Re: [SLUG] Possible Mozilla Virus?

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Sun Feb 20 2005 - 22:08:54 EST


On Sun, 20 Feb 2005, Steven Buehler wrote:

>
> On Feb 20, 2005, at 8:07 PM, Richard Smoot wrote:
>
> > When I try to start Mozilla, all I get is the upper toolbar with the -
> > and +.
> > I have let it run for an hour without fully starting. While it is
> > trying to
> > start, the CPU usage stays around 80%. I usually have to Kill it to
> > stop it. In root mode Mozilla works OK. In my wife's mode looks like it
> > its trying to do something it can't.
> > I get no error messages. With RoadRunner unpluged it does the same
> > thing.
> > Is there any file I can delete to stop this behavior?
>
> Sounds like something in the Mozilla install got corrupted. Removing
> and reinstalling it would probably fix the issue.

Sure, but that's a "nuclear weapon to kill a fly" fix.

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