Application "bin"

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Application "bin"

My Mac froze and I had to switch it off in order to do a restart.

Since then, on restart, the first item to open is an application called "bin"

the start of a sample text taken by Activity Monitor:

Analysis of sampling java (pid 1659) every 1 millisecond

Call graph:

1857 Thread_2951 DispatchQueue_1: com.apple.main-thread (serial)

1857 0x100001a94

1857 0x100004296

1857 0x10000483f

1857 CFRunLoopRunSpecific

1857 __CFRunLoopRun

1857 __CFRunLoopDoSources0

1857 __NSThreadPerformPerform

1857 -[CPerformer perform]

1857 +[AWTStarter startAWT:]

1857 -[NSApplication run]

1857 -[NSApplicationAWT nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:]

1857 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:]

1857 _DPSNextEvent

1857 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode

1857 ReceiveNextEventCommon

1857 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode

1857 CFRunLoopRunSpecific

1857 __CFRunLoopRun

1857 mach_msg

1857 mach_msg_trap

It refuses to quit, even force quit, even from Activity Monitor

Any ideas?

Mac OS X (10.6.8), MacPro Early 2008 10GB

Posted on Jun 28, 2013 4:34 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 29, 2013 4:40 AM in response to Detlef Kretschmer

A scan with ClamXav came up negative.

Starting up with a different account shows no change - so it is not account related.

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Answer 2

WZZZ

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Jun 29, 2013 5:25 AM in response to Detlef Kretschmer

It's not malware. /bin is not an application, it's a usually hidden folder. See if a PRAM reset fixes this. Shutdown, then immediately at the startup chime hold down Option(alt)-Cmd-P-R, wait for two more chimes, total three, and let go of all the keys to finish booting.

If you're curious to know more about /bin

http://www.westwind.com/reference/os-x/invisibles.html

If the PRAM reset doesn't help, then repair the drive. See

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417

EDIT: Or first see what happens from a Safe Boot, Shift at the startup chime--expect a much longer to time to boot.

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Answer 3

Jun 29, 2013 5:39 AM in response to WZZZ

No, I'm not talking about the folder "bin"

This is an application, which shows in the dashboard and in Activity Monitor, also the OS calls it an application when it tells me that the "Application bin" stopped the restart.

It shows the possibility of quitting or force quitting, except it just restarts.

On Startup, it loads before the Finder.

By trashing Java, I got rid of it - now I have to find a way to get a functioning Java back

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Answer 4

WZZZ

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Jun 29, 2013 5:50 AM in response to Detlef Kretschmer

So then I suppose we'd need to know just what was happening when your computer froze and what site you were visiting if Java was enabled. Only a guess, but you might have hit a Java drive-by exploit. And I haven't a clue what the application bin is. Java is a security nightmare.

You should check the Console logs for around the time this happened.

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Answer 5

Jun 29, 2013 5:52 AM in response to WZZZ

I did check the Console - nothing showing.

However, I installed Apple's Java Update 16 - "bin" is back 😢

Nothing else was done

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Answer 6

WZZZ

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Jun 29, 2013 5:57 AM in response to Detlef Kretschmer

So do you know what site you visited just when the computer froze and was Java enabled in your browser then?

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Answer 7

Jun 29, 2013 6:13 AM in response to WZZZ

I don't think it has anything to do with the site I was on. I went back to clones of my HDD, one a day old, the other 2 days old - both showed the same problem.

Java was enabled - I have a couple of important apps which use it - unfortunately

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Answer 8

WZZZ

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Jun 29, 2013 6:35 AM in response to Detlef Kretschmer

You could get EasyFind and search for "bin.jar" Maybe it's some kind of Java application or part of one. Check Log In items, Startup Items, Launch Agents/Daemons. Otherwise, no idea.

Set it to show Package Contents.

http://www.devontechnologies.com/products/freeware.html

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Answer 9

Jun 29, 2013 7:10 AM in response to WZZZ

Already done - no show as such.

Only appearance:

mysql-connector-java-com-3.1.2-alpha-bin.jar in

com.adobe.versioncue.persistence_2.0.0 in

Adobe Version Cue CS2 - Plugins

(This is a startup item)

Gone through Console searching for "bin" - no success

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Answer 10

MadMacs0

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Jun 29, 2013 9:57 AM in response to Detlef Kretschmer

Detlef Kretschmer wrote:

Java was enabled - I have a couple of important apps which use it - unfortunately

If the apps are on your computer then you don't need to have Java enabled in your browsers for them to use it.

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Answer 11

Jun 29, 2013 10:16 AM in response to MadMacs0

It wasn't enabled in the browsers (NoScript). It was used by the Addressbook Server.

The problem is that by now, there is something on my computer which messes with Java

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Answer 12

baltwo

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Jun 29, 2013 12:54 PM in response to Detlef Kretschmer

Detlef Kretschmer wrote:

Only appearance:

mysql-connector-java-com-3.1.2-alpha-bin.jar in

com.adobe.versioncue.persistence_2.0.0 in

Adobe Version Cue CS2 - Plugins

Reinstall the Adobe CS2 stuff or upgrade to a newer version. That's what's causing the issue. On my machine, the only such connector is associated with Mathematica 7.0.1.

/Applications/Mathematica Home Edition.app/SystemFiles/Links/DatabaseLink/Java/mysql-connector-java-commercial -5.1.7-bin.jar

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