Re: NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction

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From: Trading Ace (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/08/04 

Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 13:26:15 -0700

Thanks Mark for the insight. So do you think I can delete
the winlogon.exe from my documents & Settings folder and
get rid of this problem.

Also, where message group should I ask this question ?

Thanks

>-----Original Message-----
>In microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin Trading Ace
wrote:
>
>>
>> Hello Gurus,
>>
>> I'm running a P4 with Windows 2000 OS. I've been
getting
>> error on statup lately ( 2 weeks )
>>
>> C:\Documents& Settings\Allusers\Start
>> menu\Programs\Startup\winlogon.exe
>> The NTVDM has encountered an illegal instruction.
>> CS:0da8 IP:01a5 OP:63 73 2e 67 69 Choose 'Close' to
>> terminate the application.
>>
>> Kindly advice on how I could fix this.
>
>That is _not_ your OS's winlogon.exe which would be
located in the %
>systemroot%\system32\ directory and have MS information
in it's
>properties, Version information.
>
>Malware I assume. Virus, Tojan, Adware, Spyware, ...
>
>Try searching Google or your A-V and A-T vendor's sites
as I do not
>recall which one this may be.
>
>Not really a .cmdprompt.admin question.
>
>
>.
>

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