I just started using Avast! last week so I’ll preface this by acknowledging I am a novice – Under “system files” in my chest I have 3 dll files that show up: kernel32.dll, winsock.dll, and wsock32.dll. The original location for all 3 is C:\Windows\system32. Are these virii or trojans or something malicious? If so, can I safely delete them from the chest? Thanks in advance for any insight or suggestions.
Funny you say that. I have the exact same thing. It’s always intrigued me. Look forward to reading the answer.
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If they are in the chest, they are out of harms way and can be left until absolutly sure.
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Although windows\system32 is a windows system directory, there are many virus programs thet place their payload there in the hope that people will not delete them, thinking they are system files.
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If they were system files and they are no longer in the windows\system32 then windows would be the first to create havoc and probably fail to work.
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Google is a very good source of information, as are these forums, by doing a search on the filenames “kernel32.dll virus”, etc. you should probably come up with the truth.
This is just one, there are many pointing to legit files
http://www.viruslist.com/eng/viruslist.html?id=3954
HTH David
Hi guys,
reading helps…:
what do you think the little tabs/symbols to the left of the chest are for …?
yes, there are several categories/areas in the Chest:
the ones you mentioned imho can be found in System area of chest (BAckups of important system files) and are GOOD → don’t delete them
files in the Virus.section are BAD (though harmless here)
→ if your system still works well after some reboots, you can delete them
then there’s user section (your own stuff)
and another one, which shows all together…