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Every single .exe corrupted!!

  • 22-10-2005 11:49pm
    #1
    stuey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 583 ✭✭✭


    Eh just went to install some software, from my software library which spans 3 hard drives. And for example Microsoft Antispyware which is normally around what 9Mb or so is no 256kb!! this is the same with all my .exes on all my hard drives. They have all shrunk to some really small random size ranging from about 0k -400k!!

    So i thought it might be that XP had messed itself up. So I reinstalled XP and it's still the same!!

    And im sh1ting myself!!!

    anyone ever seen anything like this before?


Comments

  • #2
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    stinks of a virus.

    Run a full scan.


  • #3
    stuey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 583 ✭✭✭stuey


    yeah it is, gaelicum is its name

    it has completly destryoed beyond repair my whole software library, makes your realise how unimportant pcs really are

    i say we blow them all up


  • #4
    angelofdeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭angelofdeath


    nasty, although you mustn't have had any service packs installed, i downloaded the patch there and it said that it could only be installed on a system with no service packs


  • #5
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Its a shame almost everybody got through a experience like this before they decide that having/keeping up-to-date antivirus software and having their system fully patched is a good idea :(


  • #6
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    I learned the hard way too, when I was about 14! My 486 at the time got owned by the CIH (chernobyl) virus that deleted your primary dos partition :eek:


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