I Just downloaded Acqlite on my computer, do i have a virus?

[AnnaMolly1984]

While I was downloading my computer went dark and told me I HAD to restart. So i did and when i went back to downloading it happened again. do i have a virus? and if so what site can i trust to download spyware to check

 

[macbookairman]

it sounds like a kernal panic to me. when it told you to restart, were there a bunch of languages?

http://www.widgetworld.nl/hot/mac-os-x-knowledge-base/26557-whats-a-quot-kernel-panic-quot-mac.html

UNIX-style operating systems (such as Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, AIX, and A/UX) may experience a type of error called a "kernel panic," which may provide information useful for software developers. A kernel panic is a type of error that occurs when the core (kernel) of an operating system receives an instruction in an unexpected format, or that it fails to handle properly. A kernel panic may also follow when the operating system is not able to recover from a different type of error. A kernel panic can be caused by damaged or incompatible software.

 

[AnnaMolly1984]

Yup, a bunch

 

[macbookairman]

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1392

above i put a link to an apple support article on kernal panics. i suggest that you go there and make sure the image of a kernal panic they show is what you saw, and then follow these instructions to post your kernal panic log here so that people who know more about panics can tell you what the problem was.

The panic log file is named "panic.log", and it is located on your startup disk at:

/Library/Logs/

just copy and paste it into a reply

also, how far had you gotten into the download? had you started installing yet? or still just downloading away?

 

[AnnaMolly1984]

Sun Apr 17 11:16:55 2005


panic(cpu 0): getnewvnode: vp @ 0x1969c98 has non-null scmap.

Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000836E4 0x00083BC8 0x0001EDA4 0x000C05E8 0x001D5410 0x001EFFA8 0x000CD770 0x000C61EC
0x002463C4 0x00094260 0x00000000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x1FA5B780)
PC=0x9000E88C; MSR=0x0200F030; DAR=0x1FD20000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x9001E914; R1=0xBFFFE500; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.7.0:
Sun Nov 7 16:06:51 PST 2004; root:xnu/xnu-517.9.5.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC


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Wed Jan 7 09:29:08 1970


panic(cpu 0): getnewvnode: vp @ 0x1985278 has non-null scmap.

Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000836E4 0x00083BC8 0x0001EDA4 0x000C05E8 0x001D5410 0x001EFFA8 0x000CD770 0x000C61EC
0x002463C4 0x00094260 0x002D004B
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2CC8B000)
PC=0x9000E88C; MSR=0x0200F030; DAR=0x1FD29000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x9001E914; R1=0xBFFFE500; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.7.0:
Sun Nov 7 16:06:51 PST 2004; root:xnu/xnu-517.9.5.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC


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[macbookairman]

how far had you gotten into the download? had you started installing yet?

 

[nick9191]

Acqlite is a P2P program isn't it? Sounds like the panic was caused because the program interfered with one of the ports.

Find a different program, or stick to torrents which are much better anyway