Is this app Icon Browser Safe/Legit?
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I just noticed this app in my ubuntu applications called Icon Browser.
I want to know if it's legit part of Ubuntu or could it be malware using it to disguise itself of other code.
In other words if it is a part of normal ubuntu package and if not how I can remove it.
Additional Info
Here's the output of searching for the app in apt
$ apt list icon* --installed
Listing... Done
18.04
edited yesterday
pomsky
33.5k11105137
asked yesterday
Samuel M.Samuel M.
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I just noticed this app in my ubuntu applications called Icon Browser.
I want to know if it's legit part of Ubuntu or could it be malware using it to disguise itself of other code.
In other words if it is a part of normal ubuntu package and if not how I can remove it.
Additional Info
Here's the output of searching for the app in apt
$ apt list icon* --installed
Listing... Done
18.04
edited yesterday
pomsky
33.5k11105137
asked yesterday
Samuel M.Samuel M.
1407
It does not seem to be part of the standard Ubuntu repositories, or at least I cannotapt search iconand find anything that looks like it. Please append your question with the output ofapt list icon* --installed
– Charles Green
yesterday
K - As far as I can tell, this was not installed using theaptsystem, and not from the standard repositories, or an added PPA (which may or may not be trustworthy). Minor Google searches ("icon browser ubuntu") don't turn up anything like this - so someone installed this program. I don't like programs that I cannot trace back to a source. Can you right click on the icon, click "Show Details", and see if there is any identifying information about the program? Also look at the desktop file for the program, which should be in/usr/share/applicationsto see what command it is calling.
– Charles Green
yesterday
grep -Rl 'Icon Browser' /usr/share/applications
– OrangeDog
18 hours ago
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I just noticed this app in my ubuntu applications called Icon Browser.
I want to know if it's legit part of Ubuntu or could it be malware using it to disguise itself of other code.
In other words if it is a part of normal ubuntu package and if not how I can remove it.
Additional Info
Here's the output of searching for the app in apt
$ apt list icon* --installed
Listing... Done
18.04
edited yesterday
pomsky
33.5k11105137
asked yesterday
Samuel M.Samuel M.
1407
I just noticed this app in my ubuntu applications called Icon Browser.
I want to know if it's legit part of Ubuntu or could it be malware using it to disguise itself of other code.
In other words if it is a part of normal ubuntu package and if not how I can remove it.
Additional Info
Here's the output of searching for the app in apt
$ apt list icon* --installed
Listing... Done
18.04
18.04
edited yesterday
pomsky
33.5k11105137
asked yesterday
Samuel M.Samuel M.
1407
edited yesterday
pomsky
33.5k11105137
asked yesterday
Samuel M.Samuel M.
1407
edited yesterday
pomsky
33.5k11105137
edited yesterday
pomsky
33.5k11105137
edited yesterday
pomsky
33.5k11105137
33.5k11105137
asked yesterday
Samuel M.Samuel M.
1407
asked yesterday
Samuel M.Samuel M.
1407
asked yesterday
Samuel M.Samuel M.
1407
1407
It does not seem to be part of the standard Ubuntu repositories, or at least I cannotapt search iconand find anything that looks like it. Please append your question with the output ofapt list icon* --installed
– Charles Green
yesterday
K - As far as I can tell, this was not installed using theaptsystem, and not from the standard repositories, or an added PPA (which may or may not be trustworthy). Minor Google searches ("icon browser ubuntu") don't turn up anything like this - so someone installed this program. I don't like programs that I cannot trace back to a source. Can you right click on the icon, click "Show Details", and see if there is any identifying information about the program? Also look at the desktop file for the program, which should be in/usr/share/applicationsto see what command it is calling.
– Charles Green
yesterday
grep -Rl 'Icon Browser' /usr/share/applications
– OrangeDog
18 hours ago
add a comment |
It does not seem to be part of the standard Ubuntu repositories, or at least I cannotapt search iconand find anything that looks like it. Please append your question with the output ofapt list icon* --installed
– Charles Green
yesterday
K - As far as I can tell, this was not installed using theaptsystem, and not from the standard repositories, or an added PPA (which may or may not be trustworthy). Minor Google searches ("icon browser ubuntu") don't turn up anything like this - so someone installed this program. I don't like programs that I cannot trace back to a source. Can you right click on the icon, click "Show Details", and see if there is any identifying information about the program? Also look at the desktop file for the program, which should be in/usr/share/applicationsto see what command it is calling.
