unable to get antivirus or mount usb stick

[pingball57]

Just to add to my troubles i now have two laptops playing up. This toshiba is not opening any of my memory sticks. I decided to try running a  virus scan as given in the help tutorials here
( https://www.freecinema2022.gq/manual/tutor...#antivirus ) & have run into more problems. I've had this in the CLI:

Err:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 libcurl3 amd64 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.5
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Fetched 9,109 kB in 13s (664 kB/s)                                           
E: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool..._amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]

E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
jpa@jpa-SATELLITE-C850D-11Q:~$ apt-get update
Reading package lists... Done
W: chmod 0700 of directory /var/lib/apt/lists/partial failed - SetupAPTPartialDirectory (1: Operation not permitted)
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
jpa@jpa-SATELLITE-C850D-11Q:~$ sudo freshclam
sudo: freshclam: command not found
jpa@jpa-SATELLITE-C850D-11Q:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log
jpa@jpa-SATELLITE-C850D-11Q:~$ sudo freshclam
sudo: freshclam: command not found
jpa@jpa-SATELLITE-C850D-11Q:~$
jpa@jpa-SATELLITE-C850D-11Q:~$ --fix-missing
--fix-missing: command not found
jpa@jpa-SATELLITE-C850D-11Q:~$

Clearly the tutorial is out of date with 404 ip address but why am i getting (1: Operation not permitted) & (13: Permission denied) as well as command not found? Anyone willing to help? Thanks.

update:
just before shutting down i tried my flash m/stick again - it was recognized this time but i got an authentication dialogue box wanting my admin password to mount. I cancelled until i know whats going on.

[firenice03]

Not sure whats going on but for the apt-get portion.. you need the rest of the command..  apt-get update or try with --fix-missing

Code:

sudo apt-get update --fix-missing

OR

Code:

sudo apt-get install --fix-missing

You may want also try in Lite Tweaks the Package Manager Repair (don't recall exact name, not on my LL box)


Also - Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied) You may want to close all open windows especially anything open with elevated/admin access (SystemBack - Synaptic - Folder w/ rights etc.)


Hope this gets you pointed in the right direction

[pingball57]

Thanks firenice.
I tried again with same result then tried your sudo apt-get install --fix-missing which i think has worked:

jpa@jpa-SATELLITE-C850D-11Q:~$ sudo apt-get install --fix-missing
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree     
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  efibootmgr libefivar0 libgles1-mesa libllvm3.8 libllvm4.0 libmircommon5
  libqmi-glib1 linux-headers-4.4.0-103 linux-headers-4.4.0-103-generic
  linux-headers-4.4.0-70 linux-headers-4.4.0-70-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-97
  linux-headers-4.4.0-97-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-98
  linux-headers-4.4.0-98-generic linux-image-4.4.0-103-generic
  linux-image-4.4.0-70-generic linux-image-4.4.0-97-generic
  linux-image-4.4.0-98-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-103-generic
  linux-image-extra-4.4.0-70-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-97-generic
  linux-image-extra-4.4.0-98-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
jpa@jpa-SATELLITE-C850D-11Q:~$ sudo freshclam
sudo: freshclam: command not found

but I'm still getting sudo: freshclam: command not found. I used sudo apt-get upate which produced a lot of text ending;

Fetched 5,759 kB in 9s (600 kB/s)                                             
Reading package lists... Done

so i tried to run clam as per tutorial

jpa@jpa-SATELLITE-C850D-11Q:~$ sudo clamscan -r -i / | grep FOUND >> /home/jpa/virus-scan-report.txt
sudo: clamscan: command not found

& got sudo: clamscan: command not found. I did all this without anyother widow open (i had a web browser window open originally to follow the instructions & copy the commands from). I take it I did the above right?

On the plus side - on trying a usb stick this evening everything worked as normal. perhaps I'd upset things with trying to get Clam.

[firenice03]

You could probably run sudo apt autoremove as suggested in the terminal response or use Lite Tweaks remove the old kernels if you want

Code:

sudo apt autoremove

Info: https://www.freecinema2022.gq/manual/tutor...#antivirus Which you have..


Install - Confirm says installed as its looking as if its not

Code:

sudo apt-get install clamav

Update Defs

Code:

sudo freshclam

If Error
ERROR: /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log is locked by another process
Then (remove the log)

Code:

sudo rm -rf /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log

Then

Code:

sudo freshclam

Wait for finish then Scan

Code:

sudo clamscan -r -i / | grep FOUND >> /home/youruser/virus-scan-report.txt

Once scan completes you will open the text file in your home directory...


