I keep getting this message when I try to install a new program: This program has been damaged, possibly by a bad sector of the hard drive or a virus. Please reinstall it. Have any suggestions?

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Hi Charles.

That seems pretty obvious.

Have you done a full virus check and a full Scandisk and Defrag?

Which virus checker are you using?

Is it a genuine CD that you are installing this program from?

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This only happened a week ago. My programs that were already installed were not infected. When I try to install a new program from a cd or a downloaded file this message comes up (This program has been damaged......) or another message (This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down). I have Scan disk, defraged (No bad sectors) system file checker, twice and everything seems to be okay. I use AVG 7.1, Norton version for Win98, Registry Fix, Xoftspy and Registry Mechanic all from a CD. I have downloaded Bug Doctor, Error Doctor. All of them said this computer is free from a virus. It just seems so simple to find but maybe I am not looking in the right place. I have deleted most of the programs mentioned above and reinstalled. Still the same thing. I ran HiJack This. Everything seemed to be okay. This little bug is very tricky.

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Have you tried copying the contents of the CD to your hard drive and installing? 
That's the best way to do it. Do you have Spybot S&D or Ad-Aware installed? Reason 
I ask is you really should get help on a malware support forum and have them check 
your HJT log. 

If you can't install anything new, it might be difficult to get this sorted. I'm 
not familiar with Error Dr. or Bug Dr., but there are a lot of rogue programs out 
there. I'd get rid of them. You don't need any so-called Doctor programs that promise 
to fix errors. Also, avoid Google sponsored ads. 

Xoftspy was previously on the list of Rogue Anti-spyware, and those aren't recommended. 
I suggest you get rid of that too. Seems the only reputable apps you've used are 
Registry Mechanic, AVG and HJT! You're running Norton AND AVG?? Not good.
 



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If you have both Norton and AVG installed, you need to get rid of one of them, and 
btw Norton's a terrible resource hog. Aside from that, I doubt some of those junk 
programs you have installed are helping anything.

I don't s'pose you have the latest version HTJ installed, 2.0.2? If not, you could 
try the .Zip d/l. I'll have a look at your HJT log. Clear out your temporary folders, 
including Windows\temp folder. 

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Create a new folder to move 'HJT' to. It creates backups of all items fixed, and 
they're automatically saved in the same location. Place it in your root dir or Program 
Files folder, whichever you choose. Example: C:\HJT\ or C:\HijackThis\, etc. 

Run HijackThis.exe. Choose "Do a system scan and save a logfile". Once the scan is 
finished, the log will automatically open in Notepad. Select All and copy/paste the 
entire log in a post. *Don't fix anything yet. 

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