– Charles Green
yesterday
grep -Rl 'Icon Browser' /usr/share/applications
– OrangeDog
18 hours ago
It does not seem to be part of the standard Ubuntu repositories, or at least I cannot
apt search icon and find anything that looks like it. Please append your question with the output of apt list icon* --installed– Charles Green
yesterday
It does not seem to be part of the standard Ubuntu repositories, or at least I cannot
apt search icon and find anything that looks like it. Please append your question with the output of apt list icon* --installed– Charles Green
yesterday
K - As far as I can tell, this was not installed using the
apt system, and not from the standard repositories, or an added PPA (which may or may not be trustworthy). Minor Google searches ("icon browser ubuntu") don't turn up anything like this - so someone installed this program. I don't like programs that I cannot trace back to a source. Can you right click on the icon, click "Show Details", and see if there is any identifying information about the program? Also look at the desktop file for the program, which should be in /usr/share/applications to see what command it is calling.– Charles Green
yesterday
K - As far as I can tell, this was not installed using the
apt system, and not from the standard repositories, or an added PPA (which may or may not be trustworthy). Minor Google searches ("icon browser ubuntu") don't turn up anything like this - so someone installed this program. I don't like programs that I cannot trace back to a source. Can you right click on the icon, click "Show Details", and see if there is any identifying information about the program? Also look at the desktop file for the program, which should be in /usr/share/applications to see what command it is calling.– Charles Green
yesterday
grep -Rl 'Icon Browser' /usr/share/applications– OrangeDog
18 hours ago
grep -Rl 'Icon Browser' /usr/share/applications– OrangeDog
18 hours ago
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I found it! It's an application called "Yad". As this is in the repositories, it has been checked by the good people at canonical and can probably be trusted.
answered yesterday
Charles GreenCharles Green
14.4k73960
Here's the .desktop file in upstream
– cat
yesterday
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There is an "Icon Browser" GUI utility (gtk3-icon-browser) comes from the gtk-3-examples package. If you have the same thing, then it should be fine.
To check it, first run the following command to find out whether gtk-3-examples is installed:
apt policy gtk-3-examples
If it's installed, run
gtk3-icon-browser
to launch the application. Associated .desktop launcher, viz. gtk3-icon-browser.desktop should be found in the /usr/share/applications/ directory.
answered yesterday
pomskypomsky
33.5k11105137
I just installedgtk-3-examplesbut it does not seem to create a desktop file, or the icon shown in the OP's question - I suspect that these are not the same thing!
– Charles Green
yesterday
@Charles Really?!ls /usr/share/applications/ | grep -i icondoesn't list anything? As per this there should be agtk3-icon-browser.desktopfile in/usr/share/applications/(for Bionic at least).
– pomsky
yesterday
Ayuh - there's a desktop file, but the application itself does not show in the 'activities' window. Of course I have been poking at my system a lot, and something may be broken.
– Charles Green
yesterday
1
It turns out to be the application named "Yad"
– Charles Green
yesterday
@CharlesGreen No, you're right. There is aNoDisplay=trueline in the.desktopfile. To make it visible, one needs to remove the line or changetruetofalseor make a working copy in local directory first.
– pomsky
yesterday
add a comment |
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I found it! It's an application called "Yad". As this is in the repositories, it has been checked by the good people at canonical and can probably be trusted.
answered yesterday
Charles GreenCharles Green
14.4k73960
Here's the .desktop file in upstream
– cat
yesterday
add a comment |
I found it! It's an application called "Yad". As this is in the repositories, it has been checked by the good people at canonical and can probably be trusted.
answered yesterday
Charles GreenCharles Green
14.4k73960
Here's the .desktop file in upstream
– cat
yesterday
add a comment |
I found it! It's an application called "Yad". As this is in the repositories, it has been checked by the good people at canonical and can probably be trusted.
answered yesterday
Charles GreenCharles Green
14.4k73960
I found it! It's an application called "Yad". As this is in the repositories, it has been checked by the good people at canonical and can probably be trusted.
