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Also whenever I try to run the virus scan www.trendmicro.com IE crashes, see attached.

I did as you suggested and found a few problems. I found gqkrs.dll and deleted it. I also cleaned the machine using HJT. How ever I still have the "about" home page problem. Here is the new log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 3:01:24 PM, on 5/4/2005 Platform: Windows 2000 SP3 (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\svchost.exe C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINNT\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINNT\sy

I will be doing all this tonite. Thanks for teh help. I'll post results. C.

I keep getting this about.blank web page when I open IE. I also get pop ups advertising spyware removers!!!! I ran Hijackthis and here is the log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 10:02:17 AM, on 4/28/2005 Platform: Windows 2000 SP3 (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\svchost.exe C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINNT\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 3.0\PhotoshopElem