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From: John on 14 Apr 2010 02:40
I have Windows XP SP3. I recently noticed that when switching on my PC the
Microsoft Security Essentials program is not always switched on and I have
to do this manually. I have done a comprehensive security check that
however did not detect any problems.
I have also done the same with Spyhunter and this detected a
"Trojan.Dropper" in a file located as C:\
Windows\$hf_mig$\kb890859\sp2QFE\ntoskrnl.exe and was surprised to note
that this seems to refer to a Microsoft update. It does however not show up
in my Add and Remove programs. Although there are references to this file
in Google I was unable to find how to solve this problem for my SP3
software. In addition neither am I certain that this is also the cause of
my MSE switching off.
Could anyone please advise what action I should take to solve this problem.

From: David H. Lipman on 14 Apr 2010 06:20
From: "John" <John(a)nospam>

| I have Windows XP SP3. I recently noticed that when switching on my PC the
| Microsoft Security Essentials program is not always switched on and I have
| to do this manually. I have done a comprehensive security check that
| however did not detect any problems.
| I have also done the same with Spyhunter and this detected a
| "Trojan.Dropper" in a file located as C:\
| Windows\$hf_mig$\kb890859\sp2QFE\ntoskrnl.exe and was surprised to note
| that this seems to refer to a Microsoft update. It does however not show up
| in my Add and Remove programs. Although there are references to this file
| in Google I was unable to find how to solve this problem for my SP3
| software. In addition neither am I certain that this is also the cause of
| my MSE switching off.
| Could anyone please advise what action I should take to solve this problem.


Don't use Enigma SpyHunter. It and its company have "issues". In this case a False
Positive.

If you submit ntoskrnl.exe to Virus Total I am sure it will show this to be a False
Positive.


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Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp


From: kristain via WindowsKB.com on 21 Apr 2010 03:33
If the ntoskrnl.exe file is corrupt or missing this can also generate the
error. To restore this file follow the below steps.

1. Insert the Microsoft Windows XP CD. Note: If you have a recovery CD or
a restore CD and not a Microsoft Windows XP CD it is likely the below steps
will not resolve your issue.
2. Reboot the computer, as the computer is starting you should see a
message to press any key to boot from the CD. When you see this message press
any key.
3. In the Microsoft Windows XP setup menu press the R key to enter the
recovery console.
4. Select the operating system you wish to fix, and then enter the
administrator password.
5. Type expand d:\i386\ntoskrnl.ex_ c:\windows\system32
6. You will then be prompted if you wish to overwrite the file type Y and
press enter to overwrite the file.
7. Type exit to reboot the computer.

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