AutoCAD 2010 Virus - Problem Solving Tips

[chetfiller]

I can’t save any AutoCAD drawings, when i push the save button or file->save (or save as) the AutoCAD writs on the command bar and do nothing, it seems like a virus on the AutoCAD program. I have AutoCAD 2010 and win 7
any ideas how i can delete the virus from the AutoCAD?

 

[rootone]

I assume that you had everything working fine and then suddenly this has started to happen.
It's not necessarily something to do with a virus.
It would be an unusual virus that disables a particular software product and does nothing else.
It could be that something has gone wrong with the AutoCAD installation.
First sensible step is to uninstall then re-install it, (make sure you have made backup copies of important data files first.)
I think AutoCAD requires a registration key too, if so make sure you have a copy of that as well!

 

[berkeman]

I can’t save any AutoCAD drawings, when i push the save button or file->save (or save as) the AutoCAD writs on the command bar and do nothing, it seems like a virus on the AutoCAD program. I have AutoCAD 2010 and win 7
any ideas how i can delete the virus from the AutoCAD?

Is there any chance that this is the Free Trial version, and the trial period has expired?

 

[rootone]

Another possibility is that you have run out of free disk space.
Some big packages have a requirement that a minimum amount of free space is available, even if you are going to be only reading files.
Normally though, an error message will be shown if that's the problem.

 

[rainLana]

Did you try to Recover or Audit the drawing?
Insert into a new .dwg or XREF?
See if there is a .bak file of the drawing and rename?

Now, after I read what you told me, I changed the extension from .bak to .dwg and it worked in one out of four files so it is a good start.
I will also try your other suggestions and post the results.