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Hello!
i'm here again to shoot off amature doubts.
Right, so i normally keep my computer on over the night to get things downloaded (using torrents, to reduce the threat of a virus)
So then, i wake up in the morning today, and shut down the computer like i normally do..go do my daily things.
Now when i get back and i start my computer, it took 10 minutes on the scrolling worm screen, and i had to reboot..after many attempts, i've managed to get it on, i have 512 MB ram, but it looks like it's running on a 128 right now.
(I checked my processes under task manager, and it doesn't show me anything abnormal)
Although, when i was checking with AVG free, it told me that a system file had been 'changed' (some file in the system 32 folder)
Now i know that that's not a good thing, i just don't know what to make of it..
1. Is it a spyware (because i don't have active spyware protection, please suggest a good spyware, apart from AVG)
2. Should i format my C: and everything will be okay?
3. Can it be a hardware problem, because i'd faced a hardware problem like this and AVG told me that system files had been 'changes'
Please tell me what i should do!
Thanks..
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The file that reported a change is called 'ntoskrnl.exe' in the System 32 folder
i'm here again to shoot off amature doubts.
Right, so i normally keep my computer on over the night to get things downloaded (using torrents, to reduce the threat of a virus)
So then, i wake up in the morning today, and shut down the computer like i normally do..go do my daily things.
Now when i get back and i start my computer, it took 10 minutes on the scrolling worm screen, and i had to reboot..after many attempts, i've managed to get it on, i have 512 MB ram, but it looks like it's running on a 128 right now.
(I checked my processes under task manager, and it doesn't show me anything abnormal)
Although, when i was checking with AVG free, it told me that a system file had been 'changed' (some file in the system 32 folder)
Now i know that that's not a good thing, i just don't know what to make of it..
1. Is it a spyware (because i don't have active spyware protection, please suggest a good spyware, apart from AVG)
2. Should i format my C: and everything will be okay?
3. Can it be a hardware problem, because i'd faced a hardware problem like this and AVG told me that system files had been 'changes'
Please tell me what i should do!
Thanks..
__________
The file that reported a change is called 'ntoskrnl.exe' in the System 32 folder
