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"Bad Image" Error ESET Smart Security 7?
Alright so I've had ESET for around a year now and I haven't made a single scan for around 8 months..( I know..crazy. It's a long story ) So last night I made my first scan. And In some ways I regret it. It made most of my games run a lot faster and it did find a lot of viruses that were hidden in my computer making it very slow, but now almost every single program that i open, it creates a " Bad Image " error that is very annoying because even when i restart the computer i get around 10-15 Bad Image errors of many programs that I have on my computer. Is there a way to stop this? It's annoying. Even opening Google Chrome It always it detects a " Potential threat found " and says it's unable to clean it, but don't let me know every 5 seconds if you can't clean it then =.=. Can anyone help me over here. Any help would be appreciated.
EDIT:
From what I've noticed every program that has
c:\progra~1\suppor~1\suppor~1.dll
Is getting blocked by ESET. Just incase that helps in anyway.
2 Answers
- Me2Lv 77 years ago
You're seeing the residue of malware, and it's possible that many programs are infected. Consider repairing the Windows installation, and performing a virus scan with the Kaspersky Rescue Disc or a similar product (most are free).
The registry association that controls launching executables may have been hijacked. On another computer, insert a flash drive. Open Notepad, then copy & paste this text.
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.RegDelete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\" & _
"Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\" & _
"FileExts\.exe\Application"
msgText = "Per user EXE association is removed."
endBox = MsgBox(msgText, 4096, " Done")
Click File and Save As. Select the flash drive in the Save In list. Type "EXE-HCU.VBS" (including the quotes) in the file name box, then click Save. Close Notepad.
Transfer the flash drive to the problem computer and log on to the account exhibiting the EXE issue. Open the flash drive in Explorer and double-click EXE-HCU.VBS. If you cannot run a script from Explorer, see the end notes.
If the problem is not resolved, repeat the initial step, but enter the text below, and save the file as "EXE-HLM.VBS"
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
hcr = "HKCR\"
extKey = hcr + ".exe\"
shellStr = "exefile"
WshShell.RegWrite extKey, shellStr
soc = "\shell\open\command\"
shellKey = hcr + shellStr + soc
execStr = """%1"" %*"
WshShell.RegWrite shellKey, execStr
msgText = "Global EXE association is restored."
endBox = MsgBox(msgText, 4096, " Done")
Transfer the flash drive to the problem computer and log on to an account with administrator's rights. Open the flash drive in Explorer and double-click EXE-HLM.VBS.
End Notes — An alternate method of running a script is to use the command prompt. While pressing a Windows key (usually labeled "Start" or with the Microsoft flag) tap the R key to open a Run prompt, then type command.com and press Enter.
Assuming the command.com runs, type wscript.exe and a space, then the flash drive letter, a colon, and a backslash (e.g. F:\), followed by the script filename, in this case either EXE-HCU.VBS or EXE-HLM.VBS (e.g., wscript.exe F:\EXE-HCU.VBS).
If you don't know the flash drive letter, type DIR D:\EXE-HCU.VBS and press Enter. If you get a "not found" message, repeat the command and substitute successively higher drive letters for D.
