my father ran avg anti virus free version and it came up with shell32.dll and kernal32.dll and by them it said

Question

change and when it had finished scanning said changed anyone got any idea what this means

Answer 1

it does it a lot.. it probably means "changed" since install..

e.g. if service pack 2 was installed etc..

I see it all the time, don't get worried.. nothing to worry about..

if it says its virused etc.. different matter =)

Answer 2

When it scans, it records a checksum for each file in the system folder. Now between scans, these two files have been modified since the last scan. That isn't always a problem, as Windows update may have ran and changed these files, or you may have installed software that may included a different version too.

The reason it flags this, is because virii can be planted within regular system files, so this is just bringing it to your attention. The best thing to do is do a google search on the file names in question as many sites will flag up possible problems. or even if the files are bogus.

Answer 3

These are system files in the Registry where changes have been made with respect to the path details for execution.Once,after running the anti-virus it says changed,that means it has been restored.

Answer 4

its sound like it has changed something in the pc.....becaful of what free antivirus you download and read the requirments

Answer 5

if no threats, forget it, laptop huh?