why and how to run forever and debug when error in for proc in psutil.process_iter()?

[Deborah Swanson]

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In this case, the full traceback is needed to see what went wrong and
when (after which statements).


Ho Yeung Lee wrote, on Saturday, March 25, 2017 1:38 AM
> 
> expect below to run forever and keep running a fixed number 
> of thread in python
> 
> would like to kill tasks when process connect internet except 
> chrome and explorer.exe
> 
> i do this because MalwareBytes can not disconnect these 
> existing trojan when my notebook connect internet
> 
> after run a few minutes, the program stopped, but i have 
> already kept create process, why the whole program end?
> 
> why and how to debug when error in for proc in psutil.process_iter()?
> 
> 
> import os
> import psutil
> import multiprocessing
> import time
> import sys
> 
> def cleantask():
>     p = os.popen("netstat -ano")
>     while 1:
>         line = p.readline()
>         if "TCP" in line or "UDP" in line:
>             linelist = line.split()
>             if len(linelist) > 4:
>                 if "LISTEN" in str(linelist[3]):
>                     for proc in psutil.process_iter():
>                         try:
>                             if "pop" not in str(proc.name).tolower():
>                                 os.system("taskkill /f /pid 
> "+str(proc._pid))
>                         except:
>                             dummy = 1
>                             #print "Unexpected error:", 
> sys.exc_info()[0]
>                             #print "Unexpected error:", 
> sys.exc_info()[1]
>                 if "ESTABLISHED" in str(linelist[3]):
>                     if "127.0.0.1" not in str(linelist[2]):
>                         for proc in psutil.process_iter():
>                             try:
>                                 if str(linelist[4]) in 
> str(proc._pid):            
>                                     
> print(str(linelist[2])+","+str(linelist[4])+","+proc.name)
>                                 if "111.221" not in 
> str(linelist[2]) and "explorer.exe" not in str(proc.name).tolower():
>                                     os.system("taskkill /f 
> /pid "+str(proc._pid))
>                             except:
>                                 dummy = 1
>                                 #print "Unexpected error:", 
> sys.exc_info()[0]
>                                 #print "Unexpected error:", 
> sys.exc_info()[1]
>                         print(line)
>         if not line: break
> 
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>     print("main")
>     try:
>         numberofrunning = 0
>         plist = []
>         for ii in range(0,5):  
>             p = multiprocessing.Process(target=cleantask(), args=(0,))
>             p.start()
>             plist.append(p)
>             numberofrunning = numberofrunning + 1
>             time.sleep(1)
>         for pp in plist:
>             pp.join()
>      	    if pp.is_alive() == False:
>                 numberofrunning = numberofrunning - 1
>                 plist.remove(pp)
>             if numberofrunning > 10:
>                 print "more than 10 process"
>             else:
>                 print("number of process = " + str(numberofrunning))
>                 if numberofrunning <= 5:
>                     p = 
> multiprocessing.Process(target=cleantask(), args=(0,))
>                     p.start()
>                     plist.append(p)
>                     numberofrunning = numberofrunning + 1
>                     time.sleep(1)
>     except:
>         print "Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info()[0]
>         print "Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info()[1]
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