Hi, I posted a thread on the Windows XP Forum asking for information regarding the processes currently running on my computer. Mixed answers finally lead to the suggestion that I post this thread here on this forum. My question is - "do I have any nasty programs running?" I have run the following programs (all absolutely up-to-date) through my system and at the end of this thread you will find the HijackThis logfile: Adaware SpyBot Search and Destroy Trojancheck TDS 3 CW Shredder Spyware Blaster NAV 2003 Norton Firewall 2003 Have also completed the Online Virus Check at Trend Micro and PC Flank My Taskmanager shows the following Processes: realsched.exe ToDuCAlC.exe iexplore.exe wowexec.exe winoldap.mod online.exe ntvdm.exe tcguard.exe taskmgr.exe hpofxm07.exe hposts07.exe TSMSvc.exe hpoevm07.exe msmsgs.exe hpoavn07.exe acrotray.exe rundll32.exe ctfmon.exe iPodService.exe Directcd.exe filefreedom.exe fast.exe MsPMSPSv.exe svchost.exe NOPDB.EXE TBPanel.exe nvsvc32.exe NPROTECT.EXE NAVAPSVC.EXE iexplore.exe mdm.exe gearsec.exe CCPXYSVC.EXE nhksrv.exe SWTrayV4.EXE MMKeybd.exe Fast.exe NISUM.EXE CCEVTMGR.EXE spoolsv.exe TaskSwitch.exe svchost.exe (LOCAL SERVICE) svchost.exe (NETWORK SERVICE) mixer.exe iTunesHelper.exe svchost.exe (SYSTEM) svchost.exe (SYSTEM) lsass.exe services.exe winlogon.exe csrss.exe osd.exe smss.exe ccApp.exe explorer.exe Incredimail.exe iexplorer.exe Traymon.exe System System Idle process Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 20:42:47, on 17/12/2003 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\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe C:\Program Files\Norton Personal Firewall\NISUM.exe C:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\nhksrv.exe C:\Program Files\Norton Personal Firewall\ccPxySvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\GEARSEC.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\mdm.exe C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton Utilities\NPROTECT.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~3\SPEEDD~1\nopdb.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\MsPMSPSv.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\Fast.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\taskswitch.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\fast.exe C:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\MMKeybd.exe C:\PROGRA~1\MI948F~1\GAMECO~1\common\swtrayv4.exe C:\WINDOWS\TBPanel.exe C:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\TrayMon.exe D:\NEEDSC~1\INCRED~1\bin\IncrediMail.exe C:\Program Files\Netropa\Onscreen Display\OSD.exe C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Easy CD Creator 5\DirectCD\DirectCD.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe C:\WINDOWS\Mixer.exe C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe C:\Program Files\FileFreedom\filefreedom.exe C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\ctfmon.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\RUNDLL32.exe C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Distillr\AcroTray.exe C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\AiO\hp officejet g series\Bin\hpoavn07.exe C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe C:\PROGRA~1\HEWLET~1\AiO\Shared\Bin\hpoevm07.exe C:\Program Files\T-DSL SpeedManager\tsmsvc.exe C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\AiO\Shared\bin\hpOSTS07.exe C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\AiO\Shared\bin\hpOFXM07.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntvdm.exe C:\T-ONLINE\BSW4\ToDuCAlC.exe C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe C:\Program Files\Trojancheck 6\tcguard.exe C:\Documents and Settings\John\Desktop\HijackThis.exe R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.ebay.co.uk/ 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 = about:blank R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch = R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL,(Default) = http://rd.yahoo.com/customize/ymsgr/defaults/su/*http://www.yahoo.com R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,SearchAssistant = about:blank R3 - Default URLSearchHook is missing O1 - Hosts: 203.161.127.141 www.dcsresearch.com O2 - BHO: (no name) - {02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\ycomp5_1_6_0.dll O2 - BHO: (no name) - {029CA12C-89C1-46a7-A3C7-82F2F98635CB} - C:\Program Files\Kontiki\bin\bh304181.dll O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll O2 - BHO: (no name) - {BDF3E430-B101-42AD-A544-FADC6B084872} - C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx O3 - Toolbar: Norton AntiVirus - {42CDD1BF-3FFB-4238-8AD1-7859DF00B1D6} - C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Assistent - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\ycomp5_1_6_0.dll O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CoolSwitch] C:\WINDOWS\System32\taskswitch.