"Self-Extractor corrupt"...Need help!

[MiracleMax]

I'm running Windows 2000 and the other day I started getting an error message right at startup. The message occures right after Windows loads the desktop. The message states, "Self-Extractor corrupt - probably do to bad hard disk or file."

Here's what I've done so far...

First, I thought it was associated with Winzip so I uninstalled and reintalled the app...no luck
Second, I dumped my start up folder just to make sure nothing was loading at startup...no luck
Third, I did a little research and found this error is usually associated with a virus. Specifically, the Chernobyl and I-Worm.Gift viruses. However, Chernobyl is an old virus (1998) and cannot run in an NT/2000 platform, and there is nothing in the WINNT/System directory or the registry [HKey_Local Machine].
Fourth, just to make sure I updated my virus definitions and did a virus scan...no viruses found.
Fifth, ran a scandisk...no luck.

The only head-way I've made is when you log in as a different user you don't get the message. So it only happens with one specific user account.

Any advice on how to get rid of this message? Thanx!

 

[absentminded]

Hey Miracle - this is related to the Bad Trans Virus from what i recall and that virus came around mid last year. Might give a look into this.

 

[MiracleMax]

Thanks for the help. I looked into Badtrans and there is a tool to search and clean it off systems. I'll let you know what happens.