Looks like my last post--a week ago [7-13 dated entry]--didn't get out to you, so I'm re-sending it. We'll see if it works this time. Nothing has changed from last week's post.

Larry H

[QUOTE=DMR]No, unfortunately it didn't. This forum usually sends me an auto-notification email whenever someone responds to a thread I'm working on, but that feature stopped working for me about a week and a half ago. Since then I've had to track my threads manually, meaning that some have slipped through the cracks.


1. I honestly don't see anything obviously problematic in your log; it all looks normal as far as I can tell.


2. Concerning AVG's alerts about changes in the Partition Table:

* That isn't something that a HijackThis log would give any direct clues on, but judging from what the log does show in regard to the programs you're running, I don't see any possible suspects there.

* Certain types of legit programs such as third-party boot managers or "drive overlay" utilities will alter info in the MBR, but I don't get the feeling that you're using any such tools.

* A Boot Record virus is definitely a possibility. As we can't seem to get the exact name of the possible virus from AVG, look into the info on, and suggested fixes for, boot record viruses in general given in the links of the following Google search:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...e+&btnG=Search

O.K., thanks again. Glad yesterday's post got to you. THings seem O.K. at this point. At least I now have a place to come if similar problems come up. Also intend to check this site, so I can learn a little more.

Larry

Feel free to let us know if anything else crops up; we'll be around.

I assume you deal with the kinds of problems I had: viruses, the trojan horse, etc. BUT, in the likelihood that you can help me out on this weird one. . . .I have a DVD player that was already installed when i received the system. It's a Dell "Software CineMaster 98". The weird thing is that some days it plays and some days I put in a DVD and the little green light keeps blinking and nothing happens. The same movie will play fine one day and then not the next. The only thing that I can do is keep shutting down, then rebooting and hoping this'll be the reboot that works.

Any clues??

larry H :rolleyes:

Hi Larry,

There could be a few different reasons for that problem, but the cause is almost certainly not related to spyware. Given that, you should start a new thread for this particular problem in one of our forums under the Hardware category; one of those sub-forums would be more suited to that type of problem.

Hi, folks,

It's been a couple of months since i've contacted you but i gues this thread is still active.
Over the summer you'd help me get rid of a Trojan Horse that brought in with it the aboutblank virus. Recently when i happened to click on my pull down box at the top center of the page when I'm on the Internet [I mean that little white box on top center of toolbar] and looked at at all the addresses of the recent Internet sites i'd been on i saw on one line that dreaded [aboutblank] with no http or www infront of it like all the sites i know i visited, just those two words with no space between them. What does this mean/ How do i know for sure whether or not I have this cleared out of my system?? :eek:

Larry H

"about:blank" can be a valid Internet Explorer home page; it doesn't necessarilly indicate that you have the dreaded "About:Blank" infection. If, in your Internet Options control panel, you set your IE home page to a blank page by clicking the "use blank" button, your home page's address will display as simply "about:blank".

The definitive test would be to run HijackThis and look at the log. If you see log entries similar to the following, you have the infection; if not, you most likely don't:

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = res://C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\se.dll/spage.html
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = about:blank
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = res://C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\se.dll/spage.html
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = about:blank
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = about:blank
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = about:blank
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,HomeOldSP = about:blank
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,HomeOldSP = about:blank

Sorry, meant to get back to you right away. Don't see anything resembling the things in your last response, but just in case I'm going to send you the last hijack this log & see what you say--maybe I'm not catching something.
Thanks again for your help, larry

Actually-- i can't figure out what I did in the past when i was able to send you the log--help! It looks like I have to hit "Save log", but ave it where & then how to attach/send it to you

The log should be saved in the same folder HijackThis is in, but since you didn't have it in its own folder (C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\HIJACKTHIS.EXE), it should be on your desktop somewhere. It would be best to move HJT into a folder of its own (you can do this by right-clicking in an open area of your desktop, and select New, Folder; give the folder a name, like HJT or HijackThis, and then drag the hijackthis.exe icon that is on your desktop into the new folder). Then rescan and the log will be in the same folder.

Once you locate the log, simply copy it and then paste it into the reply box here.