What does no memory (-16777473) "ibtc' mean?

NowhereMan wrote:

Barney, I did as you suggested and there isn't an internet plug-in for Myriad, so that isn't the issue.

Your EtreCheck results say otherwise... they show a Myriad Music Plugin. This should be installed in the following folder:

/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/

If you looked in the Internet Plug-Ins folder in your user folder, that's not the right one. This one is in the Library folder at the root level of the hard drive. You can choose Go to Folder from the Go menu in the Finder, then paste in the path above, to go directly to that folder. I'm also not sure what the actual filename will be, though. It's possible it may not actually have the word "myriad" in it. You may have to try some trial-and-error, and comparison with the list of internet plug-ins from the EtreCheck report, to figure out which one it is.

In addition to this, you should remove SIMBL, as Barney has suggested. It hasn't seen an update in years, has been abandoned, and changes browser behavior in ways that could be causing conflicts, especially with so many other internet plug-ins and Safari extensions installed.

Finally, you've got some adware installed. I notice that you have Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac installed, so open it and run a scan. It should detect and remove that adware. (This particular variant was just added to the signatures yesterday, so make sure you've got a network connection so Malwarebytes Anti-Malware can download the latest signatures.)

Thomas Reed

Director of Mac Offerings, Malwarebytes

NowhereMan wrote:

I just want to be sure I am understanding you correctly. Even though I've deleted what I thought was everything to do with LogMeIn, I shouldn't trash the plist for that (let alone any other plists listed on here as "killed")?

You should remove logmein as it is a known problem, but I don't know if there is an updated that works correctly.

Killed items are valid Apple processes. The OS will start killing off non-essential processes when memory runs low. That can happen because of runaway software or because you just don't have enough.

An additional thought:

You have Gatekeeper turned off - not the best idea. You should really consider going back to System Prefs > Security & Privacy > general and change it back to allow apps from app store and developers.

There should be a SIMBL uninstaller in the Snow Leopard download here:

http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php

Whether it still works, I don't know, but if it does that would be the best way to remove it.

As for the issue with the cursor, I don't know what that might be. Some apps may display the watch cursor, but why the beach ball cursor would appear in black and white I can't explain. Could be something corrupt in your system or even a hardware issue for all I know. Or it could be a fallback for very low memory conditions. I don't know. I've never seen that on any recent OS X system.

Just wanted to remind you that Gatekeeper is what keeps your Mac safe from adware/malware and such.

NowhereMan wrote:

babowa, I did as you suggested, but it's a pain having to go back there each time I do an update on an app that didn't come from the App Store. It just adds an extra step telling the system to download the updates anyway. 🙂

It may be a pain, but you need to do it anyway. You shouldn't be downloading anything that doesn't come from the App Store or identified developers anyway. That's one step that prevents malware and other garbage from getting on your hard drive.

Set Gatekeeper to the default setting, which allows apps from the App Store as well as apps from "identified developers" (ie, apps that have been cryptographically signed using credentials obtained from Apple). That's not a guarantee that you won't run something nasty, but it at least provides one more layer of security.

For unsigned apps, you should be thinking carefully about whether to open them in the first place. If you do want to open such an app, here's a short-cut to open it without changing Gatekeeper settings: control-click the app and choose Open from the contextual menu that pops up. This will ask you if you're sure you want to open it, but that's the most that will be done.

NowhereMan, even though this is your thread, it is almost two months old. Also you marked it as Solved. It is unlikely that the same folks will vilsit this thread again since it is solved. To make your question visible, start a new thread calling it something like "Here we go again--no memory (-20560) "tdsc".

Have a nice day.