Hello,
I have downloaded some video (avi) file from the web.
When trying to play it using Media Player it involves the Data Execution
Prevention.
What can be wrong?
Jack

Jack wrote:
It could be a virus injected into the avi

"Jack" in <news:eZFQ3NV2IHA.5664@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl> wrote:

And from WHERE did you download these .avi files?
Are they critical .avi files? If so, why?
What happens when you play other .avi files and from a different source?

What about antivirus software?
Is it capable of detecting virus inside avi file?
I use NOD32.
Thanks,
Jack

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"Jack" in <news:O93YXCW2IHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl> wrote:

Submit the file to http://www.virustotal.com/ and see how multiple AV
scanners report on the file.

Are you suggesting the antivirus installed on PC (updated of course) is less
reliable from some online services?

The avi file I have is amost 400 MB and uploading it to the online service
does not seem good option to me.
Also, I installed VLC player and can watch this file without a problem.
The problem is caused by Windows Explorer only.
Even when searching for other avi files on my hardrive, Explorer deploys DEP
as soon as it comes accross that file (without openning it!)
Jack

"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
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If you are convinced that the file is free of malicious code then you
can disable DEP system wide via the boot.ini file or you can disable DEP
for select programs in the Data Execution Prevention settings, look in
the Windows help files for more information. Of course this is at your
own risk, if the file does contain malicious code and if the code does
execute while DEP is disabled don't come back here crying.

John

Jack wrote:

Jack wrote:

It is a feature of explorer that it can display certain things about a
file, without you opening it for viewing. Some of these things involves
the codec you've installed on your computer that is used to decode the
file. If the codec/file is bugged, strange things can happen.

"Jack" in <news:OqLtqoW2IHA.4572@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl> wrote:

I'm suggesting that you run multiple anti-virus scanners from various
vendors against the same file. Go to the site. Have a look at the list
of scanners they use. They include all the popular ones and lots of
others.

Are you suggesting that just one antivirus program install on a PC can
detect every possible pest and that it is always more recently updated
than all other antivirus products and that just one antivirus program is
the end-all to all antivirus programs? If so, how could any of the
others possibly survive?

I have tested and the problem looks bigger.
It does not matter which avi file I use.
Even commercial .avi files supplied with the programs cause the same
problem.
As soon as I click on the file (it does not matter left or right mouse
click) it invokes DEP!!!
It looks like DEP does not like avi files at all!
I cannot even rename it without having DEP on me!.
However, when I change avi extention to something else there is not a
problem.
I am using Win XP PRO SP3
Your thoughts please,
Jack

"Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message
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What program is associated with AVI files?

Try changing the program association and see if the problem goes away

"Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message
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As I said before it does not require opening the .avi file to have that
error.
Jack

"Dilip Naik" <DilipCNaik@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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There is a workaround listed here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/23...ion-prevention

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