User.exe is corrupt (Windows User-interface core component)
 

Background:
I had McAfee VirusScan-9 installed & was trying to run a normal update. The
update kept failing. Tried to re-install it. But now all my
installation/update attempts fail. So I worked through their troubleshooting
steps. I even installed & ran the anti-spyware tool called "Ad-Aware" (which
didn't find any problems).

Their last step says that: "if all other steps have been done and the
install still fails...then you might have corrupted system files". So, I ran
the System File Checker. It said that "user.exe may be corrupt". The
time-stamp is the original but the CRC does not match.

I have several Questions about this:

1) Has anyone seen this happen before, concerning user.exe and VirusScan?
2) If my user.exe file really is corrupt, then wouldn't I have ALOT MORE
system problems than just this ONE?
3) What would change the CRC of my user.exe? Some type virus or
adware/spyware/malware?
4) What would normally cause it's corruption? a program/system crash?

Thanks in advance!!!

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"bMarx" wrote in message
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Background:
I had McAfee VirusScan-9 installed & was trying to run a normal update.
The
update kept failing. Tried to re-install it. But now all my
installation/update attempts fail. So I worked through their
troubleshooting
steps. I even installed & ran the anti-spyware tool called "Ad-Aware"
(which
didn't find any problems).

Their last step says that: "if all other steps have been done and the
install still fails...then you might have corrupted system files". So, I
ran
the System File Checker. It said that "user.exe may be corrupt". The
time-stamp is the original but the CRC does not match.

I have several Questions about this:

1) Has anyone seen this happen before, concerning user.exe and VirusScan?
2) If my user.exe file really is corrupt, then wouldn't I have ALOT MORE
system problems than just this ONE?
3) What would change the CRC of my user.exe? Some type virus or
adware/spyware/malware?
4) What would normally cause it's corruption? a program/system crash?

Thanks in advance!!!