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kernel32.exe virus infection
- Thread starter jorma
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Kernel32.exe is a trojan program.
There is no legitimate Kernel32.exe file in windows and this file can be safely deleted.
The backdoor renames itself as such for a couple reasons. The first is, people are afraid to delete such a named file. Secondly, if the backdoor is running in the background, most people wouldn't think that kernel32.exe running in windows would be abnormal.
Hope this helps
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There is no legitimate Kernel32.exe file in windows and this file can be safely deleted.
The backdoor renames itself as such for a couple reasons. The first is, people are afraid to delete such a named file. Secondly, if the backdoor is running in the background, most people wouldn't think that kernel32.exe running in windows would be abnormal.
Hope this helps
.
.. Eat, think and be merry .
... ....................... .
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