Browser behaving strangely/crashing - ar.atwola.com

Help please. Today my browsers (Mozilla Firefox 0.8, Netscape 7.1, Mozilla 1.8, and ie 6 sp1) all started behaving strange - instead of connecting to my homepage (www.cnn.com) - I noticed it was instead downloading data from ar.atwola.com, even though it says in my addressbar www.cnn.com. After a brief period, i get an error saying my browser has encountered an error and must close. (IE doesnt crash - unbelievable i know - but it too tries to download from the site ar.atwola.com) They have never done this before.

I updated ran Adaware 6.0 and Spybot S&D, they found nothing. I updated ran my antivirus (Norton Internet Security 2004/Norton Antivirus 2004) - again, nothing. I've redownloaded hijackthis to ensure i have the most recent version and attached the log below.

Any guidance you can give me would be most appraciated. thanks.

-M

Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 1:10:00 PM, on 5/9/2004
Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccProxy.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccPwdSvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Aladdin Systems\Internet Cleanup\icserv.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\Norton AntiVirus\SAVScan.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
C:\Program Files\MUSICMATCH\MUSICMATCH Jukebox\mmtask.exe
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP OfficeJet Series 700\Bin\HPOstr05.exe
C:\Program Files\Aladdin Systems\Internet Cleanup\onictask.exe
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP OfficeJet Series 700\bin\HPOVDX05.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\System32\hpoipm07.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SNDSrvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\Desktop\Utilitites\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Internet Explorer
N3 - Netscape 7: user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.cnn.com"); (C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\ecwq1lra.slt\prefs.js)
N3 - Netscape 7: user_pref("browser.search.defaultengine", "engine://C%3A%5CProgram%20Files%5Cmozilla.org%5CMozilla%5Csearchplugins%5Cgoogle.src"); (C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\ecwq1lra.slt\prefs.js)
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {1f0c8547-2639-4c91-b8aa-c7eca24c3163} - C:\Program Files\Aladdin Systems\Internet Cleanup\ic3hlpr.dll
O2 - BHO: PopupFilter Class - {1F2E844B-8211-46ff-8262-772F03295CF4} - C:\Program Files\Aladdin Systems\Internet Cleanup\PopFiltr.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Web assistant - {9ECB9560-04F9-4bbc-943D-298DDF1699E1} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\AdBlocking\NISShExt.dll
O2 - BHO: NAV Helper - {BDF3E430-B101-42AD-A544-FADC6B084872} - C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Web assistant - {0B53EAC3-8D69-4b9e-9B19-A37C9A5676A7} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\AdBlocking\NISShExt.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Norton AntiVirus - {42CDD1BF-3FFB-4238-8AD1-7859DF00B1D6} - C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll
O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {930E4DE1-973D-42D6-BF6E-6788E06BD003} - (no file)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] "nwiz.exe " /install
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] "RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [URLLSTCK.exe] "C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\UrlLstCk.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccApp] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [mmtask] C:\Program Files\MUSICMATCH\MUSICMATCH Jukebox\mmtask.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] "RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NVMCTRAY.DLL,NvTaskbarInit"
O4 - Startup: IC Task Manager.lnk = C:\Program Files\Aladdin Systems\Internet Cleanup\onictask.exe
O4 - Global Startup: HP OfficeJet Series 700 Startup.lnk = C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP OfficeJet Series 700\Bin\HPOstr05.exe
O6 - HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions present
O6 - HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel present
O9 - Extra button: IC 3.0 (HKLM)
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\aventail\connect\asdns.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\aladdin systems\internet cleanup\adlsp.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\aladdin systems\internet cleanup\adlsp.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\aladdin systems\internet cleanup\adlsp.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\aladdin systems\internet cleanup\adlsp.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\aladdin systems\internet cleanup\adlsp.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\aladdin systems\internet cleanup\adlsp.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\aladdin systems\internet cleanup\adlsp.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\aladdin systems\internet cleanup\adlsp.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\aladdin systems\internet cleanup\adlsp.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\aladdin systems\internet cleanup\adlsp.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\aladdin systems\internet cleanup\adlsp.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\aladdin systems\internet cleanup\adlsp.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\aladdin systems\internet cleanup\adlsp.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\aladdin systems\internet cleanup\adlsp.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\aladdin systems\internet cleanup\adlsp.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\aladdin systems\internet cleanup\adlsp.dll
O12 - Plugin for .bcf: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Plugins\NPBelv32.dll
O16 - DPF: {2BC66F54-93A8-11D3-BEB6-00105AA9B6AE} (Symantec AntiVirus scanner) - http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/SharedContent/vc/bin/AvSniff.cab
O16 - DPF: {3E68E405-C6DE-49FF-83AE-41EE9F4C36CE} (Office Update Installation Engine) - http://office.microsoft.com/officeupdate/content/opuc.cab
O16 - DPF: {C2FCEF52-ACE9-11D3-BEBD-00105AA9B6AE} (Symantec RuFSI Registry Information Class) - http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/SharedContent/common/bin/cabsa.cab
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab

 

Hi markpappas,

Not much wrong with your log.

http://q.queso.com/archives/000807
http://idledreams.net/dmoore/posts/238.aspx

Regards,

Pieter