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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

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edited 5 hours ago

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  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
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  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
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

5

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

share|improve this question

edited 5 hours ago

pomsky

33.4k11105137

asked 5 hours ago

Samuel M.Samuel M.

1356

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  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
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  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
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

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

share|improve this question

edited 5 hours ago

pomsky

33.4k11105137

asked 5 hours ago

Samuel M.Samuel M.

1356

$ apt list icon* --installed
Listing... Done

share|improve this question

edited 5 hours ago

pomsky

33.4k11105137

asked 5 hours ago

Samuel M.Samuel M.

1356

share|improve this question

edited 5 hours ago

pomsky

33.4k11105137

asked 5 hours ago

Samuel M.Samuel M.

1356

edited 5 hours ago

pomsky

33.4k11105137

edited 5 hours ago

pomsky

33.4k11105137

asked 5 hours ago

Samuel M.Samuel M.

1356

asked 5 hours ago

Samuel M.Samuel M.

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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.

share|improve this answer

answered 5 hours ago

Charles GreenCharles Green

14.3k73959

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  Here's the .desktop file in upstream
  
  – cat
  6 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

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4

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.

share|improve this answer

edited 5 hours ago

answered 5 hours ago

pomskypomsky

33.4k11105137

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  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
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @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
  5 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  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
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It turns out to be the application named "Yad"
  
  – Charles Green
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @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
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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8

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.

share|improve this answer

answered 5 hours ago

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Here's the .desktop file in upstream
  
  – cat
  6 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

8

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.

share|improve this answer

answered 5 hours ago

Charles GreenCharles Green

14.3k73959

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Here's the .desktop file in upstream
  
  – cat
  6 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

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.

share|improve this answer

answered 5 hours ago

Charles GreenCharles Green

14.3k73959

share|improve this answer

answered 5 hours ago

Charles GreenCharles Green

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answered 5 hours ago

Charles GreenCharles Green

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answered 5 hours ago

Charles GreenCharles Green

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4

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.

share|improve this answer

edited 5 hours ago

answered 5 hours ago

pomskypomsky

33.4k11105137

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  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
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @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
  5 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  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
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It turns out to be the application named "Yad"
  
  – Charles Green
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @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
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

4

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.

share|improve this answer

edited 5 hours ago

answered 5 hours ago

pomskypomsky

33.4k11105137

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  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
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @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
  5 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  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
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It turns out to be the application named "Yad"
  
  – Charles Green
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @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
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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.

share|improve this answer

edited 5 hours ago

answered 5 hours ago

pomskypomsky

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apt policy gtk-3-examples

gtk3-icon-browser

share|improve this answer

edited 5 hours ago

answered 5 hours ago

pomskypomsky

33.4k11105137

answered 5 hours ago

pomskypomsky

33.4k11105137

answered 5 hours ago

pomskypomsky

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