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I recently acquired some nasty spyware of some sort. Occasionally I will get pop ups using Internet Explorer, but I don't really use Internet Explorer much; I only use it if a page doesn't work in Opera or Firefox. I am having a really weird problem with accessing the internet. It stops working anywhere from 5 minutes to days after I have rebooted my computer. Its something like this:
I'll turn on the computer, and go to a few web sites. Then, I'll try to go to a new one, but my computer will say that it can't find it. However, I will still be able to access any webpages that I have already been to, or ones located on the same server. For example, I can go to yahoo.com and look at some news. Then, I'll try to go to google.com and my computer will say that it can't find the site. However, I can still go back to Yahoo.com and look at new pages I hadn't looked at before I could no longer go to google, such as new news stories. This is just an example, its not like Google is blocked to me. This also happens to me in games. If I am playing Counterstrike or something, I will be able to go to several different servers, but then after the first few any I go to afterwards will just timeout. However, I will still be able to go to servers that I had already been to. ALL of this is temporarily fixed by simply restarting my computer. This problem appeared earlier this week. The "no-longer-being-able-to-access-new-servers" problem usually happens within 10 minutes to 8 hours of my computer restarting.
Normally I try to fix problems like this myself, but the usual thing I do is just search for stuff in my hijack this log on google and try to fix it that way. But unfortunately, that often involves booting into safe mode, which is my other problem. My computer will no longer boot into safe mode. I will tell it to from the F8 menu and then it will give me the warning about using Safe Mode, I'll click Yes, and then nothing will happen. I'll be left with a black screen with Safe Mode in the 4 corners. I thought it might just be loading but I left it like that for over an hour and it still hadn't loaded up.
Last but not least, my hijack this log:
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 12:33:45 PM, on 6/22/2006
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\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\ewido anti-malware\ewidoctrl.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7DEBUG\MDM.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wuauclt.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\CTHELPER.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe
C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
C:\Program Files\Radeon Omega Drivers\v3.8.252\ATI Tray Tools\atitray.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\ctfmon.exe
C:\DOCUME~1\Jon\MYDOCU~1\YMANTE~1\wuaclt.exe
C:\DOCUME~1\Jon\APPLIC~1\APPATC~1\WAUCLT~1.EXE
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\reader_sl.exe
C:\Program Files\Opera\Opera.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Jon\Desktop\hijackthis\HijackThis.exe
R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {348DA4E7-137E-1CD9-2F05-4AB60A15AD9C} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\amlei.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CTHelper] CTHELPER.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AtiPTA] atiptaxx.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [AtiTrayTools] "C:\Program Files\Radeon Omega Drivers\v3.8.252\ATI Tray Tools\atitray.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\System32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Aida] "C:\DOCUME~1\Jon\MYDOCU~1\YMANTE~1\wuaclt.exe" -vt yax
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Jzzhfpm] C:\DOCUME~1\Jon\APPLIC~1\APPATC~1\WAUCLT~1.EXE
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Reader Speed Launch.lnk = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\reader_sl.exe
O6 - HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions present
O6 - HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel present
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.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
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://update.micros...b?1148767531657
O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - http://update.micros...b?1148767525563
O16 - DPF: {74CD40EA-EF77-4BAD-808A-B5982DA73F20} (YazzleActiveX Control) - http://yax-download.....cab?refid=1123
O20 - AppInit_DLLs: C:\WINDOWS\System32\rundll32.dll
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: ewido security suite control - ewido networks - C:\Program Files\ewido anti-malware\ewidoctrl.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: iPodService - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
