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What the heck is this and how do I get rid of it?

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Brumbie13

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Jan 15, 2011
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I would say I'm pretty Mac proficient, but this one has me stumped.

I don't remember changing anything, but when I restarted my computer, this icon came up.

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It is the one in the middle, between the little castle and my late Time Machine backup.

Acutally, I know what it is, it tells me my upload and dowload at any given moment.

But I don't know how it got there or how to get rid of it.


If I click on it, nothing happens, no info comes up.
If I command-click, I can't drag it.
And there's nothing in my System Preferences menu that I can find that mentions this.


Does anyone know what this is, or how to get rid of it?
 
Or iStat Menus, or something along those lines.

It's apparently something to monitor network activity.
 
RaceTripper said:
Or iStat Menus, or something along those lines.

It's seemingly something to monitor network activity.
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At first I thought it was iStat, but I don't have iStat for the Mac.

I have iStat for my iPhone, and I have iStat Server on my PC, but iStat Server is only used to connect to my phone, it has no function on the computer itself.

:confused:
 
I think I might be on to something.

It is titled VBX6StatusItem.
When I stop the process, it went away, then instantly came back.

It seems to be related to my virus software, Virus Barrier 6.

I'll try to figure it out and report back when I have news.

Thanks for your help so far everyone.
 
Brumbie13 said:
I think I might be on to something.

It is titled VBX6StatusItem.
When I stop the process, it went away, then instantly came back.

It seems to be related to my virus software, Virus Barrier 6.

I'll try to figure it out and report back when I have news.

Thanks for your help so far everyone.
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Why do you have virus software on a Mac??? Delete it.
 
Brumbie13 said:
I think I might be on to something.

It is titled VBX6StatusItem.
When I stop the process, it went away, then instantly came back.

It seems to be related to my virus software, Virus Barrier 6.

I'll try to figure it out and report back when I have news.

Thanks for your help so far everyone.
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More proof that the only real viruses are the anti-virus software itself. :rolleyes:

Not sure why you even bother with anti-virus software on a MAc, but I'm sure the publishers of Virus Barrier are happy with whoever believes the virus FUD.

If you really want to keep an eye out on network activity, Little Snitch is the way to go, although I found it to be way more trouble than it's worth.
 
RaceTripper said:
More proof that the only real viruses are the anti-virus software itself. :rolleyes:

Not sure why you even bother with anti-virus software on a MAc, but I'm sure the publishers of Virus Barrier are happy with whoever believes the virus FUD.

If you really want to keep an eye out on network activity, Little Snitch is the way to go, although I found it to be way more trouble than it's worth.
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If you look at my status bar, you'll see that I have Little Snitch on the left.
That's why I didn't need another one.

Maybe I don't believe that there's something out there to get my computer, but I'd rather play it safe if there is.
Likewise, when I bought my beautiful new Mac laptop almost 3 years ago, I didn't think anything would ever go wrong with it, but I bought the 3 year AppleCare anyways.

So far it's looking like the AppleCare was a waste of money, I have never needed to use it. But I don't regret buying it.

There again, maybe I will never need my virus software, but I don't regret having it.
 
On all the computers I've ever had, I only ever had a virus problem one time. It installed a HTTP proxy that constantly crashed, thus disabling all my browsers. The virus software was very invasive, installing parts in many different locations of my operating system (Windows XP). It also caused excessive resource, CPU, and memory consumption, forcing me to reboot my computer periodically and slowing the computer down drastically, as if someone had taken it over to keep me from doing any work. I finally found some information on the Internet telling me how I could once and for all remove it completely without resorting to a complete system reinstall.

You might run across it yourself sometime. It's called, "Norton Anti-Virus"

(this is not a joke)
 
-aggie- said:
There has never been a virus for a Mac.
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Well, there have been viruses on earlier versions of the Mac OS, just not for versions released in the past 5 or 6 years. There has never been a virus in the wild that runs on Leopard or Snow Leopard.
Brumbie13 said:
Maybe I don't believe that there's something out there to get my computer, but I'd rather play it safe if there is.
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No antivirus software can protect you from a virus that doesn't yet exist. It doesn't know what to look for. If you were unfortunate enough to be the first to encounter the first virus that runs on current Mac OS X, your antivirus software would not catch it. Your Mac is no more protected with antivirus software on it than it would be if you had none and just exercised common sense about what you install.
 
This also appeared on my menu bar a couple of weeks ago. I have uninstalled Virus Barrier 6, the 'castle" icon has gone but the upload/download icon is still there. I checked my Activity Monitor and 'VBX6StatusItem' appears there. How do I get rid of this?
 
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