Use AVG Anti-Virus?

Well, turns out their new update identifies 'user32.dll' as a virus. Given this is a critical Windows system file, if you remove it or AVG does it automatically, you can't get back into Windows at all (it won't even boot) and will need to use the recovery console to get it back.

Story - Slashdot | AVG Virus Scanner Removes Critical Windows File

Link to article with 'new' update link - AVG Free Forum :: Information And Alerts :: PC crash after AVG update 9 Nov 2008

Instructions should AVG decide to be a * about it - AVG Antivirus and Security Software - Support overview (#1574)

Hope that helps.

 

Hmm I use AVG as well, not only that it does throw up a few more files as well saying infected that all look like windows DLL files -

Kernal32.dll
wsock32.dll
shell32.dll
ntoskrnl.dll
host.dll

all in the system32 file (windows Vista)

 

Cheers mate i have AVG on my pc so i better keep an eye on it.

 

I used AVG on my old computer, got a new computer last November, got the Norton Anti Virus with that, which expires in about a week, I'm thinking of getting that Kaspersky or something, my mate uses that and he's a mad computer freak who knows everything about them.

 

Can I ask is this the AFG for fre version?

 

AFV for free version 8 ?

 

I am going back to skoooool for spolling lesonns honest! AFG for free ver 8 Thanks

 

Yes it's AVG