Date: 	Tue, 27 Aug 1996 12:32:32 -0400
Sender: Chen Douglas I Hsi <g5ranger AT cdf DOT toronto DOT edu>
From: Chen Douglas I Hsi <g5ranger AT cdf DOT toronto DOT edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: not Coff, solution?
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On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> 
> On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Chen Douglas I Hsi wrote:
> 
> > I downloaded DJGPP v2 files and installed according to the docs.
> > However, whenever I compile a file, 'stubify.exe: not COFF' msg always
> > showed up.  I've checked the faq and re-download and re-installed the
> > files (incl. other 'not COFF' ones) again.  I couldn't correct the
> > problem after few attemps.  Can anyone help me with this?
> 
> The DJGPP FAQ list describes this problem in section 6.5: most probably 
> you have a virus on your machine.  Another possibility is that you have 
> DJGPP v1.x installed on your machine in a way that makes GCC mix v1 and 
> v2 executables when you compile your program.
> 

I've checked and found those files are infected with Tai-Pan virus.
However, I don't know how to remove it.  Will any commercial anti-virus
program be able to?  I don't have any 1.x files on my computer, by the
way.

Thank you very much for your help

Douglas