Guest Ravi Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 Unable to run any tools...getting an error "not a valid win32 application" any ideas/...doesnt have any symptoms of infection.... is it caused by somekind of trojan? raV Quote
Guest Malke Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 Ravi wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > Unable to run any tools...getting an error "not a valid win32 application" > > any ideas/...doesnt have any symptoms of infection.... > > is it caused by somekind of trojan?</span> Which tools in particular? Please provide more details to help us help you. The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things worked and the time they didn't? The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and versions) did you use to determine this? Be sure the computer is clean: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2....emoving_Malware How to Post: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ Quote
Guest Volodymyr M. Shcherbyna Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 Usually this happens if someone edited the data of PE section in exe file, but did not updated the appropriated section sizes and RVAs. So it could be a buggy virus or tool. -- Volodymyr, blog: http://www.shcherbyna.com/ (This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights) "Ravi" <ravi.shankar.kgr@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:eSAo0SDCJHA.4576@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > Unable to run any tools...getting an error "not a valid win32 application" > > any ideas/...doesnt have any symptoms of infection.... > > is it caused by somekind of trojan? > > raV > </span> Quote
Guest Peter Foldes Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 Pick your issue. Next time post correctly and describe everything http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navc...n32+application -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Ravi" <ravi.shankar.kgr@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:eSAo0SDCJHA.4576@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > Unable to run any tools...getting an error "not a valid win32 application" > > any ideas/...doesnt have any symptoms of infection.... > > is it caused by somekind of trojan? > > raV > ></span> Quote
Guest ~BD~ Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:ehx7yTGCJHA.4932@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... Posted this link:- http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navc...n32+application I copied and pasted it into my browser (AOL) and I arrived at "not a valid win32 application" results (375,000 items) I then typed "not a valid win32 application" into Google and ended up here:- http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=GGL...ion&btnG=Search I seem to have ended up with exactly the same 375,000 items! I'm always interested in when I find the 'unusal' happening on my PC. I'd much appreciate ideas on why these different links take me to the same place. Thank you. Dave -- Quote
Guest jen Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 "~BD~" <~BD~@nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:OccDjmGCJHA.5316@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:ehx7yTGCJHA.4932@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > Posted this link:- > http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navc...n32+application > I copied and pasted it into my browser (AOL) and I arrived at "not a > valid win32 application" results (375,000 items) > I then typed "not a valid win32 application" into Google and ended up > here:- > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=GGL...ion&btnG=Search > I seem to have ended up with exactly the same 375,000 items! > I'm always interested in when I find the 'unusal' happening on my PC. > I'd much appreciate ideas on why these different links take me to the > same place.</span> Because in each case you're still going to Google search... I get a different amount of results (depends on what you input as your search operators) by typing: "Not a valid win32 application" error Results 1 - 10 of about 114,000 for "Not a valid win32 application" error. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=...ror&btnG=Search -jen -jen Quote
Guest Peter Foldes Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 Magic -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "~BD~" <~BD~@nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:OccDjmGCJHA.5316@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > > "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:ehx7yTGCJHA.4932@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > > Posted this link:- > > http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navc...n32+application > > I copied and pasted it into my browser (AOL) and I arrived at "not a valid > win32 application" results (375,000 items) > > I then typed "not a valid win32 application" into Google and ended up here:- > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=GGL...ion&btnG=Search > > I seem to have ended up with exactly the same 375,000 items! > > I'm always interested in when I find the 'unusal' happening on my PC. I'd > much appreciate ideas on why these different links take me to the same > place. > > Thank you. > > Dave > > -- > > > > > > > ></span> Quote
Guest jen Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke (16 December 1917–19 March 2008) -jen "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:ud4EKmICJHA.2060@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... Magic -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "~BD~" <~BD~@nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:OccDjmGCJHA.5316@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > > "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:ehx7yTGCJHA.4932@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > > Posted this link:- > > http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navc...n32+application > > I copied and pasted it into my browser (AOL) and I arrived at "not a > valid > win32 application" results (375,000 items) > > I then typed "not a valid win32 application" into Google and ended up > here:- > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=GGL...ion&btnG=Search > > I seem to have ended up with exactly the same 375,000 items! > > I'm always interested in when I find the 'unusal' happening on my PC. > I'd > much appreciate ideas on why these different links take me to the same > place. > > Thank you. > > Dave > > -- > > > > > > > > </span> Quote
Guest ~BD~ Posted August 28, 2008 Posted August 28, 2008 "jen" <jen@example.com> wrote in message news:uNEyLlICJHA.4368@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > "~BD~" <~BD~@nospam.invalid> wrote in message > news:OccDjmGCJHA.5316@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:ehx7yTGCJHA.4932@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...<span style="color:green"> >> Posted this link:- >> http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navc...n32+application >> I copied and pasted it into my browser (AOL) and I arrived at "not a >> valid win32 application" results (375,000 items) >> I then typed "not a valid win32 application" into Google and ended up >> here:- >> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=GGL...ion&btnG=Search >> I seem to have ended up with exactly the same 375,000 items! >> I'm always interested in when I find the 'unusal' happening on my PC. I'd >> much appreciate ideas on why these different links take me to the same >> place.</span> > > Because in each case you're still going to Google search... > I get a different amount of results (depends on what you input as your > search operators) by typing: > "Not a valid win32 application" error > Results 1 - 10 of about 114,000 for "Not a valid win32 application" error. > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=...ror&btnG=Search > > -jen</span> Hello jen - thanks for answering. I noticed that Peter Foldes link has 'sourceid=navclient&ie' which I think, after a brief while 'Googling', might well be associated with a Toolbar (but not that of Google itself). My own link has 'search?hl=en&rls' I searched that phrase in Yahoo Answers and ended up here: http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_res...3Fhl%3Den%26rls A somewhat surprising set of answers (22) should anyone care to examine them! I note that jen may well have used Firefox as his/her browser .......... and also included the word 'error' in their search. It is magic - nothing is ever quite as straightforward as it seems at first sight! style_emoticons/ Dave Quote
Guest Maurice N ~ MVP Posted September 1, 2008 Posted September 1, 2008 Check the amount of FREE space that you have. If the free space is low, it is quite possible your last download got chopped and you would not have gotten the full file. If that is the case, you would see the "not a valid win32 application" message. -- Maurice Naggar MS-MVP ----- "Ravi" <ravi.shankar.kgr@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:eSAo0SDCJHA.4576@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > Unable to run any tools...getting an error "not a valid win32 application" > > any ideas/...doesnt have any symptoms of infection.... > > is it caused by somekind of trojan? > > raV </span> Quote
Guest kalyan Posted September 5, 2008 Posted September 5, 2008 Hi Mostly it got corrupted by virus.Have you tried the system restore Try this http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/h...ew_03may19.mspx Warm regards Kalyan E-Mail:reach2kalyan@live.com "Ravi" <ravi.shankar.kgr@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:eSAo0SDCJHA.4576@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > Unable to run any tools...getting an error "not a valid win32 application" > > any ideas/...doesnt have any symptoms of infection.... > > is it caused by somekind of trojan? > > raV > </span> Quote
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