federalreverse, (edited )
@federalreverse@feddit.de avatar

Uhm, so what’s the name of the binary? This is just a list of open files. I missed that it’s “more”…

db2,

Dude thinks ‘more’ is a virus.

federalreverse,
@federalreverse@feddit.de avatar

Ooh, how’d I miss that…?

fubo,

A process can change its name. If I wanted to make sneaky malware for Linux, I’d have it call itself more or something innocuous too.

The correct answer is “this is not enough information”. Why should a real more process eat ¼ of a core for any substantial amount of time?

Artemis_Mystique,

is there like a competent antivirus i could use: the system is freshly installed and i havent used any shady software; everything from the repo and a hash checked tor browser(I didnt visit any shady site just clearnet browsing)

fubo,

Then it’s probably just more. Again: your post did not contain enough information for anyone to provide an answer to your question.

Antivirus doesn’t do what it promises. The only general solution for a compromised system is a clean reinstall. (This is true in Windows too.)

Artemis_Mystique,

Sorry i was panickin and killed the process this the only screen shot i have

badbytes,

Id recommend you install “top” (I know nix funny names) and if run it, will show processes sortable by resource. But I think you are fine.

elscallr,
@elscallr@lemmy.world avatar

htop and/or btop are more modern user friendly alternatives to the classic top

SoNick,

Ooh, I'd heard of htop but btop is new to me!

elscallr,
@elscallr@lemmy.world avatar

Actually just saw btop mentioned on Lemmy the other day lol

FMT99,

If it’s a virus presumably it will return. Keep an eye (or ear) on your fan, especially after a restart.

bestnerd,

Maybe? It could be numerous things. Are you using containers? Did an update or upgrade fail? Did you install and or patch something? Anything in sys logs giving off ERR or WARN? What’s your system and distro? What was the last few things you did before this popped?

Artemis_Mystique,

Fedora 38. nothing installed

bestnerd,

What about the other questions?

velox_vulnus,

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    Artemis_Mystique,

    sorry i panicked and killed the process this is the only screenshot ihave, basically my laptop fan was revving high for 1 hour straight, i was doing some text editing and light usage so i didnt think much off it, but i left my system for a while and came back and saw the fan was still revving, thats when i found this process

    velox_vulnus,

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    badbytes,

    “more” allows you to view files. And agreed, if used incorrectly, might cause extra CPU. Generally mistakes like this just become memory hogs.

    Artemis_Mystique,

    Thank you after reading the comments i am relieved: I had saved a 3 page fully worded .odt as as .fodt and opened it with a text editor; but then again all the files had been closed and i deleted the file in question a at least 30 mins before i noticed the process; regardless thank you

    NegativeLookBehind,
    @NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social avatar

    Check it in VirusTotal

    radiofreeval,
    @radiofreeval@hexbear.net avatar

    Reboot

    Observer1199,

    Is this on the machine where you have a 23 year old low end GPU?

    Artemis_Mystique,

    no its about 11 years old

    rufus, (edited )

    Yeah, next time don’t panic. Use ps and pstree and fuser (or the programs you like) to first find out the executable filename with full path and which program started it. Then you can kill it and you’ll have some info to start debugging things.

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