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HJT failed to initialize; AdAware detections corrupted

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This thread's last reply is from September 25, 2007, 3:49 PM UTC. Software, malware, and removal-tool advice below may be out of date — treat specific steps and download links with caution.

polar
September 10, 2007, 5:24 PM UTC
I'd love to post a HijackThis! log, but I received a message stating:

This application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000006). Click on OK to terminate the program.

I also had corrupted AdAware detections when I booted up AdAware SE.

Per Merjin's site, I downloaded and ran the SmartKiller mini removal program, but it did not detect CoolWWWSearch.SmartKiller. I then downloaded the newest version of HJT!, but had the same popup.

Spybot S&D did not detect anything, so I'm wondering what to do next.
polar
September 10, 2007, 6:00 PM UTC
I was able to install AdAware 2007 (through MajorGeeks - it was being blocked from download.com). It logs an unhandled exception when it hits the following:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\tapiui.dll
Katana
September 18, 2007, 4:17 PM UTC
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Katana
September 25, 2007, 3:49 PM UTC
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