'Bad Image' error messages

[John Ahern]

I recently removed a heap of bugs from my computer and now I receive 'Bad
Image' error messages for most programs on startup and then every icon I
click gives me the same message again.
I reinstalled my WindowsXP but it did not fix the problem.
Can anyone help please?

 

[Leonard Grey]

No one knows what bugs you removed or how you removed them, so good luck
with that. Looks like you've been hoisted by your own petard.

 

[John Ahern]

Thanks for the reply Leonard,
I used 'Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware' and it found 77 trojans, bots and bugs.
I'd like to know if there's any way to fix it so that I don't receive a 'Bad
Image' error message every time I go to open a program.
Any suggestions appreciated. John

 

[Leonard Grey]

Your computer is still infected with malware. Truth is, after a computer
has been compromised as severely as yours, it usually requires erasing
the hard disk and starting over.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Thanks for the reply Leonard,
I used 'Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware' and it found 77 trojans, bots and bugs.
I'd like to know if there's any way to fix it so that I don't receive a 'Bad
Image' error message every time I go to open a program.
Any suggestions appreciated. John

77 is an enormous number. If you are anywhere near that badly
infected, almost certainly you need to do a clean reinstallation of
Windows. Anything less than that is highly unlikely to solve your
problems.