bad image error?

sephrah · 10-18-2009, 10:35 PM

earlier today i went to turn on my computer and i got about 20 bad image errors from different files, these saying that the program was not a valid windows image. i ran anti-malware and adaware, thinking that it was a virus that caused this. both programs found infected files so i cleaned them but the bad image errors still pop up. i tried system restore, but apparently i had it turned off so i couldnt use it. i tried booting in safe mode and booting with last good configuration, but nothing happened. i really don't want to have to reformat, because i dont have an external hard drive right now to keep my files. any ideas?

tetonbob · 10-18-2009, 10:46 PM

Those sorts of messages are often from orphaned registry items,or a still active infection.

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sephrah Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: dayton, ohio. Posts: 2 OS: Windows xp.	bad image error? earlier today i went to turn on my computer and i got about 20 bad image errors from different files, these saying that the program was not a valid windows image. i ran anti-malware and adaware, thinking that it was a virus that caused this. both programs found infected files so i cleaned them but the bad image errors still pop up. i tried system restore, but apparently i had it turned off so i couldnt use it. i tried booting in safe mode and booting with last good configuration, but nothing happened. i really don't want to have to reformat, because i dont have an external hard drive right now to keep my files. any ideas?