Broken executable?

Ray Parrish crp at cmc.net
Sat Dec 6 02:22:04 UTC 2008


Joshua Martin wrote:
> http://forums.clamwin.com/viewtopic.php?p=3286
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> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 8:59 PM, Ray Parrish <crp at cmc.net 
> <mailto:crp at cmc.net>> wrote:
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>     Hello,
>
>     I just scanned my Windows  volume from within Ubuntu with clamav,
>     and it
>     identified several files as being broken executables. What the
>     hell is a
>     broken executable? I've googled it to death and have found no
>     definition
>     of the term, just references to the term in many threads here and
>     there.
>
>     So what exactly does broken executable mean?
>
>     My Windows installation runs fine by the way, so I'm not too sure
>     these
>     messages mean anything, as nothing seems broken on the Windows side of
>     this box.
>
>     Later, Ray Parrish
>
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> Joshua S. Martin
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Thanks for the link, that's one I didn't find. So, evidently this is 
nothing to worry about then.

Later, Ray Parrish

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