Thanks for the reply DavidR.
Yes, I agree that 5MB for a utility program of this type does seem somewhat "heavy".
In the past, I've used 2 other renaming utilities that were both under 1200kb, but their user interface, as well as their full capabilities was
much simpler. I figured due to the extra "bells and whistles" of this program, it would naturally be larger in size, but still agree that 5MB is significantly (
needlessly?) larger.
Before downloading, I checked 2 full pages of "user reviews" and all said "great utility program, very useful, etc, etc". I don't hold much credit in user reviews, but do use them as a form of guideline or reference, as many users don't know what programs they download might possibly contain malware,, anyway. (maybe like me
)
Later I discovered the "bad" user review, but it was way at the end of page 3.
I re-checked the supposedly "modified" dll's and ocx's, and it "appears" that the program may be just using older versions of Microsoft's dll files, as for instance, File Renamer's vbscript.dll shows v5.6.0.7426 modified date of Feb 26, 2002 while my original system32's vbscript.dll shows v5.7.0.5730 modified date of Nov 07, 2006.
This makes me think the negative user reviewer might not know what he is talking about and jumping to false conclusions. (?)
I'll try to get it emailed in to Avast for a closer look.
...Acco