I'm plagued by this amazingautosearch problem also. Can someone please take a look at my HijackThis Log file and advise me. All help much appreciated !!
Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 12:43:20 PM, on 4/17/04
Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v5.00 (5.00.2614.3500)
Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk
C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\REAL\UPDATE_OB\REALSCHED.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\AVPERSONAL\AVGCTRL.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTASK.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WMIEXE.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\REAL\UPDATE_OB\RNATHCHK.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RNAAPP.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TAPISRV.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DDHELP.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\HIJACKTHIS.EXE
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://amazingautoss.../searchbar.html
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://amazingautoss.../searchbar.html
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://amazingautoss...ex.html?http://
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = http://amazingautoss.../searchbar.html
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.microsoft...B_PVER}&ar=home
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://amazingautoss.../searchbar.html
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://amazingautoss.../searchbar.html
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://www.msn.com
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://www.microsoft...=ie&ar=iesearch
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = http://amazingautoss.../searchbar.html
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL,(Default) = http://home.microsof...search.asp?p=%s
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyServer = http=127.0.0.1:81
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = <local>
O1 - Hosts: 204.71.201.167 dailynews.yahoo.com
O1 - Hosts: 209.170.56.239 ecomcheck.com
O1 - Hosts: 204.71.201.139 games.yahoo.com
O1 - Hosts: 205.139.108.2 mail.spiritone.com
O1 - Hosts: 204.71.201.166 movies.yahoo.com
O1 - Hosts: 209.1.14.192 news.devx.com
O1 - Hosts: 205.139.108.20 news.spiritone.com
O1 - Hosts: 205.180.57.82 rocketmail.com
O1 - Hosts: 206.132.25.41 search.washingtonpost.com
O1 - Hosts: 206.132.134.205 usnews.about.com
O1 - Hosts: 206.79.247.27 www.clearstation.com
O1 - Hosts: 198.93.32.75 www.etrade.com
O1 - Hosts: 216.55.4.177 www.infinisource.com
O1 - Hosts: 207.86.159.51 www.megapoint.com
O1 - Hosts: 204.71.196.2 www.quote.com
O1 - Hosts: 205.180.57.96 www.rocketmail.com
O1 - Hosts: 208.219.220.25 www.scottsave.com
O1 - Hosts: 209.119.251.34 www.stockplayer.com
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {FFFFFEF0-5B30-21D4-945D-000000000000} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {57A8CD34-A9FB-47C0-BDE9-AEB41350769F} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHELPER.DLL
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSDXM.OCX
O3 - Toolbar: Junk Idle - {10C616C7-9594-65D9-2C45-9BE980EA0EA8} - (no file)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ScanRegistry] C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SystemTray] SysTray.Exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe -osboot
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CriticalUpdate] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\wucrtupd.exe -startup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Regs third] C:\PROGRA~1\EQISOD~1\copy close fork.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVGCtrl] C:\PROGRAM FILES\AVPERSONAL\AVGCTRL.EXE /min
O4 - Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA9.EXE
O9 - Extra button: Real.com (HKLM)
O9 - Extra button: Messenger (HKLM)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Messenger (HKLM)
O9 - Extra button: AOL Instant Messenger (HKLM)
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://download.macr...ash/swflash.cab
O16 - DPF: {9F1C11AA-197B-4942-BA54-47A8489BB47F} (Update Class) - http://v4.windowsupd...7864.1644328704
Thanks,
Liam