From: eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Not COFF Date: 21 Oct 1999 13:36:16 GMT Organization: Ericsson Erisoft AB, Sweden Lines: 33 Message-ID: <7un4sg$t3$1@antares.lu.erisoft.se> References: <380F153B DOT 6034D333 AT arcticmail DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: propus-144.lu.erisoft.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com N J Chackowsky (nick AT arcticmail DOT com) wrote: : This is a multi-part message in MIME format. : --------------061E2048FC5944A6CE9293CC : Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii : Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit : : : Okay, if a student compiles and links a C++ program with DJGPP, and gets : a File not COFF message when he tries to execute it, that can't be a good : thing. :

[1] the same program compiles, links and executes correctly on a school : computer :
[2] most of his /djgpp/bin utilities are giving him the same error : (strings.exe for example) :
[3] if he copies a fresh version of strings.exe from a cd-rom to his : hard drive, strings.exe executes correctly. :
[4] if he runs strings.exe a few times in a row, it suddenly stops : working (file not COFF) :
[5] strings.exe has mysteriously _increased_ in size (as compared to : the cd-rom copy) :

I'm guessing a virus? Or should I be looking elsewhere? :

Nick. :
Correct guess! Please don't post HTML. U2, Boy, MartinS