Lets see how this round goes

[firenice03]

[member=7052]pingball57[/member] 
So I tried..
I installed <apt-get install clamav> Installed
Got the error and ran the RM command..
Then <freshclam> all good so far.. (sudo of course)

Copy of the terminal output..

Code:

dad@TRCD-MiniLL:~$ sudo freshclam
ERROR: /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log is locked by another process
ERROR: Problem with internal logger (UpdateLogFile = /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log).
dad@TRCD-MiniLL:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log
dad@TRCD-MiniLL:~$ sudo freshclam
ClamAV update process started at Thu Mar  8 19:34:42 2018
WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!
WARNING: Local version: 0.99.3 Recommended version: 0.99.4
DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/documents/upgrading-clamav
main.cvd is up to date (version: 58, sigs: 4566249, f-level: 60, builder: sigmgr)

[firenice03]

So far seems to be scanning..
I am getting a bunch of the following - which seems typical due tot he directory its scanning:

WARNING: Can't open file /sys/module/videobuf2_memops/uevent: Permission denied
LibClamAV Warning: fmap_readpage: pread fail: asked for 4094 bytes @ offset 2, got 0

May try with the modified:

Code:

sudo clamscan -ir --exclude-dir=^/sys --exclude-dir=^/dev --exclude-dir=^/proc | grep FOUND >> /home/yourusername/virus-scan-report.txt

To exclude the directories /sys, /dev and /proc

[pingball57]

Thanks firenice03 but things are still not going straight here. I ran autoremove in a new CLI (nothing else open as far as i can tell) but it gives:

jpa@jpa-SATELLITE-C850D-11Q:~$ sudo apt autoremove
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

Doing sudo apt-get install clamav gets same result :

jpa@jpa-SATELLITE-C850D-11Q:~$ sudo apt-get install clamav
[sudo] password for jpa:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
jpa@jpa-SATELLITE-C850D-11Q:~$

All this is one reason I'm looking for a virus as a possible cause. My password contains capitols might this have any effect (i don't think it should). I also found a virus scan report in my home/documents folder dated yesterday but there was nothing in it.
I've been having a lot of trouble with anything electrical at the moment esp. if it contains micro processors & I'm finding it all a bit freaky.
Thanks again for taking time with this. If there are delays in my replies it's because i get little chance to do things like this.

update (5 min later):
Talking of freaky, on shutting down just now I got a strange & worrying black screen with widely spaced text & before i could make any sense of it it cut to the closedown splash but with the message 'unattended upgrade in progress' a percentage & sleep in 5s - it then shut down but I'm sure i saw upgrade complete for an instant. I wasn't upgrading anything or running anything so i can only assume somethings been going on in the background. sneaky things like this worry me. It's one reason why i got rid of windows.

update:
thinking this 'upgrade' was the problem I reopened a CLI & ran autoremove which seems have worked & removed quite bit of stuff, so i ran apt-get install clamav, which also seems to have worked, so i ran freshclam which gave the expected error;

jpa@jpa-SATELLITE-C850D-11Q:~$ sudo freshclam
[sudo] password for jpa:
ERROR: /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log is locked by another process
ERROR: Problem with internal logger (UpdateLogFile = /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log).

but the suggestd rm -rf gives this :

jpa@jpa-SATELLITE-C850D-11Q:~$ rm -rf /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log
rm: cannot remove '/var/log/clamav/freshclam.log': Permission denied
jpa@jpa-SATELLITE-C850D-11Q:~$

So whats preventing me?

[firenice03]

[member=7052]pingball57[/member]
for the RM command, it needs sudo..

Code:

sudo rm -rf /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log

Perhaps another process/update was pending a reboot?? Since then you're "working"


An incorrect password in the CLI should prompt "try again" or incorrect password"

[bitsnpcs]

Just to add to my troubles i now have two laptops playing up. This toshiba is not opening any of my memory sticks.

Hello pingball57,
is the Toshiba mounting the usb sticks but not opening them, or is it not mounting them and not opening them?
Do the usb sticks open on another computer using Linux Lite ?

[pingball57]

Hurrah, maintenance has finished.
firenice03, I think we're there, & I'm running a scan now. Getting the warnings you did. I'll update when it's finished.

bitsnpcs - this problem went away by itself. To start with it wasn't even recognizing there was a stick in the slot. Then after a few retries with various sticks I got a ghost icon on the desktop & a prompt to enter my password to mount it. I can't remember the exact wording. I didn't want to do this until I knew what was going on hence the anti-virus route. The sticks worked on my other two laptops. The next time I booted up everything worked as normal, so who knows what was up? Thanks for your interest.