Re: Critical error 101 on MS AntiSpyware install

From: Severian (severian_at_chlamydia-is-not-a-flower.com)
Date: 01/11/05 

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:12:56 GMT

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 06:17:04 GMT, jodpod...@wilcox.net (Jim O'Donnel)
wrote:

>I've downloaded and installed the Microsoft Antispyware on
>Microsoft Server 2003, Enterprise Edition Build 3790. When
>I launch the Microsoft Antispyware program from the
>desktop icon, I get an error that reads "Warning,
>Microsoft Antispyware has encountered a critical error
>(Error 101). Please restart Microsoft Antipyware again.
>If you continue to experience this problem, please contact
>Microsoft technical support at support@giantcompany.com
>for immediate assistance."
>
>This antispyware worked fine on Windows XP Professional SP2.
>
>The files ERRORS.LOG has the following errors
>-2147024703::ln 15:Automation error
>%1 is not a valid Win32
>application. ::GIANTAntiSpywareMain:modMain:Main::08/01/200
>5 12:44:01::1.0.501
>91::ln 15:Object variable or With block variable not
>set::GIANTAntiSpywareMain:modMain:Main::08/01/2005
>12:44:01::1.0.501
>91::ln 15:Object variable or With block variable not
>set::GIANTAntiSpywareMain:modMain:Main::08/01/2005
>12:44:01::1.0.501
>0::ln 0::gcasDtServ not Authorized, 2nd
>try.::GIANTAntiSpywareMain:modMain:Main::08/01/2005
>12:44:01::1.0.501
>-2147024703::ln 0:Automation error
>%1 is not a valid Win32
>application. ::GIANTAntiSpywareUpdater:modMain:Main::08/01/
>2005 12:44:11:1.0.501
>-2147024703::ln 0:Automation error
>%1 is not a valid Win32
>application. ::gcasServ:modMain:Main::10/01/2005
>20:44:02:1.0.501
>-2147024703::ln 0:Automation error
>%1 is not a valid Win32
>application. ::GIANTAntiSpywareUpdater:modMain:Main::10/01/
>2005 22:25:02:1.0.501
>
>Any ideas on how to resolve greatl appreciated it?

Since Microsoft just *now* started to care (it's 2005, and spyware has
been around for 8 or 10 years), I would run other anti-spyware
programs with a lot more experience. (Lavasoft AdAware, and Spybot
Search & Destroy). Also avoid the 'pay me to protect your system'
programs; many will install as much spyware as they eliminate. Others
are simply pieces of *** that find 10% of the spyware out there, or
are afraid of lawsuits from "legitimate" companies like Gator.

Never use Internet Explorer for *anything* outside your company's
intranet. Besides being more secure, Firefox and Mozilla are more W3C
compliant and faster than IE. Opera used to be good too, but I haven't
run it lately, so I really can't comment.

Microsoft's security responsiveness has been about as abysmal as
possible. 

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