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Old June 18th, 2012, 01:14 PM
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I noticed Hitman Pro is listing these files as Suspicious...

ntoskrnl.exe
win32k.sys
ntkrnlpa.exe
ntoskrnl.exe

I have tried to find them so I can check them out but they don't exist in Windows. How can I get them off the hard drive to upload onto VT?
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Old June 18th, 2012, 01:20 PM
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Did you change folder options to view hidden files.folders and drives.However you should take care for example ntoskrnl.exe is a normal system process and needed for your pc to work properly.Check to see if it shows up in task manager,under normal circumstances it should not unless its been altered AFAIK.
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Old June 18th, 2012, 01:24 PM
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In addition to what djohn said, I hope, by "get them off the hard drive," you mean get a copy of them from the hard drive rather than remove them. Removal at this point might be a bit premature and likely bork your system.
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Old June 18th, 2012, 01:42 PM
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Did you change folder options to view hidden files.folders and drives.However you should take care for example ntoskrnl.exe is a normal system process and needed for your pc to work properly.Check to see if it shows up in task manager,under normal circumstances it should not unless its been altered AFAIK.

They are not hidden, they just don't exist (or at least as far as Windows is concerned) which is why I can't access them.
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Old June 18th, 2012, 05:53 PM
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They are not hidden, they just don't exist (or at least as far as Windows is concerned) which is why I can't access them.
did you untick hide protected operating system files?
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Old June 18th, 2012, 07:44 PM
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They are not hidden, they just don't exist (or at least as far as Windows is concerned) which is why I can't access them.
Well I searched for ntoskrnl.exe and I found it on my system Windows XP SP3, I would Google for what it does, copy it to a file before you "Get it off your Hard drive" just in case you do need it. I opened ntoskrnl.exe using sanboxie I got error message: 129 The %1 Application can't be run in win32 mode
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did you untick hide protected operating system files?

Nope. I was able to access them after doing this.

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