OpenEuphoria

Re: Corruption of "EXW.EXE"

• Posted by peter at blonner.com Sep 17, 2003
• 542 views

Thanks again and 'basic' is good!  Igor found that my problem was in fact a
virus.
I have been battling to eradicate it, but it may require a complete clean
out and reinstall of everything.

Cheers,
Peter



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Getz" <Xaxo at aol.com>
To: <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 1:32 AM
Subject: RE: Corruption of "EXW.EXE"


>
>
> peter at blonner.com wrote:
> >
> >
> > Actually, the corruption happens when I restart the computer i.e during
> > shutdown or startup (I'm running XP).
> > These type of bugs can be difficult to isolate - (I was wrong about it
> > happening after running Euphoria)
> > I appreciate your suggestions for debugging which will be useful not
> > just
> > for this case
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Peter
> >
>
> Sorry if i got too 'basic' on you 
> Im used to getting questions from people that dont know
> much about programming, so i usually automatically
> default to explaining things from the ground up.
>
>
> If i were you i would
> check the boot up files to see if anything
> else uses the same path to the original file
> that is being altered.
>
> You might try renaming your Euphoria directory to
> something else, like Euphoria2 or something like that,
> then reboot.
> You could then verify that the file wasnt altered.
> If it wasnt altered, you could then modify your
> boot up files to point again to your Eu directory
> and boot up again, then check again for alteration.
>
> You could also check to see that you dont have any
> files in the startup directory that use Euphoria, just
> in case you have a program that runs automatically
> when you boot up that uses the exw.exe file.
>
> I hate to say 'reinstall Eu' but i guess that's an option.
> Copy all your files to another directory first of course.
>
>
> Just some ideas.
>
> Take care for now,
> Al
>
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