From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: ERROR- NOT COFF: HELP!!
Date:	Sat, 21 Sep 1996 12:44:55 -0700
Organization:	Three pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt
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Danny Ogles wrote:
> 
> I've just downloaded DJGPP a couple days ago, and whenever I try to
> compile a program, it gives me this error
> 
> E:\DJGPP\BIN\STUBIFY.EXE - NOT COFF

This is caused by the presence of a virus on your computer.  The
actual executable portion of DJGPP programs is so small that when
viruses try to attach themselves to it, they break the file format
of the image portion.

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