You should have started by reading the messages at the top of the Security Forum page: UPDATED: DO NOT POST ABOUT BRIDGE.DLL BEFORE READING THIS...

You are not without recourse. Try running HijackThis in Safe Mode and see if that gives you enough time to delete the offending startups. There are also alternative tools available to kill the...

Yes. There is a signal line from the power supply to the motherboard called PSG (power supply good). If the voltage goes out-of-bounds, the system may well shut down. the upper bound on the 12V...

There are a couple of possibilities. One is a damaged Registry. You can boot from the XP CD (if you have the full version) and use the "repair" option.

If all you have is the so-called "restore"...

Actually, you only posted half the information--you left out the Registry-entries list.

What you posted looks almost clean--except for the RunDLL32 entry, which usually indicates a problem. ...

A major problem right-off-the-bat is that neither your Windows XP nor your Internet Explorer are up-to-date. Partly due to this, you have been loaded with nasties. As soon as you clean up your...

There are a few likely possibilities.

One is a memory error. This can be tested using MemTest86 (http://www.MemTest86.com).

Another is a BIOS error, corruption. This can be cleared by...

For example, I run TinyResMeter all the time anyway--great utility, it monitors my memory, resources, and CPU usage--so a screen grab is [PrintScrn]. That's it, one step, repeat as needed. Save is...

I think what some of the posters to this thread are losing sight of is the fact that the intent is to capture screens, not dink around with copy-and-paste and graphic-manipulation programs. The...

I use TinyResMeter (http://perso.accelance.net/~pesoft/trm/us_trm.html) for screen grabs. It's tiny, easy, and requires no installation.

Attaching files is easy, too. Just scroll down to...

Which OS are you running? Which anti-virus? Have you checked for adware/spyware lately? Are you running the Windows fast-switcher PowerToy? Are you on broadband or dial-up? Are you using a...

It looks like the Hungry Hands pr0n hijacker is hard at work again. It seems to be consistently causing this problem. I think there are two means of attack at your disposal which can probably be...

I moved your original post to its own thread (http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread5259.html) and answered it there. Sorry you didn't find it the first time!

No, that two pairs (128/128, 256/256) beats one-pair-plus-one (128/128, 256/0)--depending on the hardware. This also assumes that you have Windows 2000 or XP, since Windows 98 will choke on more...

Cool! :cool: Yes, you can turn them back on.

Before you remove anything, turn off System Restore to keep stuff from coming back. While I cannot identify the hijacker, I can identify which files to remove. You need to remove the 02 - BHO...

I see your problem. You have WindowBlinds installed, a clever hack that wedges into the desktop. You have two hijackers: MyWebSearch and HungryHands. The result is massive confusion as the...

This appears to be a CoolWebSearch variant; hopefully, the newest CWShredder (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html) will take care of it. Another possibility is the IEFEATS.A Trojan...

Yes. Another aspect depends on which processor and motherboard that you have. If it's a Pentium 4 with a 533 or 800 MHz front-side bus, pairs are best, anyway. If that's the case, you are taking a...

There's a couple of others that will be useful to remove. Have only HjT running and remove these entries:

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LoadQM] loadqm.exe
Microsoft "trickleware"--potential spyware. Causes...

Use Knoppix. See my sig.

Remove these keys:

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar =
res://C:\WINDOWS\System32\mihaba.dll/sp.html (obfuscated)

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet...

It looks like your main problem is a dialer. Remove the following keys:

R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - _{08C06D61-F1F3-4799-86F8-BE1A89362C85} - (no file)

O2 - BHO: (no name) -...

You still have some problems. Remove the following:

N1 - Netscape 4: user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.worldusa.com"); (C:\Program Files\Netscape\Users\sproston\prefs.js)

O4 -...

Nothing is lost. Nescape/Mozilla can import favorites from Internet Explorer, and Microsoft provides favtool.exe...

You are incorrect. Any processor newer than a 386SX (or any OS Win95 or newer) is 32-bit, so that's not the issue. The PCMCIA standard is 32-bit, anyway.

You double-posted. I responded to the other thread, so check that out, too.

Here's some specific information for you: Look2me Removal Instructions and Help (http://www.pchell.com/support/look2me.shtml).

Spybot Search & Destroy has an "Immunize" function that blocks a lot...

You almost certainly need newer drivers. Which version of Windows are you using? Go to the Zoltrix (http://www.Zoltrix.com) site and download the apprpriate drivers based on the model number and...

MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000)
First problem: IE patches are needed. You are way behind.

C:\ARCHIV~1\WINZIP\winzip32.exe
Versions of WinZip prior to v9.0 are security risks. See...

You have a couple of things here that may be causing you trouble. Whether you want to get rid of them or not depends upon how you use your machine.

C:\WINDOWS\System32\WISPTIS.EXE
A lot of...

Are you running the Softex OmniPass biometric application? That's the only reference that I have been able to find. It may have been damaged by the malware. If not, it may be another nasty,...

You are correct. Remove the following (some are merely resource drains, but absolutely unecessary):

R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =

R0 -...

You are correct, you are almost there -- to the point where most of these are merely resource-wasters (except ISTSvc):

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =...

Remove the following (most are spyware, some are simply unecessary and annoying):

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =http://www.anything-internet.com/

R1 -...

VirusScan was never the problem, we knew that days ago, Backtrack's not part of it. Why don't you share your process list so we can see what's running?

Well, something has to be running -- error messages like this don't appear out of nowhere! Keep looking.

There are a number of ways to get around this. One is to boot fropm a live Linux CD like Knoppix. There are boot floppies that do the same thing. Can't remember where I saw them; I'll look and...

But you must have some piece of McAfee software installed to get that error message. Look at your Install/Remove Programs panel and look at the running processes in the Task Manager to see what it...

OK, let's back up a step. In my original message, the highlighted words in blue (for example "TinyResMeter") are all clickable (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlink) hyperlinks (the word...