Not a Valid Win32 application

I've spent the last two days trying to figure out whats going on. I have Windows 7 Premium, 64 bit system and removed the CA Total Defense Anti-Virus program because it wouldn't allow my email to load into Thunderbird. Plus it seemed to be causing problems on my system from the beginning (about 2 mos). I wanted to go back to the Microsoft Security Essentials and when I tried I got the message;

mseinstall.exe is not a valid Win 32 application

I also removed a program called My paint because I couldn't get some brushes to load into the program. I tried to reinstall the proggie thinking maybe it had just been corrupted. But I get a similar error message;

mypaint-1.0.0_win64_installer.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

I have managed to Avast Free anti-virus installed and ran a full virus scan which came up clean. I also ran Malwarebytes that cleaned out some garbage, and I also ran my Super AntiSpyware which also cleaned up a few things.

At this point I'm at a loss and wondering if there could be a hidden Trojan or possible the registry is messed up from whatever was on the system. Can you please advise? I need to get the My Paint program back on because it's used on a regular basis. But I also don't want to be just limping along waiting for other issues to crop up.

Thanx for any help,
Bren

 

Yes I ran full complete scans. As you said I probably did have something. I'm not sure what you mean about cleaning junk files with CCleaner. I do run CCleaner on occasion. I will do that and also check the link you've provided. Thanx for your help.

Bren

 

I've gone back thru and ran full complete scans with the Malwarebytes, Super Anti-spyware, Avast Virus, and CCleaner. And finally the full #3 option of the Tweaking program just to be sure all bases were covered.

Now My Win7 Action Ctr keeps popping up telling me I need and Anti-Virus program, but I have it on here. Also tried to install the My paint program again and still getting the invalid Win 32 application error.

Any other ideas?

Bren

 

You need to re-download the installers that give you an "invalid Win32 application" error.

My Paint: http://mypaint.intilinux.com/?page_id=6

Microsoft Security Essentials: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=5201

 

Thanx for the suggestion but I have already tried that at least three times and I continue to to get the error message.

Bren:cry

 

The download size of mypaint-1.0.0_win64_installer.exe is 9.17 MB = 9,399 KB = 9,623,941 bytes.

The download size of mseinstall.exe (64-bit) is 9.69 MB = 9,928 KB = 10,165,440 bytes.

If your downloads are different, then the downloads are not complete.

 

For whatever reason it's not downloading the full program.

This is what the properties are showing for My Paint.

Size 44.0 KB (45,136 bytes)

Size on disk 48.0 KB (49,152 bytes)

I'm also now having a problem when trying to open a zip file. I get invalid file. I guess it's time to call in the big guns. Thanx for your efforts

Bren

 

You seem to have difficulties to get your downloads to complete; this may indicate some Internet connection instability. Sorry, I do not know how to diagnose these.

 

You could run System File Checker.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html?ltr=S

 

It could also be that CA Total Defense Anti-Virus didn't uninstall completely and that there's still a driver(s) loading. I'd have to see a log file from something like http://majorgeeks.com/Microsoft_Autoruns_d4686.html, to be sure.

 

I get this when I try to download from that link.

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
<Error><Code>OutOfRangeInput</Code><Message>One of the request inputs is out of range.
RequestId:b11e4b10-815a-4dee-8e12-1c5663d6aadc
Time:2012-04-13T15:47:00.6326933Z</Message></Error>

 

Are ypu able to download AutoRuns from the author's site?
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902

 

I've downloaded it, unzipped it, and run it. Now what? I'm clueless on this one.
Thanx

 

• Right click on Autoruns.exe and select 'Run as Administrator'
• As it begins to run, hit the Esc key to stop it.
• Select from the menu Options > Filter Options, put a check mark in 'Verify code signatures' and uncheck the other boxes.
• Press the F5 key to refresh and allow Autoruns to run to completion.
• Go to File > Save and save Autoruns.arn to somewhere convenient like your Documents folder.
• Zip the Autoruns.arn file and attach to your next post.

Have you also run the System File Checker as suggested by plodr in post #10? If not, try running that prior to running Autoruns.

 

Ok, I did the file checker and it shows errors and have also run the auto run. I've attached a screen shot of the file checker and the zip for Autorun.

Thanx,
Bren

 

Windows Resource Protection found corrupted files.
Go here: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html
and scroll to option three. This explains how to see what is corrupt in the CBS.log and then manually replace those items.

If it were me, rather than doing the above which seems tedious, I'd try a system restore first. If the computer still seems like it is having problems, I'd use one of my images. If you don't have an image, then the best you can do is do the factory restore/recovery and lose all the updates, programs installed, and files from the time you've had the computer.

 

Uggg looks like it's the redious route because there was a Trojan that fouled everything up to start with and of course I don't have a mirror but you can bet I will from here on in. Thanx for your time

Bren

 

I'm confused with this sfc details....

Is it the ones towards the bottom that say could not repair that I need to replace? Sorry to be a pain but I'm far from being a Computer Tech.

I'm following the instructions from the Sevens Forum but some of this is really over my head. I have no choice but to push on ahead. Thanx for you help.

I'm on step 11 where I need to navigate to the System32 folder and unsure what I need to do here.

Bren

 

The Autoruns log is showing some leftover drivers from McAfee.

mfebopk Buffer Overflow Protection Driver (Verified) McAfee, Inc. c:\windows\system32\drivers\mfebopk.sys
mferkdk VSCore Code Analysis Driver (Verified) McAfee, Inc. c:\windows\system32\drivers\mferkdk.sys
mfesmfk System Monitor Filter Driver (Verified) McAfee, Inc. c:\windows\system32\drivers\mfesmfk.sys

Download the attached zip file to somewhere convenient, extract the Regfix.reg and double click on it. Answer yes to the UAC prompt and allow it to merge with the registry.
Left me know if you get a success message. Reboot the computer if successful to unload the drivers.

I'll have a look at your SFC log a bit later.

 

Thanx Null,

I was feeling a bit desperate and found a program called Reimage and paid about $34 for it. I don't know for sure yet but it claims to have fixed over 80 files and registry entries. So I'm in the process of trying things at the moment.

Here is the link if you'd like to offer your opinion on it.
http://www.reimageplus.com/lp/nhome...adgroup=direct&ads_name=direct&keyword=direct

If it hasn't corrected my problems I will take the steps you've suggested here. Thanx for your time. It's greatly appreciated.

Bren

 

I've never used Reimage but I hope it works considering the cost.
You should also download and run the McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool

** If you have any problem with the above link:
Direct download from McAfee - http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe

 

Your sfc log is showing only a couple of corrupted system files. Those files can be checked by downloading SystemLook (x64)

It's a standalone application that requires no installation, so just create a directory for it.
Right click and Run as administrator, Copy/Paste the content in the code box into SystemLook then click 'Look'.
It will create and open a log file in the directory from which it's run, when it's finished.
Just attach the log file and I'll check the file hashes.

Code:

:filefind
tcpmon.ini
msvcrt40.dll

 

I don't know if I made things better or worse with the Reimage program but here is a new sfc log I ran after the changes that Reimage made to my system.

Bren

 

I'm unable to run this program because I get that same error message about invalid Win 32 application.

Bren