Change as good as a pest

kaloochi · 06-18-2007, 02:20 AM

Hello all, a scan of my computer has revealed three 'changes' [AVG free] ; kernel32.dll, user32.dll, ntoskml.exe. all three are in C:\WINDOWS\system32. Kernel32 is reported to be 'Added by the WEKODE-A WORM!' and ' Typically viruses, spyware, adware and resource hogs.' The others have been showing as 'changed' for a while now and a search at the time told me it wasn't a problem. Anyway can anyone tell me what to do please

**Glaswegian** · 06-18-2007, 06:18 AM

Hi

Those files will have been amended as part of Microsofts Update patches - AVG is just letting you know. As long as they are in the System32 folder then you should be OK. All 3 are critcial system files. Do you have any symptoms of infection such as pop ups, browser redirects, random shutdowns etc?

kaloochi · 06-18-2007, 09:26 AM

No, not as far as i can see.

**Glaswegian** · 06-18-2007, 02:11 PM

You should be OK then - it's just the changes as I described above.

kaloochi · 06-19-2007, 05:19 AM

Thanks

nitsanhamerman · 07-21-2007, 10:50 AM

hi Ther
The symptoms of shutting down pop ups ect just appear yesterday
what shoud I do?

06-18-2007, 02:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
kaloochi Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 51 OS: XP home	Change as good as a pest Hello all, a scan of my computer has revealed three 'changes' [AVG free] ; kernel32.dll, user32.dll, ntoskml.exe. all three are in C:\WINDOWS\system32. Kernel32 is reported to be 'Added by the WEKODE-A WORM!' and ' Typically viruses, spyware, adware and resource hogs.' The others have been showing as 'changed' for a while now and a search at the time told me it wasn't a problem. Anyway can anyone tell me what to do please

06-18-2007, 06:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
Glaswegian Moderator/ Rangemaster TSF Academy; Analyst, Security Team; Oor Wullie; TSF Surgeon and Resident Comic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 25,482 OS: Win XP Pro SP3 / Win 7 Pro My System Blog Entries: 10	Re: Change as good as a pest Hi Those files will have been amended as part of Microsofts Update patches - AVG is just letting you know. As long as they are in the System32 folder then you should be OK. All 3 are critcial system files. Do you have any symptoms of infection such as pop ups, browser redirects, random shutdowns etc? __________________ Iain - Defender of the Haggis and all things Scottish. I don't help by PM - post in the Forums. PC Safety & Security::PC running a bit slow?::Donate::Photographers Corner

06-18-2007, 09:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
kaloochi Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 51 OS: XP home	Re: Change as good as a pest No, not as far as i can see.

06-18-2007, 02:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
Glaswegian Moderator/ Rangemaster TSF Academy; Analyst, Security Team; Oor Wullie; TSF Surgeon and Resident Comic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 25,482 OS: Win XP Pro SP3 / Win 7 Pro My System Blog Entries: 10	Re: Change as good as a pest You should be OK then - it's just the changes as I described above. __________________ Iain - Defender of the Haggis and all things Scottish. I don't help by PM - post in the Forums. PC Safety & Security::PC running a bit slow?::Donate::Photographers Corner

06-19-2007, 05:19 AM	#5 (permalink)
kaloochi Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 51 OS: XP home	Re: Change as good as a pest Thanks

07-21-2007, 10:50 AM	#6 (permalink)
nitsanhamerman Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6 OS: XP	Re: Change as good as a pest hi Ther The symptoms of shutting down pop ups ect just appear yesterday what shoud I do?