Thanks for all your help so far.
I think we are fighting a losing battle
I was unable to do an online scan through Trend Micro. I think probably because I am using Opera. But I did download PC-cillin from them and did a full scan. It was clean of any viruses but had 2 spyware:
ADW_HISCLEAN.A (adware.winpup (symantec))
ADW_SEARCHAID.A (trojandownloader)
I removed both.
Downloaded CWShredder v2.14 and ran the fix.
- restoring internet explorer pages ... 3 restored
- restoring hidden IE options tab ... done
- removing hosts file redirections ... none infected
- done
- cws not found
Downloaded About
:Buster
- attempted to run it but received a run-time error 339
Component 'MSCOMCTL.OCX' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid
I went to the Command Prompt.
I'm using Windows 98se so I have to type in 'command' to get that. It's in DOS too.
I checked for the files but just received errors. I hope I did it correctly.
Ran HJT and killed sellected items and fixed sellected files.
Deleted files from C:\Windows and C:\Windows\system in safe mode.
Ran HJT again and it produced the following log. As you can see, some of the files are still present.
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 2:36:41 AM, on 5/20/05
Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)
Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk
C:\WINDOWS\WINJO.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\D3RE32.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IEBZ.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\TREND MICRO\INTERNET SECURITY 2005\PCCTLCOM.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\ADDAQ.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\TREND MICRO\INTERNET SECURITY 2005\PCCIOMON.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\VISUAL NETWORKS\VISUAL IP INSIGHT\SYMPATICO CONSUMER\IPCLIENT.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\VISUAL NETWORKS\VISUAL IP INSIGHT\SYMPATICO CONSUMER\IPMON32.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\TREND MICRO\INTERNET SECURITY 2005\PCCGUIDE.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\HIJACKTHIS.EXE
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = res://C:\WINDOWS\system\msdnu.dll/sp.html#93256
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = res://C:\WINDOWS\system\msdnu.dll/sp.html#93256
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = about
:blank
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = res://C:\WINDOWS\system\msdnu.dll/sp.html#93256
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = res://C:\WINDOWS\system\msdnu.dll/sp.html#93256
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = res://C:\WINDOWS\system\msdnu.dll/sp.html#93256
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = res://C:\WINDOWS\system\msdnu.dll/sp.html#93256
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Sympatico Internet Service
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = 127.0.0.1;<local>
R3 - Default URLSearchHook is missing
O2 - BHO: Class - {90BB5985-3171-89A4-7540-8EDF7335AF47} - C:\WINDOWS\JAVACO.DLL
O2 - BHO: Class - {6E0B6255-FB2C-DFA1-E742-F2910FA50150} - C:\WINDOWS\CRME.DLL
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSDXM.OCX
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IPInSightLAN 01] "C:\PROGRAM FILES\VISUAL NETWORKS\VISUAL IP INSIGHT\SYMPATICO CONSUMER\IPClient.exe" -l
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IPInSightMonitor 01] "C:\PROGRAM FILES\VISUAL NETWORKS\VISUAL IP INSIGHT\SYMPATICO CONSUMER\IPMon32.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LoadPowerProfile] Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SystemTray] SysTray.Exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [pccguide.exe] "C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\Internet Security 2005\pccguide.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NTQA32.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\NTQA32.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [LoadPowerProfile] Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [WINJO.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\WINJO.EXE /s
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [D3RE32.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\D3RE32.EXE /s
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [IEBZ.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IEBZ.EXE /s
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [PcCtlCom] C:\PROGRAM FILES\TREND MICRO\INTERNET SECURITY 2005\PCCTLCOM.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [ADDAQ.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\ADDAQ.EXE /s
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [APIFQ32.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\APIFQ32.EXE /s
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {4528BBE0-4E08-11D5-AD55-00010333D0AD} - C:\PROGRAM FILES\YAHOO!\MESSENGER\YHEXBMES0521.DLL
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Messenger - {4528BBE0-4E08-11D5-AD55-00010333D0AD} - C:\PROGRAM FILES\YAHOO!\MESSENGER\YHEXBMES0521.DLL
O14 - IERESET.INF: START_PAGE_URL=http://www.sympatico.ca