Ghost IE Windows

[Chewy]

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html?skipIntro=1&flash=0
nasty!(that's weird cause nasa should be safe)
copy and paste the log into my link

may be just way too much stuff enabled for your computer to handle????????????

[drfsupercenter]

I did that Chewy, it's the second link.

[Chewy]

what are you using logmein for?

[drfsupercenter]

Remote access from school... so I can get to papers and whatnot

[Chewy]

http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm

Neat tool!
beta!

[drfsupercenter]

So what might the cause of this be? Is it just a Windows bug? I know my McAfee is acting up, it randomly crashes Explorer from time to time. Once I can find the CD for it I will reinstall McAfee.

[uufta]

Did you run your log thru the automated HiJackThis sight?
and it doesnt hurt to run 2-3 diff spyware scans, I dont think there is ONE that gets everything.

sorry cant help more DRF

[drfsupercenter]

k, and yes I did... look above. I am using the MS Online Thing, found 4 critical processes. Still scanning.

[Chewy]

drf your computer has a witch's brew of startup items, all those ? marks are things that don't need to load when windows loads, just possible conflicts.
Exact opposite of a power user setup.

[drfsupercenter]

Jeez, stupid scan window froze when I was gone. And I condensed the start menu so it's only half full.

All the stuff there was no threat, like my GTSDLL script for mIRC... that shows what I am playing in WinAmp, some Java stuff, it said eDonkey was a critical threat... wtf?

[drfsupercenter]

Anyone have any suggestions? I used Spybot and it found a few things that I fixed.

[uufta]

So after all these things that all these programs found and fixed, you are still having the same problem?
Is the only AV you have run on it, the McAfee thats not working right?
If thats the only AV you are relying on, maybe you need to run a different one, just to eliminate that as a problem.

Here is an entire list of tried and tested FREE stuff (some are free trials) mostly free though

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic405.html

Might I suggest AVG, if you are that unsure about your McAfee

And I am assuning you have done or in the process of doing what Chewy says to do in the following post.
or else we are all wasting our time.

gc

[Chewy]

http://forum.digital-digest.com/forumdisplay.php?f=105

read the top 2 stickies and apply diligently

[drfsupercenter]

What does freeing up resources and power user setups gonna do for me?

[Chewy]

are you kidding?