Error while trying to compile simple C++ code in Visual C++ 2010

I get the following error while trying to compile an
exercise code from a book.

// This
            program prints a message with your name in it. 
#include
            
using namespace std;


int
            main()
{
 cout << "Hi! It\'s me.\n";
 cout <<
            "I\'m learning to program!\n";
 return
            0;
}

I get
the following
error:

1>------
            Build started: Project: TestCompiler, Configuration: Debug Win32
            ------
1>LINK : fatal error LNK1123: failure during conversion to COFF:
            file invalid or corrupt
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date,
            0 skipped
            ==========

And when I
disable incremental linking and embed manifest, I get the following and can't start
without
debugging.

'TestCompiler.exe':
            Loaded 'C:\Users\user\Documents\Visual Studio
            2010\Projects\TestCompiler\Debug\TestCompiler.exe', Symbols
            loaded.
'TestCompiler.exe': Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll', Symbols
            loaded (source information stripped).
'TestCompiler.exe': Loaded 'C:\Program
            Files\AVAST Software\Avast\snxhk.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB
            file

'TestCompiler.exe': Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kernel32.dll',
            Symbols loaded (source information stripped).
'TestCompiler.exe': Loaded
            'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KernelBase.dll', Symbols loaded (source information
            stripped).
'TestCompiler.exe': Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msvcp100d.dll',
            Symbols loaded.
'TestCompiler.exe': Loaded
            'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msvcr100d.dll', Symbols loaded.
The program '[3824]
            TestCompiler.exe: Native' has exited with code 0
            (0x0).