Started having problems 10/15. CD tray opens & closes randomly, especially when reboot. Mouse freezes. System was freezing every few minutes. Started after a popup for what seemed to be an upgrade to Quicktime came on & could not be closed. Turned CPU off. Scanned with Norton Antivirus (updated 10/15/03) - clean. Spybot said clean too. Ad Aware picked up some malware & tracking cookies. Tried System Restore (BAD IDEA with NAV & ME)couldn't do normal reboot. Deleted Norton. Thougt all was well. NOT. Mouse freezing, CD tray going in and out (tantamount to a raspberry). Turned System Restore OFF. Ran housecall & trojanscan - clean. Ran HijackThis! Log follows. Please tell me if you spot anything. Thank You!!!!! Logfile of HijackThis v1.96.1 Scan saved at 10:11:27 PM, on 10/21/2003 Platform: Windows ME (Win9x 4.90.3000) MSIE: Internet Explorer v5.51 SP2 (5.51.4807.2300) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.exe C:\PROGRAM FILES\MCAFEE\MCAFEE VIRUSSCAN\AVSYNMGR.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\STIMON.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTASK.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk C:\PROGRAM FILES\MCAFEE\MCAFEE VIRUSSCAN\VSSTAT.exe C:\PROGRAM FILES\MCAFEE\MCAFEE VIRUSSCAN\VSHWIN32.exe C:\PROGRAM FILES\MCAFEE\MCAFEE VIRUSSCAN\AVCONSOL.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RESTORE\STMGR.exe C:\PROGRAM FILES\MCAFEE\MCAFEE VIRUSSCAN\WEBSCANX.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DDHELP.exe C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WMIEXE.exe C:\WINDOWS\TASKMON.exe C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMPAQ\EASY ACCESS BUTTON SUPPORT\CPQEADM.exe C:\COMPAQ\CPQINET\CPQINET.exe C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMPAQ\EASY ACCESS BUTTON SUPPORT\BTTNSERV.exe C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\REAL\UPDATE_OB\EVNTSVC.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\PRINTRAY.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SPOOL32.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\LEXBCES.exe C:\VSTASCAN\VSACCESS.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RPCSS.exe C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMPAQ\EASY ACCESS BUTTON SUPPORT\EAUSBKBD.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\LEXPPS.exe C:\PROGRAM FILES\AMERICA ONLINE 7.0\WAOL.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TAPISRV.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RNAAPP.exe C:\PROGRAM FILES\REAL\REALDOWNLOAD\REALDOWNLOAD.exe C:\MY DOWNLOAD FILES\HIJACKTHIS.exe R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://rd.yahoo.com/customize/ymsgr/defaults/sb/*http://www.yahoo.com/ext/search/search.html R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://rd.yahoo.com/customize/ymsgr/defaults/sp/*http://www.yahoo.com R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://desktop.presario.net/scripts/redirectors/presario/deskredir.dll?c=3c00&s=consumer&LC=0409 R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = http://search.presario.net/scripts/redirectors/presario/srchredir.dll?c=3c00&s=searchbar&LC=0409 R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://rd.yahoo.com/customize/ymsgr/defaults/*http://my.yahoo.com R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://rd.yahoo.com/customize/ymsgr/defaults/sb/*http://www.yahoo.com/ext/search/search.html R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://search.presario.net/scripts/redirectors/presario/srchredir.dll?c=3c00&s=search&LC=0409 R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://rd.yahoo.com/customize/ymsgr/defaults/*http://my.yahoo.com R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://rd.yahoo.com/customize/ymsgr/defaults/su/*http://www.yahoo.com R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Microsoft Internet Explorer R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard,Shellnext = iexplore O2 - BHO: (no name) - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\PROGRAM FILES\ADOBE\ACROBAT 5.0\READER\ACTIVEX\ACROIEHELPER.OCX O2 - BHO: (no name) - {EBCDDA60-2A68-11D3-8A43-0060083CFB9C} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\NZDD.DLL O3 - Toolbar: @msdxmLC.dll,-1@1033,&Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSDXM.OCX O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - (no file) O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SystemTray] SysTray.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LoadPowerProfile] Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ScanRegistry] C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TaskMonitor] C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CPQEASYACC] C:\Program Files\Compaq\Easy Access Button Support\cpqeadm.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [EACLEAN] C:\Program Files\Compaq\Easy Access Button Support\eaclean.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CPQInet] c:\compaq\CPQInet\CpqInet.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CPQINKAGENT] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\cpqinkag.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\evntsvc.exe -osboot O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\QTTASK.exe" -atboottime O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LexStart] Lexstart.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LexmarkPrinTray] PrinTray.exe O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [LoadPowerProfile] Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [*StateMgr] C:\WINDOWS\System\Restore\StateMgr.exe O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [McAfeeVirusScanService] C:\Program Files\McAfee\McAfee VirusScan\AVSYNMGR.exe O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [StillImageMonitor] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\STIMON.exe O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [SchedulingAgent] mstask.exe O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Microsoft Works Update Detection] C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\WkDetect.exe O4 - Startup: Compaq VistaAccess.lnk = C:\VSTASCAN\vsaccess.exe O4 - Startup: America Online 5.0 Tray Icon.lnk = C:\Program Files\America Online 7.0\aoltray.exe O4 - User Startup: Compaq VistaAccess.lnk = C:\VSTASCAN\vsaccess.exe O4 - User Startup: America Online 5.0 Tray Icon.lnk = C:\Program Files\America Online 7.0\aoltray.exe O9 - Extra button: Related (HKLM) O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Show &Related Links (HKLM) O9 - Extra button: Messenger (HKLM) O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: MSN Messenger Service (HKLM) O9 - Extra button: Translate (HKLM) O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: AV &Translate (HKLM) O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: &Find Pages Linking to this URL (HKLM) O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Find Other Pages on this &Host (HKLM) O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: AV Live (HKLM) O9 - Extra button: RealGuide (HKLM) O9 - Extra button: Messenger (HKLM) O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Messenger (HKLM) O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab

With a quick cursory glance I don't see anything out of the ordinary here. How hard would it be for you to wipe the hard drive and reinstall everything from scratch. Obviously something is wrong so it might come down to that. Not that this has anything to do with (maybe), but I hate Windows ME....

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Who beside you has access to the computer directly? This sounds like a program (not virus) that a friend of min installed on my computer as a joke. Took a little time for me to speak to him again. He changed th name of the program to something that looked real and innocent to fool me. It wa called flatulator, but he names it to something else. Sudenly my computer cd tray popping out and in at random with farting noise. But no freezing or other problems. It is a clumsy shot in the dark maybe, but ask people that have sent email to you or had been on your computer if they did anything. Maybe someone is making mischeif on you. Also, wawadave includes AVAST in links. I downloaded this , and it found on my computer 8 virus, trojans, maybe worms too that AVG and Panda online scan did not. It scans for trojans where many antivirus do not. I hope you get better soon. Good luck to you.