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I appear to have a virus

Asked by Dave Brown

When I start up and attempt to log on I am prevented from doing so because as soon as the panel appears it is immediately filled with repeating forward slashes. Would you know the name of the virus and is there a fix.
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Dave Brown.

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Dave Brown (dsbrown) said : 		#1

One thing I should have mentioned, I have tried reformatting but this didn't work.

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Sharar Ravitz (jewfro-macabbi) said : 		#2

I don't think you have a virus. Viruses aren't really an issue in Linux. Sounds like you have a stuck keyboard key. Do you have another keyboard to try? Or try un-sticking the spacebar key.

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Sharar Ravitz (jewfro-macabbi) said : 		#3

sorry, unsticking the forward slash key...

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Dave Brown (dsbrown) said : 		#4

Hi Yeshara,
The first thing I thought of was a 'sticky' keyboard and so far have tried 4 different ones. The last one was brand new. Yes you are correct about Linux and viruses, this is one of the reasons I gave Windows the flick, especially after a 'so and so' stole my credit card details. If I don't have a virus I suppose I can try reformatting again, although it didn't solve the problem last time, unless I try loading Fedora, which I am loath to do so.

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Edwin Dijk (sitix) said : 		#5

The thing is that it doesn't seem to go away after reinstalling the system. So my only advice is to lower to an earlier version of Ubuntu. (Which I suppose is 7.10, if you updated to 8.04.) There is a possibility that it's a bug in the distribution...

Even though I would find it weird, it's probably better to just try... it might work.

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Sharar Ravitz (jewfro-macabbi) said : 		#6

If you've reproduced the error that many times - file a bug report.

You might try a netinstall disc:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD

Maybe try an older kernel version

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