I was wondering if someone can help me sort an old windows95 machine? It is a machine that a member of my family uses, and i cant get them to upgrade.
It is infected with the about:blank virus.
I have found one file, se.dll, and know that this is part of the problem, but using hijackthis, or regedit to delete it makes no difference, it keeps reocurring, so I reckon there is a hidden dll somewhwere.
I have also tried aboutblaster, which i saw someone suggested in another post, but it did not find anything.
I also tried ad-aware, which would not install under 95, and CWShredder, but it had a missing dll error, so the only thing i have ran is SpyBot Search & Destroy, HIjackThis, Macafee Stinger and Aboutblaster.
Here is the log:
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 16:11:14, on 29/06/05
Platform: Windows 95 a (Win9x 4.00.1212)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v5.00 (5.00.2014.0200)
Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk
C:\NOVELL\CLIENT32\NWRECMSG.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DRMON\SMARTAGT\SMARTAGT.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMPUTERASSOCIATES\95AGENT\W95AGENT.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\NETWORK ASSOCIATES\VIRUSSCAN\AVSYNMGR.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\NETWORK ASSOCIATES\VIRUSSCAN\VSSTAT.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\NETWORK ASSOCIATES\VIRUSSCAN\AVCONSOL.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\COMSMD.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\LOADWC.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ATICWD32.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ATITASK.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT OFFICE\OFFICE\OSA.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT OFFICE\OFFICE\FINDFAST.EXE
C:\ATI\ATIDESK\ATISCHED.EXE
E:\TOOLS\HIJACKTHIS.EXE
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = res://C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\se.dll/spage.html
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = about:blank
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = res://C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\se.dll/spage.html
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = about:blank
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = about:blank
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = about:blank
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,HomeOldSP = about:blank
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,HomeOldSP = about:blank
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,AutoConfigURL = http://www.ed.ac.uk/...hargedcache.pac
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\PROGRAM FILES\ADOBE\ACROBAT 5.0\READER\ACTIVEX\ACROIEHELPER.OCX
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {EEE68E68-3E65-4C55-A606-6423B456A1BB} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\EJMF.DLL
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SDHelper.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSDXM.OCX
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SystemTray] SysTray.Exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [COMSMDEXE] comsmd.exe -on
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BrowserWebCheck] loadwc.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AtiCwd32] Aticwd32.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AtiKey] Atitask.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sp] rundll32 C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\SE.DLL,DllInstall
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [dRMON SmartAgent] drmon\SmartAgt\SmartAgt.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [Client agent for ARCserve] c:\Program Files\ComputerAssociates\95Agent\\W95AGENT.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [McAfeeVirusScanService] C:\Program Files\Network Associates\VirusScan\AVSYNMGR.EXE
O4 - Startup: Office Startup.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA.EXE
O4 - Startup: Microsoft Find Fast.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\FINDFAST.EXE
O4 - Startup: ATI Scheduler.lnk = C:\ati\atidesk\atisched.exe
O9 - Extra button: Related - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - C:\WINDOWS\web\related.htm
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Show &Related Links - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - C:\WINDOWS\web\related.htm
O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\PROGRA~1\INTERN~1\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll
O12 - Plugin for .uk/search?q=evidence+based+medicine+benefit+nhs&ie=ISO-8859-1&hl=en&btnI=I'm+Feeling+Lucky&meta=cr=countryUK|countryGB: C:\PROGRA~1\INTERN~1\PLUGINS\nppdf32.dll
O13 - WWW. Prefix: http://
O14 - IERESET.INF: SEARCH_PAGE_URL=http://home.microsoft.com/access/allinone.asp
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\VxD\MSTCP: Domain = dcn.ed.ac.uk
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\VxD\MSTCP: NameServer = 129.215.168.33,129.215.128.1,129.215.166.13
O18 - Filter: text/html - {0CD1DC32-D36C-445A-87C9-2B270D1B3F9D} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\EJMF.DLL
O18 - Filter: text/plain - {0CD1DC32-D36C-445A-87C9-2B270D1B3F9D} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\EJMF.DLL
Cheers
I will check back tomorrow to see if anybody can help.