USB Virus, "Program too big to fit in memory"?
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Published on 2012-01-02T17:48:53Z
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I got an installer for a piece of software via usb from a friend.Now what was weird was that although my friend and I had the same OS, same brand of laptop and I had a newer version (though I don't think this quite matters), the installer was running properly for him but not for me. It just showed a command line window and exited. I ran it via a batch file in which I included "pause" after running it. Here's the screenshot:
Later my friend called me and told me that it was the USB that was the problem. It had some kind of virus on it and it corrupted every executable or folder on it , and it renamed all the sub_files inside folders to some weird jargon. He had tried using another USB and the installer worked fine. Now the friend has (unfortunately) gone back to his city and I can't get the installer again from him. My question is:
Is there any way to repair the installer executable and run it?
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Do you think the virus has infected my PC? (I have run a system scan with my antivirus and it showed nothing but still I'm worried)
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