answered yesterday
Charles GreenCharles Green
14.4k73960
answered yesterday
Charles GreenCharles Green
14.4k73960
answered yesterday
Charles GreenCharles Green
14.4k73960
answered yesterday
Charles GreenCharles Green
14.4k73960
14.4k73960
Here's the .desktop file in upstream
– cat
yesterday
add a comment |
Here's the .desktop file in upstream
– cat
yesterday
Here's the .desktop file in upstream
– cat
yesterday
Here's the .desktop file in upstream
– cat
yesterday
add a comment |
There is an "Icon Browser" GUI utility (gtk3-icon-browser) comes from the gtk-3-examples package. If you have the same thing, then it should be fine.
To check it, first run the following command to find out whether gtk-3-examples is installed:
apt policy gtk-3-examples
If it's installed, run
gtk3-icon-browser
to launch the application. Associated .desktop launcher, viz. gtk3-icon-browser.desktop should be found in the /usr/share/applications/ directory.
answered yesterday
pomskypomsky
33.5k11105137
I just installedgtk-3-examplesbut it does not seem to create a desktop file, or the icon shown in the OP's question - I suspect that these are not the same thing!
– Charles Green
yesterday
@Charles Really?!ls /usr/share/applications/ | grep -i icondoesn't list anything? As per this there should be agtk3-icon-browser.desktopfile in/usr/share/applications/(for Bionic at least).
– pomsky
yesterday
Ayuh - there's a desktop file, but the application itself does not show in the 'activities' window. Of course I have been poking at my system a lot, and something may be broken.
– Charles Green
yesterday
1
It turns out to be the application named "Yad"
– Charles Green
yesterday
@CharlesGreen No, you're right. There is aNoDisplay=trueline in the.desktopfile. To make it visible, one needs to remove the line or changetruetofalseor make a working copy in local directory first.
– pomsky
yesterday
add a comment |
There is an "Icon Browser" GUI utility (gtk3-icon-browser) comes from the gtk-3-examples package. If you have the same thing, then it should be fine.
To check it, first run the following command to find out whether gtk-3-examples is installed:
apt policy gtk-3-examples
If it's installed, run
gtk3-icon-browser
to launch the application. Associated .desktop launcher, viz. gtk3-icon-browser.desktop should be found in the /usr/share/applications/ directory.
answered yesterday
pomskypomsky
33.5k11105137
I just installedgtk-3-examplesbut it does not seem to create a desktop file, or the icon shown in the OP's question - I suspect that these are not the same thing!
– Charles Green
yesterday
@Charles Really?!ls /usr/share/applications/ | grep -i icondoesn't list anything? As per this there should be agtk3-icon-browser.desktopfile in/usr/share/applications/(for Bionic at least).
– pomsky
yesterday
Ayuh - there's a desktop file, but the application itself does not show in the 'activities' window. Of course I have been poking at my system a lot, and something may be broken.
– Charles Green
yesterday
1
It turns out to be the application named "Yad"
– Charles Green
yesterday
@CharlesGreen No, you're right. There is aNoDisplay=trueline in the.desktopfile. To make it visible, one needs to remove the line or changetruetofalseor make a working copy in local directory first.
– pomsky
yesterday
add a comment |
There is an "Icon Browser" GUI utility (gtk3-icon-browser) comes from the gtk-3-examples package. If you have the same thing, then it should be fine.
To check it, first run the following command to find out whether gtk-3-examples is installed:
apt policy gtk-3-examples
If it's installed, run
gtk3-icon-browser
to launch the application. Associated .desktop launcher, viz. gtk3-icon-browser.desktop should be found in the /usr/share/applications/ directory.
answered yesterday
pomskypomsky
33.5k11105137
There is an "Icon Browser" GUI utility (gtk3-icon-browser) comes from the gtk-3-examples package. If you have the same thing, then it should be fine.
To check it, first run the following command to find out whether gtk-3-examples is installed:
apt policy gtk-3-examples
If it's installed, run
gtk3-icon-browser
to launch the application. Associated .desktop launcher, viz. gtk3-icon-browser.desktop should be found in the /usr/share/applications/ directory.
answered yesterday
pomskypomsky
33.5k11105137
edited yesterday
answered yesterday
pomskypomsky
33.5k11105137
answered yesterday
pomskypomsky
33.5k11105137
answered yesterday
pomskypomsky
33.5k11105137
33.5k11105137
I just installedgtk-3-examplesbut it does not seem to create a desktop file, or the icon shown in the OP's question - I suspect that these are not the same thing!
