"Daniel Crichton" wrote in message ...
Kate wrote on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:15:25 -0000:

Firstly, apologies for the multiple posting, but I wasn`t sure which
would be the most relevant group to use.

I have IE6 with Outlook Express, a USB ADSL router (using PPPoA) and
am having on-going trouble connecting to newsgroups. Unfortunately,
advice that I have received following earlier posts hasn`t resolved
the problem and my ISP hasn`t been helpful at all. However, a recent
virus scan showed that ntoskrnl.exe had "changed" and I wondered if
that might have something to do with it? As I am not sure exactly
what function this program has, apart from being essential during
boot-up, I thought it might be worth asking...

Thanks
Kate


Are you using AVG by any chance? And have you installed any MS patches
recently?

ntoskrnl.exe is the kernel image for Windows. It's a core part of the
operating system, not just a boot process. If it goes missing or gets
damaged Windows won't even run.

While it's possible that something may be attempting to infect it, it's
unlikely. It can be updated by MS patches, although the current version on
my XP Pro SP2 machine is dated 2nd March 2005, have you recently installed
Service Pack 2? Or at least since the last time you ran a virus scan?

Dan

Kate's trouble is OE stating that no connection to the internet exists when
opening a newsgroup, when a connection does exist. I have this trouble,
thought I'd fixed it, told her what I did, but it didn't work for either of us.

In case her situation is different from mine, here is what I've got listed:
ntoskrnl.exe 2,129 KB Application 3/1/2005 6:59 PM
version 5.1.2600.2622 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)