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I forget to mention I have also blocked a file called mcafee32.exe - judging by research I've done I think I should delete this too?
Yes- it's malicious.
Other than that though, the good news is that your log looks clean now.

As for the modem/Internet settings, I'm not sure about that and don't have the time to research it right now. I'll get back to you after I've had a chance to do so.
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You need to go to Windows Update and get the Critical Updates for your system, at least SP1.
Links to help you help yourself :

Protect Your PC & Avoid Infections -- http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread27519.html

Cleanup Procedures & Tools -- http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread27570.html

Infection Removal & HijackThis Use -- http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread28196.html
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Thanks for the catch Danny-
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Originally Posted by dlh6213
You need to go to Windows Update and get the Critical Updates for your system, at least SP1.
I bought the updates on CD, so once I get my computer clean...

I've still had the browser redirect, the spyware frame at the bottom of IE and winwiz32.exe.trying to access the internet even though I deleted it...

The about:blank problem has stopped and I can also access the Internet as soon as my computer starts up now.

Should I update to SP2 anyway?
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I am logging off now, but if you want you can download silent runners so that we can see if there is anything else running there that hijackthis cannot pick-up? I will have to check back tomorrow to have a look at the results.

Go here and download and run Silent Runners.vbs. It generates a log, please post the information back in this thread.
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How do I run that? It was associated with Xing player (video/MP3 software) but I've removed that association...
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Should I update to SP2 anyway?
No, definitely not yet. Installing SP2 on an infected or otherwise problematic system is not recommended; you could easily end up with much larger problems than you have now.

You can (and should) make sure you've applied all of the current critical/security updates for your current version of XP, but hold off on the SP2 upgrade until your computer is clean.


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How do I run that? It was associated with Xing player (video/MP3 software) but I've removed that association...
SilentRunners is just a VB (Visual Basic) script; if it somehow showed up as associated with Xing, that was a mistake on Windows' part.

The file should have a .vbs extension (if it doesn't, rename it so that it does), which would tell Windows that the file is a self-executing script. If the script won't run properly for some reason, try right-clicking on it, choose the "Open With..." option, and see if you have the option to open the file with the Windows Based Script Host. If you do, that program will run the script.
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I get the error message "There is no script engine for file extension ".vbs"."

I'll see if I can run it through DOS later today...
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It seems like you don't have the Windows Scripting Host installed; you can download the Win XP/2000 version here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
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"Silent Runners.vbs", revision 31.1, http://www.silentrunners.org/
Operating System: Windows XP
Output limited to non-default values, except where indicated by "{++}"


Startup items buried in registry:
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HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ {++}
"ctfmon.exe" = "F:\WINDOWS\System32\ctfmon.exe" [MS]
"msnmsgr" = ""F:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe" /background" [MS]

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ {++}
"USRpdA" = "F:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\USRmlnkA.exe RunServices \Device\3cpipe-USRpdA" ["U.S. Robotics Corporation"]
"IMJPMIG8.1" = "F:\WINDOWS\IME\imjp8_1\IMJPMIG.EXE /Spoil /RemAdvDef /Migration32" [MS]
"PHIME2002ASync" = "F:\WINDOWS\System32\IME\TINTLGNT\TINTSETP.EXE /SYNC" [MS]
"PHIME2002A" = "F:\WINDOWS\System32\IME\TINTLGNT\TINTSETP.EXE /IMEName" [MS]
"NAV Agent" = "F:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\navapw32.exe" ["Symantec Corporation"]
"iamapp" = "F:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\IAMAPP.EXE" ["Symantec Corporation"]
"BTopenworld" = ""f:\program files\bt yahoo! internet\DialBTYahoo.exe" /ReInstallAutoDial" ["British Telecommunications plc"]
"HPDJ Taskbar Utility" = "F:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb04.exe" ["HP"]
"TkBellExe" = ""F:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot" ["RealNetworks, Inc."]
"QuickTime Task" = ""F:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime" ["Apple Computer, Inc."]
"SSC_UserPrompt" = "F:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Security Center\UsrPrmpt.exe" ["Symantec Corporation"]
"rdspclips.exe" = "rdspclips.exe" [null data]
"sprmover.exe" = "sprmover.exe" [null data]

