OpenEuphoria

Re: Corruption of "EXW.EXE"

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

Thanks Irv.  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.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <eugtk at yahoo.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: Corruption of "EXW.EXE"


> 
> 
> --- peter at blonner.com wrote:
>  
> > No I have a registered version but have not tried
> > bindw yet.
> > 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)
>  
> First things first - get this:
> http://www.mlin.net/StartupMonitor.shtml
> and see what programs are running on startup which 
> shouldn't be running.
> 
> I suspect you have been infected with a form of
> spyware. I would try removing exw, and replacing it 
> with a small text file of the same name. Then reboot, 
> and look at that file. 
> 
> Also, I would take a look thru the corrupted exw with 
> 'strings' or a hex editor, looking for clues. Most of 
> this spyware has some readable text. You may see
> commands which are used to send e-mail, or snoop out 
> passwords, etc. 
> 
> Irv
> 
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