Hi everyone,

I'm new around here... discovered this wonderful site just today actually...

Basically I wanted to ask you what should I do to solve a small problem: Today I tried to open Windows Media Player and it basically just doesn't start. Sygate firewall gives me the msg below saying wmplayer.exe is trying to connect to the network:

The executable has changed since the last time you used: C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
File Version :
File Description : C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
File Path : C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
Process ID : 0x574 (Heximal) 1396 (Decimal)

Connection origin : local initiated
Protocol : Other
Local Address : 0.0.0.0
Local Port : 0
Remote Name :
Remote Address : 0.0.0.0
Remote Port : 0

Ethernet packet details:
Ethernet II (Packet Length: 56)
Destination: ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff
Source: 00-10-a4-fc-07-05
Type: ARP (0x0806)
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Hardware type: Ethernet (0x0001)
Protocol type: IP (0x0800)
Hardware size: 6
Protocol size: 4
Opcode: Request
Sender hardware address: 00-10-a4-fc-07-05
Sender IP address: 192.168.1.6
Target hardware address: 00-00-00-00-00-00
Target IP address: 192.168.1.1

Binary dump of the packet:
0000: FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 10 : A4 FC 07 05 08 06 00 01 | ................
0010: 08 00 06 04 00 01 00 10 : A4 FC 07 05 C0 A8 01 06 | ................
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0 A8 : 01 01 80 B4 01 10 00 01 | ................
0030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 46 : | ...... F

And asks me if I want to allow it to access the network, to which I say NO.

I ran every possible SW (AdAware, Stinger, Spybot, Easy Cleaner, etc...) but it still persists. Then I ran HijackThis and this is the output:

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 19:07:21, on 04-03-2005
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WINNT\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\services.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\lsass.exe
D:\Program Files\Sygate\SPF\smc.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\spoolsv.exe
c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsrte.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\regsvc.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\MSTask.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\WBEM\WinMgmt.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\mspmspsv.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe
c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe
C:\WINNT\Explorer.EXE
C:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshld.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe
c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsescn.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\internat.exe
E:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Distillr\AcroTray.exe
E:\Program Files\FinePixViewer\QuickDCF.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\wuauclt.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\ntvdm.exe
D:\Program Files\BillP Studios\WinPatrol\WinPatrol.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
D:\Program Files\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.sapo.pt/
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,(Default) = 69.61.38.52
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
O1 - Hosts: 69.61.38.52 ie.search.msn.com
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - E:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.ocx
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar2.dll
O3 - Toolbar: McAfee VirusScan - {BA52B914-B692-46c4-B683-905236F6F655} - c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshl.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar2.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINNT\system32\msdxm.ocx
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroCheck] C:\WINNT\system32\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [REGSHAVE] C:\Program Files\REGSHAVE\REGSHAVE.EXE /AUTORUN
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VSOCheckTask] "c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcmnhdlr.exe" /checktask
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VirusScan Online] "c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshld.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCAgentExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCUpdateExe] C:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcupdate.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SmcService] D:\PROGRA~1\Sygate\SPF\smc.exe -startgui
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Synchronization Manager] mobsync.exe /logon
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [WinPatrol] D:\Program Files\BillP Studios\WinPatrol\winpatrol.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [internat.exe] internat.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = E:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OSA.EXE
O4 - Global Startup: Acrobat Assistant.lnk = E:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Distillr\AcroTray.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Exif Launcher.lnk = E:\Program Files\FinePixViewer\QuickDCF.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Google Search - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar2.dll/cmsearch.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Backward Links - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar2.dll/cmbacklinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Cached Snapshot of Page - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar2.dll/cmcache.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://E:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1\Office10\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O8 - Extra context menu item: Similar Pages - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar2.dll/cmsimilar.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Translate into English - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar2.dll/cmtrans.html
O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll
O15 - Trusted IP range: 206.161.125.149
O15 - Trusted IP range: 206.161.125.149 (HKLM)
O16 - DPF: {4ED9DDF0-7479-4BBE-9335-5A1EDB1D8A21} (McAfee.com Operating System Class) - http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/share...insctl.cab
O16 - DPF: {BCC0FF27-31D9-4614-A68E-C18E1ADA4389} (DwnldGroupMgr Class) - http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/share...cgdmgr.cab
O21 - SSODL: System - {4422D8EE-11A5-4C41-B2B3-4F67B2CBED57} - C:\WINNT\system32\system32.dll
O23 - Service: Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service (dmadmin) - VERITAS Software Corp. - C:\WINNT\System32\dmadmin.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee.com McShield (McShield) - Unknown owner - c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee SecurityCenter Update Manager (mcupdmgr.exe) - McAfee, Inc - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\Agent\mcupdmgr.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee.com VirusScan Online Realtime Engine (MCVSRte) - Networks Associates Technology, Inc - c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsrte.exe
O23 - Service: Sygate Personal Firewall (SmcService) - Sygate Technologies, Inc. - D:\Program Files\Sygate\SPF\smc.exe


Can anyone help me? What's happening here? Must I reinstall WMP? By the way, is there any chance of uninstalling it?

Thanks everyone,
Cheers,
Ziggy