unwanted links in pages
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unwanted links in pages
Howdy folks. First time user so please let me know if I'm breaking any rules or if you have any feedback. Input on the problem I'm having would certainly be welcomed.
Each time I use IE 6.0, the page that loads takes forever to load AND produces links to other unknown sites. However its doing it, natural text from the page content is used to link elsewhere. I had a broblem with Begin2Search which I got rid of using info from posts on this forum but that wasn't enough to stop IE from being used to produce unknown (and unwanted) links on any landing page I'm on.
Here's what Hijack this has to report.
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 5:34:10 AM, on 3/10/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Running processes:
G:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
G:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
G:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
G:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
G:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
G:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
G:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
G:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
G:\WINDOWS\system32\cisvc.exe
G:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
G:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\NISUM.EXE
G:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
G:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\SymProxySvc.exe
G:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\NISSERV.EXE
G:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Security Center\SymWSC.exe
G:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\navapw32.exe
G:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\IAMAPP.EXE
G:\WINDOWS\system32\devldr32.exe
G:\WINDOWS\system32\cidaemon.exe
G:\Documents and Settings\Bernie\Desktop\hijackthis\HijackThis.exe
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.google.ca/
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.sophos.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.mcafee.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.viruslist.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.f-secure.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.avp.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.kaspersky.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.networkassociates.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.ca.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.my-etrust.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.nai.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.trendmicro.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.grisoft.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 sophos.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 mcafee.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 viruslist.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 f-secure.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 kaspersky.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 kaspersky-labs.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 avp.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 networkassociates.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 ca.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 mast.mcafee.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 my-etrust.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 download.mcafee.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 dispatch.mcafee.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 secure.nai.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 nai.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 us.mcafee.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 rads.mcafee.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 trendmicro.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 grisoft.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 sandbox.norman.no
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.pandasoftware.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 uk.trendmicro-europe.com
O2 - BHO: ohb - {22B720C7-5FA6-40A8-9F8F-8584BF669690} - G:\WINDOWS\system32\trgen.dll
O2 - BHO: ohb Class - {4D568F0F-8AC9-40AB-88B7-415134C78777} - G:\WINDOWS\system32\winb2s32.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - G:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Ipswitch.WsftpBrowserHelper - {601ED020-FB6C-11D3-87D8-0050DA59922B} - G:\Program Files\WS_FTP Pro\wsbho2k0.dll
O2 - BHO: CNavExtBho Class - {BDF3E430-B101-42AD-A544-FADC6B084872} - G:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll
O2 - BHO: ohb - {CB5B2BC6-F957-4D8A-BE67-83F3EC58BA01} - G:\WINDOWS\system32\dsktrf.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Norton AntiVirus - {42CDD1BF-3FFB-4238-8AD1-7859DF00B1D6} - G:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NAV Agent] G:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\navapw32.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iamapp] G:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\IAMAPP.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Symantec NetDriver Monitor] G:\PROGRA~1\SYMNET~1\SNDMon.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.exe.lnk = G:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe
O16 - DPF: {15AD4789-CDB4-47E1-A9DA-992EE8E6BAD6} - http://public.windupdates.com/get_fi...ec47c4891aa171
O16 - DPF: {B38870E4-7ECB-40DA-8C6A-595F0A5519FF} (MsnMessengerSetupDownloadControl Class) - http://messenger.msn.com/download/Ms...Downloader.cab
O23 - Service: Macromedia Licensing Service - Unknown owner - G:\Program Files\Common Files\Macromedia Shared\Service\Macromedia Licensing.exe
O23 - Service: Norton AntiVirus Auto Protect Service (navapsvc) - Symantec Corporation - G:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Norton Internet Security Service (NISSERV) - Symantec Corporation - G:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\NISSERV.EXE
O23 - Service: Norton Internet Security Accounts Manager (NISUM) - Symantec Corporation - G:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\NISUM.EXE
O23 - Service: Remote Packet Capture Protocol v.0 (experimental) (rpcapd) - Unknown owner - %ProgramFiles%\WinPcap\rpcapd.exe" -d -f "%ProgramFiles%\WinPcap\rpcapd.ini (file missing)
O23 - Service: ScriptBlocking Service (SBService) - Symantec Corporation - G:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\SYMANT~1\SCRIPT~1\SBServ.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Network Drivers Service (SNDSrvc) - Symantec Corporation - G:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SNDSrvc.exe
O23 - Service: Norton Internet Security Proxy Service (SymProxySvc) - Symantec Corporation - G:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\SymProxySvc.exe
O23 - Service: SymWMI Service (SymWSC) - Symantec Corporation - G:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Security Center\SymWSC.exe
O23 - Service: YPCService - Yahoo! Inc. - G:\WINDOWS\system32\YPCSER~1.EXE
Can anyone tell me what I need to remove or "fix" from this list?
Bernie
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Sorry about the long response time:
Close all browser windows, restart Hijack This and put a checkmark next to the following entries:
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.sophos.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.mcafee.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.viruslist.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.f-secure.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.avp.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.kaspersky.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.networkassociates.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.ca.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.my-etrust.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.nai.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.trendmicro.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.grisoft.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 sophos.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 mcafee.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 viruslist.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 f-secure.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 kaspersky.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 kaspersky-labs.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 avp.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 networkassociates.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 ca.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 mast.mcafee.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 my-etrust.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 download.mcafee.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 dispatch.mcafee.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 secure.nai.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 nai.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 us.mcafee.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 rads.mcafee.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 trendmicro.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 grisoft.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 sandbox.norman.no
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 www.pandasoftware.com
O1 - Hosts: 64.233.167.104 uk.trendmicro-europe.com
O2 - BHO: ohb - {22B720C7-5FA6-40A8-9F8F-8584BF669690} - G:\WINDOWS\system32\trgen.dll
O2 - BHO: ohb Class - {4D568F0F-8AC9-40AB-88B7-415134C78777} - G:\WINDOWS\system32\winb2s32.dll
O2 - BHO: ohb - {CB5B2BC6-F957-4D8A-BE67-83F3EC58BA01} - G:\WINDOWS\system32\dsktrf.dll
O16 - DPF: {15AD4789-CDB4-47E1-A9DA-992EE8E6BAD6} - http://public.windupdates.com/get_f... c47c4891aa171
O23 - Service: Remote Packet Capture Protocol v.0 (experimental) (rpcapd) - Unknown owner - %ProgramFiles%\WinPcap\rpcapd.exe" -d -f "%ProgramFiles%\WinPcap\rpcapd.ini (file missing)
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