[nickyboy2611]

win98se with zonealarm and avgfree. After a few minutes of use from a reboot the cursor starts freezing for half a second every 4 seconds, then it gets worse over an hour until it's freezing for 4 seconds and releasing for about 1 second. From the start-stop chuntering of the hard disk it seems to be the whole machine stopping then starting again, progressively grinding to unuseability and needing a full reboot. I've noticed that when I shut an application it seems to move more freely for a few seconds and then resume.

Tried defragging as ageneral speed-things-up ploy but it starts and stays at 0% forever. Imported the ME Defrag which also had the same problem.

I'm running a wireless network (Belkin) if that's important, but this happens whether or not I have the radio enabled.

I've run hijack this and attach the log file.
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 22:04:45, on 23/01/06
Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WIN\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
C:\WIN\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE
C:\WIN\SYSTEM\SPOOL32.EXE
C:\WIN\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE
C:\WIN\SYSTEM\ZONELABS\VSMON.EXE
C:\WIN\SYSTEM\LEXBCES.EXE
C:\WIN\SYSTEM\RPCSS.EXE
C:\WIN\SYSTEM\LEXPPS.EXE
C:\WIN\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk
C:\WIN\EXPLORER.EXE
C:\WIN\TASKMON.EXE
C:\WIN\SYSTEM\BCMWLTRY.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\GRISOFT\AVG FREE\AVGCC.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\GRISOFT\AVG FREE\AVGAMSVR.EXE
C:\WIN\SYSTEM\STIMON.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZONE LABS\ZONEALARM\ZLCLIENT.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\GRISOFT\AVG FREE\AVGEMC.EXE
C:\WIN\SYSTEM\QTTASK.EXE
C:\WIN\SYSTEM\PSTORES.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\HIJACK_THIS\HIJACKTHIS.EXE

O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\PROGRAM FILES\ADOBE\ACROBAT 6.0\READER\ACTIVEX\ACROIEHELPER.DLL
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WIN\SYSTEM\MSDXM.OCX
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ScanRegistry] C:\WIN\scanregw.exe /autorun
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TaskMonitor] C:\WIN\taskmon.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Belkin WLAN] C:\WIN\SYSTEM\bcmwltry.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVGFRE~1\AVGCC.EXE /STARTUP
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_AMSVR] C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVGFRE~1\AVGAMSVR.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LexStart] Lexstart.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [StillImageMonitor] C:\WIN\SYSTEM\STIMON.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Zone Labs Client] C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_EMC] C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVGFRE~1\AVGEMC.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\WIN\SYSTEM\QTTASK.EXE" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [TrueVector] C:\WIN\SYSTEM\ZONELABS\VSMON.EXE -service
O9 - Extra button: Related - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - C:\WIN\web\related.htm
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Show &Related Links - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - C:\WIN\web\related.htm
O16 - DPF: {56336BCB-3D8A-11D6-A00B-0050DA18DE71} (RdxIE Class) - http://software-dl.r...ip/RdxIE601.cab

Any ideas gratefully received - it's driving me crazy!

Thanks

Nick

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Only possible problem would be

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Belkin WLAN] C:\WIN\SYSTEM\bcmwltry.exe

Never seen that one before...

[wm_hunter]

Only possible problem would be

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Belkin WLAN] C:\WIN\SYSTEM\bcmwltry.exe

Never seen that one before...

[Kat]

wm_hunter, again..you are not allowed to analyze HJT logs on this site or give any type of Malware advice. Leave that to Staff members, please.

That 04 you highlighted belongs to the users' Router.

nickyboy..you DO have some Malware on that computer. Please start a new topic in the Malware/Badware forum, and paste your HJT log there. A Staff member will be happy to help you.

[nickyboy2611]

OK, will do, thanks - sounds like progress!