DEP prevents playing avi file!

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

dennis
Sat Jun 28 12:31:15 PDT 2008

Jack wrote:
> 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
>
>

It could be a virus injected into the avi

VanguardLH
Sat Jun 28 13:07:53 PDT 2008

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

> 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

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?

Jack
Sat Jun 28 13:48:44 PDT 2008

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

"dennis" <1@1.invalid> wrote in message
news:O2MITWV2IHA.5728@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Jack wrote:
>> 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
>
> It could be a virus injected into the avi

VanguardLH
Sat Jun 28 14:35:15 PDT 2008

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

> "dennis" wrote in message news:O2MITWV2IHA.5728@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
>> Jack wrote:
>>>
>>> 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?
>>
>> It could be a virus injected into the avi
>
> What about antivirus software? Is it capable of detecting virus inside
> avi file? I use NOD32.

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

Jack
Sat Jun 28 14:57:14 PDT 2008

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
news:5fGdnQUoq7IJM_vVnZ2dnUVZ_h_inZ2d@comcast.com...
> "Jack" in <news:O93YXCW2IHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl> wrote:
>
>> "dennis" wrote in message news:O2MITWV2IHA.5728@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> Jack wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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?
>>>
>>> It could be a virus injected into the avi
>>
>> What about antivirus software? Is it capable of detecting virus inside
>> avi file? I use NOD32.
>
> Submit the file to http://www.virustotal.com/ and see how multiple AV
> scanners report on the file.

John
Sat Jun 28 15:48:22 PDT 2008

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:
> 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
> news:5fGdnQUoq7IJM_vVnZ2dnUVZ_h_inZ2d@comcast.com...
>
>>"Jack" in <news:O93YXCW2IHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"dennis" wrote in message news:O2MITWV2IHA.5728@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>>Jack wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>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?
>>>>
>>>>It could be a virus injected into the avi
>>>
>>>What about antivirus software? Is it capable of detecting virus inside
>>>avi file? I use NOD32.
>>
>>Submit the file to http://www.virustotal.com/ and see how multiple AV
>>scanners report on the file.
>
>
>

dennis
Sat Jun 28 18:25:00 PDT 2008

Jack wrote:

> 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

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.

VanguardLH
Sat Jun 28 19:55:04 PDT 2008

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

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

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?

Jack
Sat Jun 28 20:30:37 PDT 2008

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
news:O93YXCW2IHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> What about antivirus software?
> Is it capable of detecting virus inside avi file?
> I use NOD32.
> Thanks,
> Jack
>
> "dennis" <1@1.invalid> wrote in message
> news:O2MITWV2IHA.5728@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Jack wrote:
>>> 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
>>
>> It could be a virus injected into the avi
>
>

Dilip
Mon Jun 30 20:41:38 PDT 2008

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
news:ueo77iZ2IHA.1772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>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
> news:O93YXCW2IHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> What about antivirus software?
>> Is it capable of detecting virus inside avi file?
>> I use NOD32.
>> Thanks,
>> Jack
>>
>> "dennis" <1@1.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:O2MITWV2IHA.5728@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Jack wrote:
>>>> 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
>>>
>>> It could be a virus injected into the avi
>>
>>
>
>

Jack
Fri Jul 04 10:29:45 PDT 2008

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
news:Og8gpxy2IHA.1420@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> 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
> news:ueo77iZ2IHA.1772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>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
>> news:O93YXCW2IHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> What about antivirus software?
>>> Is it capable of detecting virus inside avi file?
>>> I use NOD32.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jack
>>>
>>> "dennis" <1@1.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:O2MITWV2IHA.5728@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> Jack wrote:
>>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> It could be a virus injected into the avi
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

Kelly
Fri Jul 04 12:31:58 PDT 2008

There is a workaround listed here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/232011-45-mpegs-triggering-data-execution-prevention

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"Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message
news:OKQ2Ruf3IHA.3500@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> 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
> news:Og8gpxy2IHA.1420@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> 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
>> news:ueo77iZ2IHA.1772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>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
>>> news:O93YXCW2IHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> What about antivirus software?
>>>> Is it capable of detecting virus inside avi file?
>>>> I use NOD32.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Jack
>>>>
>>>> "dennis" <1@1.invalid> wrote in message
>>>> news:O2MITWV2IHA.5728@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Jack wrote:
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> It could be a virus injected into the avi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

Spika
Tue Jul 29 09:59:00 PDT 2008

It is not a virus in the avi file. I get this error even when creating my own
avi files in movie maker!!!!!!!
--
Spika


"VanguardLH" wrote:

> "Jack" in <news:O93YXCW2IHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl> wrote:
>
> > "dennis" wrote in message news:O2MITWV2IHA.5728@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >>
> >> Jack wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 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?
> >>
> >> It could be a virus injected into the avi
> >
> > What about antivirus software? Is it capable of detecting virus inside
> > avi file? I use NOD32.
>
> Submit the file to http://www.virustotal.com/ and see how multiple AV
> scanners report on the file.
>

Spika
Tue Jul 29 11:18:00 PDT 2008

Hi Jack,

I have the same problem with avi files. It is a microsoft caused problem. I
can create an avi file in windows movie maker and get the same problem. Can
you imagine that!
--
Spika


"Jack" wrote:

> 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
> news:Og8gpxy2IHA.1420@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > 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
> > news:ueo77iZ2IHA.1772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >>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
> >> news:O93YXCW2IHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >>> What about antivirus software?
> >>> Is it capable of detecting virus inside avi file?
> >>> I use NOD32.
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Jack
> >>>
> >>> "dennis" <1@1.invalid> wrote in message
> >>> news:O2MITWV2IHA.5728@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >>>> Jack wrote:
> >>>>> 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
> >>>>
> >>>> It could be a virus injected into the avi
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
>

dennis
Tue Jul 29 12:39:39 PDT 2008

Spika wrote:
> It is not a virus in the avi file. I get this error even when creating my own
> avi files in movie maker!!!!!!!

It may not be a virus, but you cannot conclude that from what you know.
Most often it is a bad codec, but a virus can also trigger it.

valsto00
Sun Aug 10 03:47:59 PDT 2008

On 29 =DE=ED=E8, 06:30, "Jack" <replyto@it> wrote:
> 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
>
I had the same problem! Masage - D E P and following closing all win.
explorer Windows
And the decision on the problem was - to remove "ACE Mega CoDecS
Pack" and to instal "K-Lite Codec Pack". That's all!!!
No more DEP Mesages! sorry for bad English.