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\
{02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670}\(Default) = "Yahoo! Companion BHO" [from CLSID]
-> {CLSID}\InProcServer32\(Default) = "F:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\ycomp5_5_7_0.dll" ["Yahoo! Inc."]
{06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3}\(Default) = "AcroIEHlprObj Class" [from CLSID]
-> {CLSID}\InProcServer32\(Default) = "F:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll" ["Adobe Systems Incorporated"]
{3A90D030-B644-4899-9C75-CAAB7977E62D}\(Default) = "Name" [from CLSID]
-> {CLSID}\InProcServer32\(Default) = "F:\WINDOWS\System32\msufe.dll" [null data]
{BDF3E430-B101-42AD-A544-FADC6B084872}\(Default) = "CNavExtBho Class" [from CLSID]
-> {CLSID}\InProcServer32\(Default) = "F:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll" ["Symantec Corporation"]

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved\
"{42071714-76d4-11d1-8b24-00a0c9068ff3}" = "Display Panning CPL Extension"
-> {CLSID}\InProcServer32\(Default) = "deskpan.dll" [file not found]
"{88895560-9AA2-1069-930E-00AA0030EBC8}" = "HyperTerminal Icon Ext"
-> {CLSID}\InProcServer32\(Default) = "F:\WINDOWS\System32\hticons.dll" ["Hilgraeve, Inc."]
"{F0CB00CD-5A07-4D91-97F5-A8C92CDA93E4}" = "Shell Extensions for RealOne Player"
-> {CLSID}\InProcServer32\(Default) = "F:\Program Files\Real\RealOne Player\rpshellext.dll" ["RealNetworks"]
"{B41DB860-8EE4-11D2-9906-E49FADC173CA}" = "WinRAR shell extension"
-> {CLSID}\InProcServer32\(Default) = "F:\Program Files\WinRAR\rarext.dll" [null data]
"{eb9ebda0-b3e7-11cf-81c9-0000c0aa665f}" = "FTP Explorer Shell Extension"
-> {CLSID}\InProcServer32\(Default) = "ftpxext.dll" ["FTPx Corp."]
"{0006F045-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}" = "Microsoft Outlook Custom Icon Handler"
-> {CLSID}\InProcServer32\(Default) = "F:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OLKFSTUB.DLL" [MS]
"{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}" = "Microsoft Office HTML Icon Handler"
-> {CLSID}\InProcServer32\(Default) = "F:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\msohev.dll" [MS]


Enabled Scheduled Tasks:
------------------------

"Norton AntiVirus - Scan my computer" -> launches: "F:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\NAVW32.exe /task:F:\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\APPLIC~1\Symantec\NORTON~1\Tasks\mycomp.sca" ["Symantec Corporation"]
"Symantec NetDetect" -> launches: "F:\Program Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate\NDETECT.EXE" ["Symantec Corporation"]


Running Services (Display Name, Service Name, Path {Service DLL}):
------------------------------------------------------------------

Norton AntiVirus Auto Protect Service, navapsvc, "F:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe" ["Symantec Corporation"]
Norton Internet Security Accounts Manager, NISUM, "F:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\NISUM.EXE" ["Symantec Corporation"]
Norton Internet Security Proxy Service, SymProxySvc, "F:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\SymProxySvc.exe" ["Symantec Corporation"]
Norton Internet Security Service, NISSERV, "F:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\NISSERV.EXE" ["Symantec Corporation"]


Winsock2 Service Provider DLLs:
-------------------------------

Namespace Service Providers

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2\Parameters\NameSpace_Catalog5\Catalog_Entries\ {++}
000000000001\LibraryPath = "%SystemRoot%\System32\mswsock.dll" [MS]
000000000002\LibraryPath = "%SystemRoot%\System32\winrnr.dll" [MS]
000000000003\LibraryPath = "%SystemRoot%\System32\mswsock.dll" [MS]

Transport Service Providers

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2\Parameters\Protocol_Catalog9\Catalog_Entries\ {++}
0000000000##\PackedCatalogItem (contains) DLL [Company Name], (at) ## range:
%SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll [MS], 01 - 03, 06 - 15
%SystemRoot%\system32\rsvpsp.dll [MS], 04 - 05


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This report excludes default entries except where indicated.
To see *everywhere* the script checks and *everything* it finds,
launch it from a command prompt or a shortcut with the -all parameter.
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