jelsby Posted July 13, 2016 ID:1050736 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Hi My laptop was becoming sluggish so decided it was time for some housekeeping. My previously downloaded Malwarebytes was not able to connect to the server to update, so I tried to download a new one. Whereupon I got the message "...is not a valid Win32 application." I also tried to download some other clean up tools which also resulted in the same error message. After having a dig around I found the following topic and followed the steps provided by TwinHeadedEagle as far as I could regarding running FSRT: https://forums.malwarebytes.org/topic/168494-not-a-valid-win32-application-error-when-running-an-exe-file-inclu-mbam/ I have included the output files, but I've no idea what they mean or what I should do next. Can anyone help? Many thanks jo FRST.txt Addition.txt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinHeadedEagle Posted July 13, 2016 ID:1050747 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Hello and Check Disk Press the on your keyboard. Type cmd and right click >> Run as Administrator. Copy/Enter the command below and press Enter:chkdsk C: /r You should get a message to schedule Check Disk at next system restart. Please type Y and press Enter. All you should do now is to restart your PC and let the Check Disk process finish uninterrupted. Check Disk report: Press the + R on your keyboard at the same time. Type powershell.exe and click OK. Copy and paste the following command inside powershell window and press Enter:get-winevent -FilterHashTable @{logname="Application"; id="1001"}| ?{$_.providername –match "wininit"} | fl timecreated, message | out-file Desktop\CHKDSKResults.txt Paste the contents into your next reply. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelsby Posted July 13, 2016 Author ID:1050760 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Hi The disk check is running - but it may take some time! It's still only 3% complete with loads of "File record segment xxxxx is unreadable" errors. I'll post you once it's done and I've got the powershell.exe results. Thx jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinHeadedEagle Posted July 13, 2016 ID:1050761 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Yes, it was exactly what I was expecting. Your hard drive has reached the end of life that is also shown by these errors below. You should backup your important files and buy a new hard drive. Error: (07/12/2016 11:59:39 PM) (Source: atapi) (EventID: 11) (User: ) Description: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort0. Error: (07/12/2016 11:59:39 PM) (Source: atapi) (EventID: 11) (User: ) Description: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort0. Error: (07/12/2016 11:59:39 PM) (Source: atapi) (EventID: 11) (User: ) Description: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort0. Error: (07/12/2016 11:59:39 PM) (Source: atapi) (EventID: 11) (User: ) Description: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort0. Error: (07/12/2016 11:59:39 PM) (Source: atapi) (EventID: 11) (User: ) Description: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort0. Error: (07/12/2016 11:56:20 PM) (Source: atapi) (EventID: 11) (User: ) Description: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort0. Error: (07/12/2016 11:56:20 PM) (Source: atapi) (EventID: 11) (User: ) Description: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort0. Error: (07/12/2016 11:56:20 PM) (Source: atapi) (EventID: 11) (User: ) Description: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort0. Error: (07/12/2016 11:56:20 PM) (Source: atapi) (EventID: 11) (User: ) Description: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort0. Error: (07/12/2016 11:52:43 PM) (Source: atapi) (EventID: 11) (User: ) Description: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort0. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelsby Posted July 13, 2016 Author ID:1050766 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Thanks for letting me know. That's stopped me wasting lots of time faffing about trying to get it to work properly. I guess you don't need the powershell.exe results anymore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted August 5, 2016 Root Admin ID:1054785 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Glad we could help. :)If you need this topic reopened, please send a Private Message to any one of the moderating team members. Please include a link to this thread with your request. This applies only to the originator of this thread.Other members who need assistance please start your own topic in a new thread. Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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