1. As you mentioned, run a scandisk 2. Try a new download of VIPRERESCUE. It's possible you got a bad download, or something burped during the install.
Good luck! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected] P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. "John Aldrich" <[email protected]> wrote on 08/02/2010 07:51:16 AM: > Trying to run a scan on my wife?s PC at home (XP Pro SP3) using > VipreRescue, I get an error something about ?unable to execute > instruction?? Sorry, it?s a long address string and I didn?t write > it down. This happens both in ?regular? mode and in safe-mode with > command-prompt-only. Any idea what?s going on? A MalwareBytes scan > didn?t find anything (at least in ?regular? mode ? have not tried > ?safe mode? yet.) > The reason I tried this was because the system has been behaving > ?flaky? lately?nothing really to put my finger on. My wife almost > installed MyWebSearch this weekend, so she could play some old-style > ?arcade? games (PacMan, Galaga, etc) but I pointed out to her that > she really didn?t want that stuff. Anyway, between that ?near miss? > and the flakiness of the system, I thought I?d check for malware. > > I?ve already checked the C: drive using SMART tools, and although > it?s an older drive, it appears to have no issues. Guess I ought to > run a scandisk, just to be safe. > > [image removed] [image removed] > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
