# "Failed to load product into file" What?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-to-load-product-into-file-what/212332
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 10, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-to-load-product-into-file-what/212332 "2003-11-10T02:21:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-to-load-product-into-file-what/212332/1 "2003-11-10T02:21:47Z")
This is an error message that I am getting whenever I right click on any desktop icon. It also pops up when I go to the recycle bin and left click on “empty recycle bin”. What the heck is this all about?
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### Author:  [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-to-load-product-into-file-what/212332/2 "2003-11-10T02:48:04Z")
You might have some malware that is trying to intercept these actions and do something with them. But the malware is crapping out.
Scan your system with everything you can get. Anti-virus, adaware, spybot seach and destroy, etc.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-to-load-product-into-file-what/212332/3 "2003-11-10T15:40:40Z")
Ran Spybot, Adaware and an extensive McAfee virus scan. Shut down, restart, problem still there. Anybody else got a suggestion? Please?