I have quarantied all items showing up using the latest downloads of Ad-aware and Spybot.
Operating System is XP Home Edition.
The disk is 40 Gb with about 22 Gb free space. It does not particularly fragmented.
Could a reason be that the indexing service for the disk is switched on?
Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.1
Scan saved at 08:17:06, on 19/08/2004
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\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccProxy.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\slserv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\navapw32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system\vgadoc.exe
C:\Program Files\Picasa\PicasaMediaDetector.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
C:\Program Files\U.S. Robotics\ControlCenter\Reminder.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Sandra\My Documents\My Received Files\HijackThis.exe
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.google.co.uk/
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://www.unison.ie/
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Microsoft Internet Explorer
O2 - BHO: CATLEvents Object - {3EC8E271-FAB9-418a-8A8E-65AEB4029E64} - C:\DOCUME~1\Sandra\LOCALS~1\Temp\codagv.dat
O2 - BHO: CATLEvents Object - {72AC6865-B1D3-4C32-A27B-4B3BF04DE655} - C:\DOCUME~1\Sandra\LOCALS~1\Temp\codagv.dat
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar2.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Norton AntiVirus - {42CDD1BF-3FFB-4238-8AD1-7859DF00B1D6} - C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar2.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [websx] C:\Program Files\websx\int113779.exe -auto
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NAV Agent] C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\navapw32.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility] C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb03.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [vgadoc] C:\WINDOWS\system\vgadoc.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LifeScape Media Detector] C:\Program Files\Picasa\PicasaMediaDetector.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccApp] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [DownloadFreeMP3] rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\MSA64CHK.dll,DllMostrar Matrix_HTML:DownloadFreeMP3:t
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Symantec NetDriver Monitor] C:\PROGRA~1\SYMNET~1\SNDMon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [vgadoc] C:\WINDOWS\system\vgadoc.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [DownloadMP3] rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\MSA64CHK.dll,DllMostrar Matrix_HTML:DownloadMP3:t
O4 - Global Startup: Instant Update Reminder.lnk = ?
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: 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
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {4528BBE0-4E08-11D5-AD55-00010333D0AD} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\yhexbmes0521.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Messenger - {4528BBE0-4E08-11D5-AD55-00010333D0AD} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\yhexbmes0521.dll
O9 - Extra button: DownloadMP3 - {76DD9E77-F06C-4471-AB6C-CF03C5C6B5B0} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\DownloadMP3 (file missing)
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\MSMSGS.EXE
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\MSMSGS.EXE
O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll
O14 - IERESET.INF: START_PAGE_URL=http://www.unison.ie/
O16 - DPF: emfctrl cab file - https://secure.email...cab/emfctrl.cab
O16 - DPF: symsupportutil - https://www-secure.s...supportutil.CAB
O16 - DPF: Yahoo! Literati - http://download.game...nts/y/tt2_x.cab
O16 - DPF: Yahoo! Pool 2 - http://download.game...ts/y/pote_x.cab
O16 - DPF: {1574B835-2FDB-45A8-B28A-D75897929CC4} (VacPro.emsat_ver3_son) - http://www.advnt01.c...at_ver3_son.CAB
O16 - DPF: {35F59C80-C1F2-4EEA-9981-686C7D5A9277} (VacPro.emsat_ver3) - http://www.advnt01.c.../emsat_ver3.CAB
O16 - DPF: {4AE9E3BF-409D-4F61-9804-920968603919} (Vacpro.emsat_ver2) - http://www.7adpower..../emsat_ver2.CAB
O16 - DPF: {706F3805-27D7-478D-80E5-E25D2BB030B3} (VacPro.internazionale_ver3) - http://www.advnt01.c...ionale_ver3.CAB
O16 - DPF: {8701E3B9-DC63-440B-83A1-80F27A4FCAFA} (Vacpro.emsat_ver2_new2) - http://www.7adpower....t_ver2_new2.CAB
O16 - DPF: {88C51E90-8E9C-4C96-8A45-574D88B63FAF} - http://acceso.masmin...aaplicacion.cab
O16 - DPF: {90C9629E-CD32-11D3-BBFB-00105A1F0D68} (InstallShield International Setup Player) - http://www.napster.c...ient/isetup.cab
O16 - DPF: {91413D86-9F27-402C-B5E3-DEBDD122C339} - http://content2.netv...e/ie/games4.cab
O16 - DPF: {AE1C01E3-0283-11D3-9B3F-00C04F8EF466} (HeartbeatCtl Class) - http://fdl.msn.com/z...s/heartbeat.cab
O16 - DPF: {B9191F79-5613-4C76-AA2A-398534BB8999} (YAddBook Class) - http://us.dl1.yimg.c...utocomplete.cab
O16 - DPF: {DF780F87-FF2B-4DF8-92D0-73DB16A1543A} (PopCapLoader Object) - http://zone.msn.com/...aploader_v5.cab
O16 - DPF: {E5D419D6-A846-4514-9FAD-97E826C84822} (HeartbeatCtl Class) - http://fdl.msn.com/z...s/heartbeat.cab
O16 - DPF: {E77C0D62-882A-456F-AD8F-7C6C9569B8C7} (ActiveDataObj Class) - https://www-secure.s.../ActiveData.cab
O16 - DPF: {EE2589EB-7FC8-44DB-A892-573F2C4B41E0} - http://pdf.forbes.co...oaderSigned.cab
O18 - Filter: text/html - {93CA3E63-271F-4A90-B980-DBA139DD6C6E} - C:\Documents and Settings\Sandra\Local Settings\Application Data\microsoft\internet explorer\V0.15.dat