ntoskrnl.exe (problems with)

[Adam]

I keep on getting the following message from my firewall on a near daily
basis.
"Ntoskrnl.exe" has changed since the last time you opened it. This could
be because you have updated it recently. Do you want to allow it access to
the network?

I then did a search on my pc and found that I had one in my
windows\system32 folder and one in I386\driver.cab folder. I deleted the
latter one.

Today I got the same message ""Ntoskrnl.exe" has changed since the last time
you opened it. This could be because you have updated it recently. Do you
want to allow it access to the network?

I did another search for ntoskrnl and now I have a number of ntoskrnls on my
pc in the following folders:

Recycle bin
C:\I386
C:\I386\driver.cab
C:\I386\SP1.cab
C:\WINDOWS\system32
C:\WINDOWS\drivercache\I386\driver.cab
C:\WINDOWS\drivercache\I386\sp1.cab

I am up to date on virus definitions and I have done a virus check.

I have added some MS critical updates etc and I have been trying out
different browsers but besides that no major changes on my PC.

Any idea what is going on? And what do I need to do.

Adam

 

[Michael]

You might want to check out Microsoft website before you delete a component
that you need. This file is a core program that starts upon boot. Do not
think that everything you see in the processes box is a rogue virus or such.
Here is a site where you will find what that file does.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prmc_str_reii.asp

Mike