in reply to error 1073741819

From http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/intermittent-failure-vbscript-returns-1073741819-w2k8-r2#comment-6378581:

The negative return code -1073741819 is actually the translation of 0xC0000005. This code mean[s] ACCESS_VIOLATION.... Usually this kind of problem is caused by an AntiVirus software running on the machine.

So, this is probably possibly not a Perl problem — especially if, as your question seems to imply, you suddenly started getting this error on a script which was working OK previously? Have you just installed or updated your AV software?

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Re^2: error -1073741819
by bulk88 (Priest) on Aug 20, 2012 at 00:53 UTC
    It is not antivirus software. This is a called a seg fault in Unix. And what would an antivirus scanner that hooks VBScript (similar to javascript, and just as good for ActiveX sploiting), have to do with hooking the perl interp then crashing it? Perl is not Internet Explorer or COM/ActiveX.
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