I am, unfortunately, stuck with this machine running Windows 98, AMD-K6 3D processor and 80MB RAM... 8^)
Recently I was downloading some fonts and when I unzipped them later I found one that contained an .exe which I scanned with avast!. It detected a virus and the file was deleted, so I thought that was the end of it. Since then I've had problems with fonts not displaying properly in Windows Explorer, dialogs and web pages. Boxes show instead of some characters, the characters that don't display changes after each reboot. Some text on web pages displays in a badly pixelated font. Also, when I try to open Photoshop I get the following error:
Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
Runtime Error!
C:\PROGRAM FILES\ADOBE\PHOTOSHOP 7.0\PHOTOSHOP.EXE
This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information.
I've also had problems, on and off, with Firefox not starting (shows in Task Manager but doesn't start). When I try to open a link in a new tab Firefox freezes, then when I Ctr+Alt+Del to shut it down <unknown> shows in the program list. HiJackThis took 4 tries to open too, same problem as FF above.
I did a full scan with Avast set on thorough, it found nothing.
I didn't have Ad-Aware, and since the latest version doesn't support win98 I downloaded version 6.0 from oldversion.com, it was the newest they had. When I tried to update the reference file the updater ran a few seconds and said 'Done', so that was no help. 8^(
Scanned with Bazooka, nothing detected...
Scanned with Spybot S&D, found and fixed 1 problem:
Alexa Related
(SRI $9263101F) Link
C:\WINDOWS\WEB\RELATED.HTM
Below is the log I finally got from HJT:
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 3:03:10 PM, on 8/7/08
Platform: Windows 98 Gold (Win9x 4.10.1998)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000)
Boot mode: Normal
Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk
C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHSERV.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\CMMPU.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\TASKMON.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHWEBSV.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHMAISV.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\FDF\FAST2.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RPCSS.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\TREND MICRO\HIJACKTHIS\HIJACKTHIS.EXE
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.joesmoke.com/
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
F1 - win.ini: run=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\cmmpu.exe
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\PROGRAM FILES\ADOBE\ACROBAT 5.0\READER\ACTIVEX\ACROIEHELPER.OCX
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {1CB20BF0-BBAE-40A7-93F4-6435FF3D0411} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_03\bin\ssv.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSDXM.OCX
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ScanRegistry] C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TaskMonitor] C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SystemTray] SysTray.Exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LoadPowerProfile] Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\hpztsb01.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Tweak UI] RUNDLL32.EXE TWEAKUI.CPL,TweakMeUp
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avast! Web Scanner] C:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\AVAST4\ASHWEBSV.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ashMaiSv] C:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\AVAST4\ashmaisv.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [LoadPowerProfile] Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [Tweak UI] RUNDLL32.EXE TWEAKUI.CPL,TweakLogon
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [avast!] C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [FAST Defrag] C:\PROGRA~1\FDF\FAST2.EXE -tray
O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [FAST Defrag] C:\PROGRA~1\FDF\FAST2.EXE -tray (User 'Default user')
O4 - .DEFAULT Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe (User 'Default user')
O4 - Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\PROGRAM FILES\JAVA\JRE1.6.0_03\BIN\SSV.DLL
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\PROGRAM FILES\JAVA\JRE1.6.0_03\BIN\SSV.DLL
O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\PROGRA~1\INTERN~1\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll
O16 - DPF: {CAFEEFAC-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-ABCDEFFEDCBA} (Java Plug-in 1.6.0_03) -
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End of file - 3060 bytes
I hope we can clear up this problem, it's very aggravating! 8^)
fission1
(Randy Gilson)