– Charles Green
yesterday
@Charles Really?!ls /usr/share/applications/ | grep -i icondoesn't list anything? As per this there should be agtk3-icon-browser.desktopfile in/usr/share/applications/(for Bionic at least).
– pomsky
yesterday
Ayuh - there's a desktop file, but the application itself does not show in the 'activities' window. Of course I have been poking at my system a lot, and something may be broken.
– Charles Green
yesterday
1
It turns out to be the application named "Yad"
– Charles Green
yesterday
@CharlesGreen No, you're right. There is aNoDisplay=trueline in the.desktopfile. To make it visible, one needs to remove the line or changetruetofalseor make a working copy in local directory first.
– pomsky
yesterday
add a comment |
I just installedgtk-3-examplesbut it does not seem to create a desktop file, or the icon shown in the OP's question - I suspect that these are not the same thing!
– Charles Green
yesterday
@Charles Really?!ls /usr/share/applications/ | grep -i icondoesn't list anything? As per this there should be agtk3-icon-browser.desktopfile in/usr/share/applications/(for Bionic at least).
– pomsky
yesterday
Ayuh - there's a desktop file, but the application itself does not show in the 'activities' window. Of course I have been poking at my system a lot, and something may be broken.
– Charles Green
yesterday
1
It turns out to be the application named "Yad"
– Charles Green
yesterday
@CharlesGreen No, you're right. There is aNoDisplay=trueline in the.desktopfile. To make it visible, one needs to remove the line or changetruetofalseor make a working copy in local directory first.
– pomsky
yesterday
I just installed
gtk-3-examples but it does not seem to create a desktop file, or the icon shown in the OP's question - I suspect that these are not the same thing!– Charles Green
yesterday
I just installed
gtk-3-examples but it does not seem to create a desktop file, or the icon shown in the OP's question - I suspect that these are not the same thing!– Charles Green
yesterday
@Charles Really?!
ls /usr/share/applications/ | grep -i icon doesn't list anything? As per this there should be a gtk3-icon-browser.desktop file in /usr/share/applications/ (for Bionic at least).– pomsky
yesterday
@Charles Really?!
ls /usr/share/applications/ | grep -i icon doesn't list anything? As per this there should be a gtk3-icon-browser.desktop file in /usr/share/applications/ (for Bionic at least).– pomsky
yesterday
Ayuh - there's a desktop file, but the application itself does not show in the 'activities' window. Of course I have been poking at my system a lot, and something may be broken.
– Charles Green
yesterday
Ayuh - there's a desktop file, but the application itself does not show in the 'activities' window. Of course I have been poking at my system a lot, and something may be broken.
– Charles Green
yesterday
1
1
It turns out to be the application named "Yad"
– Charles Green
yesterday
It turns out to be the application named "Yad"
– Charles Green
yesterday
@CharlesGreen No, you're right. There is a
NoDisplay=true line in the .desktop file. To make it visible, one needs to remove the line or change true to false or make a working copy in local directory first.– pomsky
yesterday
@CharlesGreen No, you're right. There is a
NoDisplay=true line in the .desktop file. To make it visible, one needs to remove the line or change true to false or make a working copy in local directory first.– pomsky
yesterday
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It does not seem to be part of the standard Ubuntu repositories, or at least I cannot
apt search iconand find anything that looks like it. Please append your question with the output ofapt list icon* --installed– Charles Green
yesterday
K - As far as I can tell, this was not installed using the
aptsystem, and not from the standard repositories, or an added PPA (which may or may not be trustworthy). Minor Google searches ("icon browser ubuntu") don't turn up anything like this - so someone installed this program. I don't like programs that I cannot trace back to a source. Can you right click on the icon, click "Show Details", and see if there is any identifying information about the program? Also look at the desktop file for the program, which should be in/usr/share/applicationsto see what command it is calling.– Charles Green
yesterday
grep -Rl 'Icon Browser' /usr/share/applications– OrangeDog
18 hours ago