Oh my God! I was reading through the replies again and I noticed this! Well, the Sasser worm probably explains all the recent problems. However, from what I hear, Sasser causes your computer to shut...

Hello again. It's been a long time since my last reply. I've done a lot of de-weeding over the past few weeks. I bought a new spyware program, which exposed a burgeoning nest of bugs that I had no...

OK, I followed all your instructions and unfortunately it hasn't worked. In fact, there's a new problem. Today, while I was on the internet, the start menu, my desktop items, and all my browsers...

Hey! I can't tell you how much I appreciate your help.
I'm following the procedure right now. I'll update you about how it worked out.

Thanks again!!
:cheesy:

Sure thing. Here's the log.

Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 6:45:51 PM, on 5/5/2004
Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)...

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