[borak]

Hi all, this is the first time I've needed to seek help like this. This time i simply don't understand what could've happened to my computer. Even though I've had a couple of hardware problems just recently, I think that now it's on a software level... possibly some malware or virus, but I'm not sure since my knowledge about troubleshooting is quite limited.

Ok, so I have a AMD Athlon 2000+ (1.6) ghz processor with 1024 mb memory, a Radeon 9800 pro video card, 160 gb hd on a Asrock K78S motherboard connected to a 500 W power supply and I run Windows 2000 professional.


The problem:

The other day I was using my computer, left it for a while and when I came back I couldn't connect to the internet. Internet explorer would just show me an error page about "invalid syntax error" and no other programs (such as games or other browsers like firefox) could make any type of connection to the network or internet. However, all the hardware settings regarding network seem fine and windows even indicate an network connection... Furthermore, I can't open the "Add/Remove programs" icon in the control panel... I'm a bit confused and I've been having so many problems with my computer lately and this just frustrates me so I would appreciate any help you could give.

I've read posts on this board and other forums regarding typical "invalid syntax error" and such, but nothing written there has helped me so far. I'm still offline and currently typing on my friends unit.

Here is a HijackThis log:

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 20:24:22, on 2005-05-13
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WINNT\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\services.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe
C:\Program\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe
C:\Program\AVPersonal\AVWUPSRV.EXE
C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\regsvc.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\WBEM\WinMgmt.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\mspmspsv.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINNT\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe
C:\Program\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel\atiptaxx.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\RunDll32.exe
C:\Program\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe
C:\Program\Ahead\Nero\nero.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Helles1\Mina dokument\doktor bench\hijackthis\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName = Länkar
O1 - Hosts: 64.91.255.87 www.dcsresearch.com
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - c:\program\google\googletoolbar1.dll
O3 - Toolbar: @msdxmLC.dll,-1@1033,&Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINNT\system32\msdxm.ocx
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - c:\program\google\googletoolbar1.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Synchronization Manager] mobsync.exe /logon
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Zone Labs Client] C:\Program\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ATIPTA] C:\Program\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel\atiptaxx.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Cmaudio] RunDll32 cmicnfg.cpl,CMICtrlWnd
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Google Search - res://C:\Program\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmsearch.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Backward &Links - res://C:\Program\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmbacklinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Cac&hed Snapshot of Page - res://C:\Program\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmcache.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Si&milar Pages - res://C:\Program\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmsimilar.html
O23 - Service: avast! iAVS4 Control Service (aswUpdSv) - Unknown owner - C:\Program\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe
O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - ATI Technologies Inc. - C:\WINNT\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
O23 - Service: ATI Smart - Unknown owner - C:\WINNT\system32\ati2sgag.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Antivirus - Unknown owner - C:\Program\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Mail Scanner - Unknown owner - C:\Program\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe" /service (file missing)
O23 - Service: avast! Web Scanner - Unknown owner - C:\Program\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe" /service (file missing)
O23 - Service: AntiVir Update (AVWUpSrv) - H+BEDV Datentechnik GmbH, Germany - C:\Program\AVPersonal\AVWUPSRV.EXE
O23 - Service: Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service (dmadmin) - VERITAS Software Corp. - C:\WINNT\System32\dmadmin.exe
O23 - Service: TrueVector Internet Monitor (vsmon) - Zone Labs, LLC - C:\WINNT\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe