Judging from the header information in your log, neither your IE nor your version of Windows itself are current.

I wouldn't suggest upgrading to XP SP2 right now, but you should at least install SP1 and all related critical fixes. Also, the current IE is 6.00.2800.1106.

Although there's nothing else obviously "nasty" in your HJT log, the following entry worries me a bit. Can you tell us more about this:

O23 - Service: Remote Packet Capture Protocol v.0 (experimental) (rpcapd) - Unknown owner - %ProgramFiles%\WinPcap\rpcapd.exe" -d -f "%ProgramFiles%\WinPcap\rpcapd.ini (file missing)

WinPcap is a network packet-capturing utility; in other words, a network "sniffer". If you haven't knowing installed WinPcap or some network analysis utility (such as Ethereal) which uses WinPcap, I'd get rid of it ASAP. If you can remove it through your Add/Remove Programs control panel, do so. If you can't remove it that way, or if you knowing installed it, let us know.

I didn't install that WinPCCap on purpose and when I saw that in the HackThis log, I too wondered about it.

I tried to remove it using the add/remove programs but it's not in the list.

I'll try updating my IE but as for Windows, when I have it search for updates it says I have everything except for SP2, which I'm not interested in having at the moment.

Thanks
Mike

1. C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

The log entry above indicates that you had at least 1 instance of Internet Explorer running when you ran HijackThis.
Before fixing problems with HijackThis, you must make sure to close/quit ALL instances of your web browser! HijackThis cannot fully perform its fixes while browsers are running.


2. Once you are sure all browsers are closed:

- Run HijackThis again and have it fix the O23 - Service: Remote Packet Capture Protocol v.0 (experimental) (rpcapd) - Unknown owner - %ProgramFiles%\WinPcap\rpcapd.exe" -d -f "%ProgramFiles%\WinPcap\rpcapd.ini (file missing) entry.
- After HJT finishes that fix, open Windows explorer and delete the entire C:\ProgramFiles\WinPcap folder.

- Empty your Recycle Bin.

Ok, so I did what you said and actually, once I updated IE, things seem to be fine and I can access the sites that I once could not.

I updated service pack 1 and now something else weird is happening! When I reboot, I get a screen that says that "one of my discs need to be checked for consistency" and it wants to check my 200gig slave drive.

I let it do it once before and it screwed a ton of my file that were on there. It sound up making it so the space on the drive was taken up but I couldn't access the files. Now I'm hitting escape to prevent it from checking for consistence....but that can't be a permanent fix. What do you suggest?

On the WinPC Cap thing, I see it still showing up in HiJack this even though I told it to fix it. I don't have a folder in C:\programfiles for this program. I do see one of my desktop icon are gone though. This makes me wonder if the app was actually something other than what you described....like maybe a video capture utility.

Here's the new log file......

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 11:09:24 PM, on 06/03/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel\atiptaxx.exe
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Canopus Shared\ProCoder 2\Kernel\PNXSERVR.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\ATI Multimedia\main\LaunchPd.exe
C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\CTsvcCDA.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\MsPMSPSv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wuauclt.exe
C:\HiJack This\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://sympatico.msn.ca/
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyServer =

O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx
O3 - Toolbar: Easy-WebPrint - {327C2873-E90D-4c37-AA9D-10AC9BABA46C} - C:\Program Files\Canon\Easy-WebPrint\Toolband.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe /STARTUP
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_EMC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ATIPTA] C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel\atiptaxx.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CTStartup] C:\Program Files\Creative\Splash Screen\CTEaxSpl.EXE /run
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroFilterCheck] C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NexusServer] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Canopus Shared\ProCoder 2\Kernel\PNXSERVR.exe" -SelfLaunch
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\System32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ATI Launchpad] "C:\Program Files\ATI Multimedia\main\LaunchPd.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [NBJ] "C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero BackItUp\nbj.exe"
O8 - Extra context menu item: Easy-WebPrint Add To Print List - res://C:\Program Files\Canon\Easy-WebPrint\Resource.dll/RC_AddToList.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Easy-WebPrint High Speed Print - res://C:\Program Files\Canon\Easy-WebPrint\Resource.dll/RC_HSPrint.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Easy-WebPrint Preview - res://C:\Program Files\Canon\Easy-WebPrint\Resource.dll/RC_Preview.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Easy-WebPrint Print - res://C:\Program Files\Canon\Easy-WebPrint\Resource.dll/RC_Print.html
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_06\bin\npjpi142_06.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_06\bin\npjpi142_06.dll
O9 - Extra button: ATI TV - {44226DFF-747E-4edc-B30C-78752E50CD0C} - C:\Program Files\ATI Multimedia\TV\EXPLBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: Related - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - C:\WINDOWS\web\related.htm
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Show &Related Links - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - C:\WINDOWS\web\related.htm
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\MSMSGS.EXE
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\MSMSGS.EXE
O16 - DPF: {41F17733-B041-4099-A042-B518BB6A408C} - http://appldnld.m7z.net/qtinstall.in...lInstaller.exe
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...?1105939169951
O16 - DPF: {88D969C0-F192-11D4-A65F-0040963251E5} (XML DOM Document 4.0) - http://wsc2.perfora.net/app/static/activex/msxml4.cab
O16 - DPF: {F127B9BA-89EA-4B04-9C67-2074A9DF61FC} (PCUploader Class) - http://www.walmartphotocentre.ca/activex/PCAXSetup.cab?
O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - ATI Technologies Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\System32\Ati2evxx.exe
O23 - Service: ATI Smart - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ati2sgag.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Creative Service for CDROM Access - Creative Technology Ltd - C:\WINDOWS\System32\CTsvcCDA.exe
O23 - Service: Remote Packet Capture Protocol v.0 (experimental) (rpcapd) - Unknown owner - %ProgramFiles%\WinPcap\rpcapd.exe" -d -f "%ProgramFiles%\WinPcap\rpcapd.ini (file missing)

OH MY GOD!!!!

Now when I click on the G: drive (which was 1/2 of the 200 gig drive), it says "G:\is not accessible The Disc structure is corrupted and un-readable"

I hate Windows XP man. I never had problems like this with Win98 and only switched to XP so I could large hardrives. Now I can't trust my data to any of these hardrives cause it keep getting screwed up.

Please tell me someone knows how to fix this! There must be 40gig worth of file on there that I was just about to burn to DVD's before all of this happened.

Thanks
Mike

I have to log off for the night now, but please:

Don't touch that system until one of us can get back to this !!!!

You might loose everything if you muck with it at all.

I've fixed it. I figured I could get all of the data again if I had to so if all was lost then oh well. I just restarted the system and let Windows do it's thing. It recovered all and everything appears to be intact.

It frustrates me that this has happened twice now as it was only when I updated Windows that this happened. If you can't trust your O/S, how can you work effectively and not live in fear of losing your data?

Thanks for the help......I'm sure I'll be back!
Mike

Ok, that didn't take long. Turns out that things aren't back to 100%. The drive and it's contents are fine but the whole "page won't display" thing is still haunting me.

What happened to all my help!

Now is says "We can't find www.insert webpage here.com"

There has to be away to fix this annoying problem other than formatting the C: drive

Anyone?

Mike