Can autochk.exe on D:/ (my recovery drive) on Vista be a trojan horse? AV software warn. Need confirmation.?
My comp. came factory installed near a 10gb recovery partition (D:/ drive) . Avast Anti-Virus software say it's a possible trojan horse, but I'm not sure since it's a necessary system database & in the right location for that drive. I've not notice any unusual behaviors, unnecessary processes or lags...yet. Should I discount or is there a course to re-install the autochk.exe file to be sure? I've looked adjectives over the tech forums and such. Can't find solid answer. Sorry for n00b question.
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hi guys, bright situation
the AntiVir warned me that the Autochk.exe is a trojan horse, afterwards I searched and found out I get two Autochk.exe in my c:\windows, one is surrounded by c:\windows\system32\en-US, the other is in C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-… I be warned beside the latter one.
my laptop: vista32 home premium, just brought it home closing week, haven't installed a lot however.
Autochk.exe it's a legitimate database of the windows nt famiily. If its working doomed to failure it makes sense hold become corrupted by virus.
Allthough i won't trust so much on Avast, because i have used it and see how let the virus pass to my computers freely.
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Kiss.
Some programs are renowned as viruses-because they can alter things in your computer-I would run a other virus program similar to AVG (free) just to build sure.
But don't run them together-the same time.
Have you felt any transformation in your computer lately? Is this the first time you've used Avast? I honestly doubt that the profile is any danger. Although files on the HP Recovery drive can be altered, it would be a rubbish of time for someone to make a Trojan to target in attendance, since Windows doesn't ever use the drive. If I were you, I would merely ignore it If your not sure. Good Luck!
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