"fatal error - couldn't allocate heap" after spyware issue

[Dave Korn]

Redd Vinylene wrote on 10 August 2008 14:10:

> I just had this spyware issue (Antivirus XP 2008), so I installed an
> antivirus tool (NOD32) and an antispyware tool (Spyware Doctor).
> 
> Now I can't use cygwin. Some other programs have stopped working too:
> 
> 554 [main] ? (8716) C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe: *** fatal error - couldn't
> allocate heap, Win32 error 487, base 0x7D0000, top 0x7E0000,
> reserve_size 61440, allocsize 65536, page_const 4096
> 
> Anybody know?

  You have just discovered the http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#BLODA.  

  See also the FAQ entry at 
  http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda 

  It's most likely NOD32, try uninstalling that and see if it helps.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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