ibex and im very thrilled about it
i finally get the wired connection to work
everything working smoothly until then when all of a sudden my pc wants to shut down all the time and i can't really figure out why
then i get i see the update icon on the top so i click it and when i click on update i get the following message:

a malicious client may be eavesdropping on your session or you may have clicked a menu or some application just decided to get focus

did some research and this probably comes from the libgksu package
i do infact recall modifying my sources.list to install e17 and for something else maybe...

did any of you get the same message??
that sux i guess i have to install ubuntu again...

im pretty convinced that this came from modifying sources.list, do you guys agree or think it could be something else?

**koenn** · January 13th, 2009

this happens when the "enter your password" dialog for programs that need superuser privileges (like for system updates) can't grab the mouse pointer.

try again

**teddks** · January 13th, 2009

Yeah, that can come up if you start Synaptic and then click on a menu or something. It just means gksu can't steal focus from whatever application you have running. It doesn't mean anything bad has happened.

**Vantrax** · January 14th, 2009

99% chance your completely safe man.

There is very very little malware that works for Linux.

**skullomaniac** · January 14th, 2009

wow!
now that you guys showed me the real answer i feel really dumb having asked that question

**Georgia boy** · January 15th, 2009

You shouldn't feel dumb. You should see some of the questions I ask. I'm sure that some people think I asked some dumb ones but I didn't know and understand what was going on. Never hold back.
Tom