hey greyknight, thanks for the help!
neither the program nor the file were present.
i got rid of the hjt entries, and here is my new log.
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Log was analyzed using KRC HijackThis Analyzer - Updated on 3/2/05
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***Security Programs Detected***
C:\PROGRAM FILES\GRISOFT\AVG FREE\AVGCC.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\GRISOFT\AVG FREE\AVGEMC.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\GRISOFT\AVG FREE\AVGAMSVR.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVGFRE~1\AVGCC.EXE /STARTUP
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_EMC] C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVGFRE~1\AVGEMC.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_AMSVR] C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVGFRE~1\AVGAMSVR.EXE
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Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 5:00:53 PM, on 22/03/05
Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)
Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\MAINTENANCE\HIJACKTHIS.EXE
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =
http://www.yahoo.com/
F1 - win.ini: run=hpfsched
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Register MediaRing Talk] C:\Program Files\MediaRing Talk 99\register.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [OmgStartup] C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\OpenMG\OmgStartup.exe
O4 - Startup: Image Transfer.lnk = C:\Program Files\Sony Corporation\Image Transfer\SonyTray.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHDOCVW.DLL
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHDOCVW.DLL
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) -
https://download.macromedia.com/pub/...sh/swflash.cab
O16 - DPF: Yahoo! Trivia -
http://us.games3.yimg.com/download.y...s/y/tvr1_x.cab
O16 - DPF: Yahoo! Spelldown -
http://download.games.yahoo.com/game...s/y/sdt1_x.cab
O16 - DPF: Tornado 21 -
http://us.games3.yimg.com/download.y.../y/t21r2_x.cab
O16 - DPF: {9600F64D-755F-11D4-A47F-0001023E6D5A} (Shutterfly Picture Upload Plugin) -
http://web1.shutterfly.com/downloads/Uploader.cab
O16 - DPF: {56336BCB-3D8A-11D6-A00B-0050DA18DE71} (RdxIE Class) -
http://software-dl.real.com/11723ae9...p/RdxIE601.cab
O16 - DPF: Yahoo! MahJong -
http://download.games.yahoo.com/game...ts/y/ot0_x.cab
O16 - DPF: Yahoo! MahJong Solitaire -
http://download.games.yahoo.com/game.../y/mjst4_x.cab
O16 - DPF: {74D05D43-3236-11D4-BDCD-00C04F9A3B61} (HouseCall Control) -
http://a840.g.akamai.net/7/840/537/2...ll/xscan53.cab
O16 - DPF: Yahoo! Towers 2.0 -
http://download.games.yahoo.com/game...s/y/ywt0_x.cab
O16 - DPF: {04E214E5-63AF-4236-83C6-A7ADCBF9BD02} (HouseCall Control) -
http://housecall-beta.trendmicro.com...ll/xscan60.cab
End of KRC HijackThis Analyzer Log.
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