F-Prot Error Message

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About 4 months ago, I ran F prot and it ran fine.

I ran F-Prot yesterday.

I clicked Scan, and left the screen while it was running. It
started scannning my C root, so everything looked OK.

When I got back later, it had stopped with this screen:
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CauseWay DOS Extender v3.49 Copyright 1992-99 Michael Devore.
All rights reserved.rt - 5 December 2003 @ 17:46
¦
Exception: 0E, Error code: 0004
¦Program version: 3.14b
EAX=8360585D EBX=004058B4 ECX=00000004 EDX=AB3DD03D ESI=AB3DD03D
EDI=836056B9 EBP=83605670 ESP=835967D0 EIP=8350E42D EFL=00010282
¦VIRUS SIGNATURE FILES
CS=018F-7CB02000 DS=0197-7CB02000 ES=0197-7CB02000
FS=0197-7CB02000 GS=019F-xxxxxxxx SS=0197-7CB02000
¦MACRO.DEF created 1 December 2003
CR0=00000000 CR2=00000000 CR3=00000000 TR=0000
¦Search: Local hard disks
Info flags=00008018
¦Files: Attempt to identify files
Writing CW.ERR file....
¦No viruses found in memory.
CauseWay error 09 : Unrecoverable exception. Program terminated.
¦
¦Scanning C:
¦C:\WINDOWS\WIN386.SWP Not scanned (in use by another application)
¦C:\INSURE\SAFEFE~1\EICAR.COM Infection: EICAR_Test_File
¦C:\INSURE\SAFEFE~1\WINKILL.EXE is a destructive program
¦C:\INSURE\SAFEFE~1\GAMES\MINIVI~1.EXE
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I have a C partition and a D partition.
It seems F-Prot terminated inprocess and never completed the scan.

If OE means Outlook Express, I uninstalled the W98 default last
week. Winkill is a program for process view, not destructive.

IIRC, I never had anything with Causeway, may have been an
IE default in W98SE.

The only reference to Causeway on my hard drive was 2 IE bookmarks,
nothing else, I deleted them.

I just ran F-Prot, got the same message, same termination.

What is the meaning of this screen?

Mike

 

[Frederic Bonroy]

About 4 months ago, I ran F prot and it ran fine.

I ran F-Prot yesterday.

I clicked Scan, and left the screen while it was running. It
started scannning my C root, so everything looked OK.

When I got back later, it had stopped with this screen:

¦Scanning C:
¦C:\WINDOWS\WIN386.SWP Not scanned (in use by another application)
¦C:\INSURE\SAFEFE~1\EICAR.COM Infection: EICAR_Test_File
¦C:\INSURE\SAFEFE~1\WINKILL.EXE is a destructive program
¦C:\INSURE\SAFEFE~1\GAMES\MINIVI~1.EXE
-----
I have a C partition and a D partition.
It seems F-Prot terminated inprocess and never completed the scan.

If OE means Outlook Express, I uninstalled the W98 default last
week.

No, that's 0E (zero E) and is the hexadecimal code of the exception (the
error) that occurred.

The only reference to Causeway on my hard drive was 2 IE bookmarks,
nothing else, I deleted them.

Causeway is the name of the DOS extender used by F-Prot. An extender
basically allows (or makes it easier for) a DOS program to run in 32 bit
protected mode.

You should forward the error message to Frisk's customer support.

 

[Spalls Hurgenson]

About 4 months ago, I ran F prot and it ran fine.

I ran F-Prot yesterday.

I clicked Scan, and left the screen while it was running. It
started scannning my C root, so everything looked OK.

Wasn't this the error message that sometiimes popped up when running
F-Prot on a Win9x box? If I recall, to stop it you check-marked the
"Prevent MS-DOS based program from detecting Windows" under the
executable properties (e.g., right-click
F-Prot.EXE->properties->advanced)

Anyway, I remember that trick fixed *a* F-Prot crash; don't remember
for sure it was a CauseWay crash fix ;-)

If in doubt, re-download the latest version of F-Prot and definitions?
Perhaps something got corrupted?