Bad Image error on most programs

[TheSaiyan]

Good evening. I've spent the last two days wracking my mind trying to figure out exactly what is causing this error for most of my games and some odd applications.

The error generally goes:

Initially I thought it may be a malware infection but extensive scans and action has proven otherwise which is why I come to you all now for help, upon the recommendation of Broni. (Someone give this man a medal)

This topic can be seen here.
https://www.techspot.com/community/topics/bad-image-malware-virus.205823/

Is there anyone here that can help me?

 

[TheSaiyan]

Figured it out subsequently. It was a driver problem and after a clean install of the NVIDIA drivers, everything's clear. Not sure if to delete this topic or keep it incase someone else runs into the same problem.