[Answered] wierd virus detected

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  1. Naked_Dave44 Bronze Member

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    hey i just did a scan with avg and it found a file in windows system32 folder called ntoskrnl.exe. it says in infection catagory(usally trojan or virus) that this is a change program. should i delite it or leave it be please help



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    Re: wierd virus detected

    Hey Dave,

    It is normal that AVG shows that files, the MBR or Boot record to have changed. These are done during normal maintainance, when you or windows updates files or have had to correct errors on the drive. The only time that you should worry is if they also show as infected.

    To get AVG to quit showing them as changed, open the AVG Test Center, click the F3 key on your keyboard and tell it to accept the changes. If it still shows something as changed after this.. delete the file named AVG7QT.DAT in C:\ and AVG will rebuild it the next time it is run.

    (from TSG - to save typing it ;))
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    Re: wierd virus detected

    Hello and Welcome back to PCHF

    It is normal that AVG shows that files, the MBR or Boot record to have changed. These are done during normal maintenance, when you or windows updates files or have had to correct errors on the drive. The only time that you should worry is if they also show as infected.
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    thanx for clearin this up
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[Answered] wierd virus detected

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