Not a valid win32 application

[Ravi]

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

 

[Malke]

Ravi wrote:

> 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?

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:
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[Volodymyr M. Shcherbyna]

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.

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"Ravi" <ravi.shankar.kgr@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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
>

 

[Peter Foldes]

Pick your issue.

Next time post correctly and describe everything

http://www.google.com/search?source...05-20,GGLD:en&q=not+a+valid+win32+application

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"Ravi" <ravi.shankar.kgr@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:eSAo0SDCJHA.4576@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> 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
>
>

 

[~BD~]

"Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Posted this link:-

http://www.google.com/search?source...05-20,GGLD:en&q=not+a+valid+win32+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&...1&q=not+a+valid+win32+application&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

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[jen]

"~BD~" <~BD~@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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"Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ehx7yTGCJHA.4932@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Posted this link:-
> http://www.google.com/search?source...05-20,GGLD:en&q=not+a+valid+win32+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&...1&q=not+a+valid+win32+application&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.

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&...+a+valid+win32+application"+error&btnG=Search

-jen

-jen

 

[Peter Foldes]

Magic

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"~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...
>
> Posted this link:-
>
> http://www.google.com/search?source...05-20,GGLD:en&q=not+a+valid+win32+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&...1&q=not+a+valid+win32+application&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
>
> --
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

 

[jen]

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
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Magic

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"~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...
>
> Posted this link:-
>
> http://www.google.com/search?source...05-20,GGLD:en&q=not+a+valid+win32+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&...1&q=not+a+valid+win32+application&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
>
> --
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

 

[~BD~]

"jen" <jen@example.com> wrote in message
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> "~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...
>> Posted this link:-
>> http://www.google.com/search?source...05-20,GGLD:en&q=not+a+valid+win32+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&...1&q=not+a+valid+win32+application&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.
>
> 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&...+a+valid+win32+application"+error&btnG=Search
>
> -jen

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/sea...lK7p8y42Flz2jmojzKIX_ylv=3?p=search?hl=en&rls

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! )

Dave

 

[Maurice N ~ MVP]

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.

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"Ravi" <ravi.shankar.kgr@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:eSAo0SDCJHA.4576@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> 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

 

[kalyan]

Hi

Mostly it got corrupted by virus.Have you tried the system restore

Try this
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/getstarted/ballew_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...
> 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
>