Q194532: Urban Assault/Dreamworks: "Application Error" Msg Starting Game

Article: Q194532
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv kberrmsg kbimu msgamekbfaq
Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Urban Assault, version 1.0 
- DreamWorks Interactive, Scholastic's Goosebumps Series: Attack of the Mutant, version 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you start one of the products listed above, you may receive an error
message similar to the following:

  Application Error: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Urban Assualt\Ua.exe

  The instruction at 00000009 referenced memory at <xxxx:xxxxxxxx>. The
  memory could not be written.

  Click OK to terminate the application.

CAUSE
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This behavior can occur if the program file (Ua.exe) is infected by a strain of
the CIH virus.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this issue, use an anti-virus program to remove the virus. For
additional information about third-party virus protection programs, click the
article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q49500 List of Antivirus Software Vendors


Additional query words: 1.00 msgame ua corrupt gpf ipf kbfaq

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Keywords          : kbenv kberrmsg kbimu msgame kbfaq
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch _IKkbbogus kbGamesSearch kbZNotKeyword kbUrbanAssault kbDIGoosebumpAttack kbDISearch kbDIGoosebumpsSearch
Version           : :1.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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