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [FastUser] C:\WINDOWS\System32\fast.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MULTIMEDIA KEYBOARD] C:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\MMKeybd.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SideWinderTrayV4] C:\PROGRA~1\MI948F~1\GAMECO~1\common\swtrayv4.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Gainward] C:\WINDOWS\TBPanel.exe /A O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IncrediMail] D:\NEEDSC~1\INCRED~1\bin\IncrediMail.exe /c O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CloneCDElbyCDFL] "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\CloneCD\ElbyCheck.exe" /L ElbyCDFL O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [WebInstall2] C:\DOCUME~1\John\LOCALS~1\Temp\ins23.tmp /R /A O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MoneyStartUp10.0] "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money\System\Activation.exe" O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AdaptecDirectCD] C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Easy CD Creator 5\DirectCD\DirectCD.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /install O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccApp] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe" O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccRegVfy] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccRegVfy.exe" O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [C-Media Mixer] Mixer.exe /startup O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [T-DSL SpeedMgr] "C:\PROGRA~1\T-DSLS~1\SpeedMgr.exe" O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [FileFreedom] C:\Program Files\FileFreedom\filefreedom.exe O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\System32\ctfmon.exe O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Yahoo! Pager] D:\Needs checking\Yahoo!\Messenger\ypager.exe -quiet O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\NVMCTRAY.DLL,NvTaskbarInit O4 - Startup: PowerReg Scheduler.exe O4 - Startup: PowerReg SchedulerV2.exe O4 - Global Startup: Acrobat Assistant.lnk = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Distillr\AcroTray.exe O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe O4 - Global Startup: HPAiODevice(hp officejet g series) - 1.lnk = C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\AiO\hp officejet g series\Bin\hpoavn07.exe O4 - Global Startup: InterVideo WinCinema Manager.lnk = C:\Program Files\InterVideo\Common\bin\WinCinemaMgr.exe O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA9.exe O8 - Extra context menu item: &Add animation to IncrediMail Style Box - D:\NEEDSC~1\INCRED~1\bin\WebMenuImg.htm O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office10\EXCEL.EXE/3000 O9 - Extra button: Messenger (HKLM) O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Messenger (HKLM) O9 - Extra button: Researcher (HKLM) O9 - Extra button: Real.com (HKLM) O9 - Extra button: MoneySide (HKLM) O9 - Extra button: Messenger (HKLM) O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Messenger (HKLM) O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll O16 - DPF: Yahoo! Chat - http://us.chat1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/chat/applet/c381/chat.cab O16 - DPF: Yahoo! Chess - http://download.yahoo.com/games/clients/y/cs0_x.cab O16 - DPF: Yahoo! Fleet - http://download.yahoo.com/games/clients/y/fltr2_x.cab O16 - DPF: Yahoo! Pool 2 - http://download.games.yahoo.com/games/clients/y/pos3_x.cab O16 - DPF: {15B782AF-55D8-11D1-B477-006097098764} (Macromedia Authorware Web Player Control) - file://c:\program files\internet explorer\plugins\awswaxf.cab O16 - DPF: {166B1BCA-3F9C-11CF-8075-444553540000} (Shockwave ActiveX Control) - http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/director/sw.cab O16 - DPF: {1D4DB7D2-6EC9-47A3-BD87-1E41684E07BB} - http://imgfarm.com/images/nocache/funwebproducts/SmileyCentralInitialSetup1.0.0.5.cab O16 - DPF: {2A32B14F-4D29-4EA3-AC54-E9B19F436CE7} (Scanner Class) - http://www.trojanscan.com/trojanscan/TDECntrl.CAB O16 - DPF: {2B323CD9-50E3-11D3-9466-00A0C9700498} (Yahoo! Audio Conferencing) - http://us.chat1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/chat/applet/v43/yacscom.cab O16 - DPF: {2BC66F54-93A8-11D3-BEB6-00105AA9B6AE} (Symantec AntiVirus scanner) - http://security2.norton.com/SSC/SharedContent/vc/bin/AvSniff.cab O16 - DPF: {30528230-99F7-4BB4-88D8-FA1D4F56A2AB} (YInstStarter Class) - http://download.yahoo.com/dl/installs/yinst.cab O16 - DPF: {32E8AAE9-C264-497D-AADC-583868906B52} (PanoViewer Control) - http://www.pixtra.com/Downloads/PanoViewer.ocx O16 - DPF: {3E68E405-C6DE-49FF-83AE-41EE9F4C36CE} (Office Update Installation Engine) - http://office.microsoft.com/officeupdate/content/opuc.cab O16 - DPF: {4BEE3896-4820-48D1-85EA-5A9A9ECD3D95} (OPUCatalog Class) - http://office.microsoft.com/productupdates/content/opuc.cab O16 - DPF: {4E330863-6A11-11D0-BFD8-006097237877} (InstallFromTheWeb ActiveX Control) - http://www.installfromtheweb.com/install/iftwclix.cab O16 - DPF: {597C45C2-2D39-11D5-8D53-0050048383FE} (OPUCatalog Class) - http://office.microsoft.com/productupdates/content/opuc.cab O16 - DPF: {6B4788E2-BAE8-11D2-A1B4-00400512739B} (PWMediaSendControl Class) - http://216.249.25.152/code/PWActiveXImgCtl.CAB O16 - DPF: {70BA88C8-DAE8-4CE9-92BB-979C4A75F53B} (GSDACtl Class) - http://launch.gamespyarcade.com/software/launch/alaunch.cab O16 - DPF: {74D05D43-3236-11D4-BDCD-00C04F9A3B61} (HouseCall Control) - http://a840.g.akamai.net/7/840/537/2003120501/housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/xscan53.cab O16 - DPF: {7D1E9C49-BD6A-11D3-87A8-009027A35D73} (Yahoo! Audio UI1) - http://chat.yahoo.com/cab/yacsui.cab O16 - DPF: {8714912E-380D-11D5-B8AA-00D0B78F3D48} (Yahoo! WebCam Upload Wrapper) - http://chat.yahoo.com/cab/yuplapp.cab O16 - DPF: {90C9629E-CD32-11D3-BBFB-00105A1F0D68} (InstallShield International Setup Player) - http://www.installengine.com/engine/isetup.cab O16 - DPF: {9A9307A0-7DA4-4DAF-B042-5009F29E09E1} (ActiveScan Installer Class) - http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/as5/asinst.cab O16 - DPF: {9F1C11AA-197B-4942-BA54-47A8489BB47F} (Update Class) - http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/CAB/x86/unicode/iuctl.CAB?37589.2766319444 O16 - DPF: {A17E30C4-A9BA-11D4-8673-60DB54C10000} (YahooYMailTo Class) - http://us.dl1.yimg.com/download.yahoo.com/dl/installs/essentials/ymmapi_0410.dll O16 - DPF: {C2FCEF52-ACE9-11D3-BEBD-00105AA9B6AE} (Symantec RuFSI Registry Information Class) - http://security.symantec.com/SSC/SharedContent/common/bin/cabsa.cab O16 - DPF: {CD17FAAA-17B4-4736-AAEF-436EDC304C8C} (ContentAuditX Control) - http://a840.g.akamai.net/7/840/5805/v1503/www.contentwatch.com/audit/includes/ContentAuditControl.cab O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab O16 - DPF: {D32C3BAD-5213-49BD-A7D5-E6DE6C0D8249} (CRAVOnline Object) - http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/ravonline.cab O16 - DPF: {E344ADA2-75B6-4E7E-B221-0A04FD5B0165} (MaxisPublishX Control) - http://thesims.ea.com/us/teleport/MaxisPublishX.cab O16 - DPF: {E504EE6E-47C6-11D5-B8AB-00D0B78F3D48} (Yahoo! WebCam Viewer Wrapper) - http://chat.yahoo.com/cab/yvwrctl.cab O16 - DPF: {EF791A6B-FC12-4C68-99EF-FB9E207A39E6} (McFreeScan Class) - http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/iss-loc/vso/en-us/tools/mcfscan/1,5,0,4278/mcfscan.cab O16 - DPF: {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} (Yahoo! Assistent) - http://us.dl1.yimg.com/download.companion.yahoo.com/dl/toolbar/yiebio5_1_6_0.cab O16 - DPF: {F58E1CEF-A068-4C15-BA5E-587CAF3EE8C6} (MSN Chat Control 4.5) - http://fdl.msn.com/public/chat/msnchat45.cab O16 - DPF: {FAE74270-E5EE-49C3-B816-EA8B4D55F38F} (H2hPool Control) - http://mirror.worldwinner.com//games/v45/h2hpool/h2hpool.cab O16 - DPF: {FEC3E5A3-50F7-4B0C-97D8-01CF69DFBFC7} (Measurement Service Client) - http://ccon.madonion.com/global/msc.cab O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{AEEAF69E-D5B4-48D2-8087-70B99CAF592F}: NameServer = 212.185.248.180 194.25.2.129 Regards and happy looking John

I have to ask in reply: Is there a noticeable problem, or a feeling that something's not right? After scanning through, it looked pretty clean from really nasty bugs; and there is only some questions over stuff you may not have knowingly installed, such as Kontiki. If unwanted, uninstall Kontiki from Control Panel>Add/Remove http://help.kontiki.com/enduser/group.jsp?node=3160 That should sort out the O2 - BHO: (no name) - {029CA12C-89C1-46a7-A3C7-82F2F98635CB} - C:\Program Files\Kontiki\bin\bh304181.dll A bit of housekeeping: R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = about:blank R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch = R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,SearchAssistant = about:blank R3 - Default URLSearchHook is missing O16 - DPF: {90C9629E-CD32-11D3-BBFB-00105A1F0D68} (InstallShield International Setup Player) - http://www.installengine.com/engine/isetup.cab I would be fixing this item on spec: O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [WebInstall2] C:\DOCUME~1\John\LOCALS~1\Temp\ins23.tmp /R /A You may have more knowledge on this last one. Othewise, it looks ok.