[wachen]

Please help.
I am running Win98SE. Everything used to work until this morning. For some reason unknown to me, my Win media player (version 9) only plays sound, no video. This happens for all video file formats (mpg, avi, wmv).

At the same time, my IE6 is acting up as well. It won't allow a link to open a new window. (When a link on a web page that specifies opening another window, nothing happens. However, if a link just shows the new page in the same window, it does what it supposed to.)

I suspect these two problems might be related. The only thing I can think of that might caused to problem is that I installed a Hex editor yesterday. The editor also required Visual Basic 6 runtime module, and I installed it.

In trying to fix the problem this morning, I uninstalled the Hex editor and checked that the VB module is not loaded. However, that didn't solve the problem.

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[sir_comp]

I am suprised win media player 9 would run at all. It was designed for xp. I would try to use add/remove programs and try to repair IE6 or just remove it and install it again. But I think there might be a spyware problem. Use AD Aware to remove it.

 

[wachen]

Thanks for the advise.
I checked for spyware using both Ad Aware and Spybot, found nothing. I then reinstalled IE6. It is still not functioning correctly. Any other ideas? Thanks.

 

[wachen]

I am still trying to solve the problem. Again, any help is greatly appreciated.

Additional progress:
I tried to repair IE6. This is what I got:
IE6 cannot be repaired due to the following errors:
An error has occurred while setting up "c:\windows\system\oleaut32.dll" This error has been logged, the installation will continue.

However, when I clicked the "OK", nothing happened.

I also downloaded HijackThis and ran it. This is the scan result:

Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 9:20:11 PM, on 4/7/04
Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk
C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\CSRSS.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\STIMON.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\SONY\HOTKEY UTILITY\HKSERV.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\TASKMON.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IRMON.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\B'S CLIP\BSCLIP.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT ACTIVESYNC\WCESCOMM.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\D-LINK\D-LINK DWL-650 CONTROL UTILITY\CONFIG.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\INTERNAT.EXE
C:\QUICKENW\QWDLLS.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\IRXFER.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WMIEXE.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DDHELP.EXE
D:\WAN'S DOWNLOAD\HIJACKTHIS.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\PSTORES.EXE

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = about:blank
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = about:blank
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://adbuyersearch1.lycos.com/bin/gethtmlcustom.asp?affid=301
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Comcast High-Speed Internet
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = 127.0.0.1
R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - _{CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {A5366673-E8CA-11D3-9CD9-0090271D075B} - C:\PROGRAM FILES\FLASHGET\JCCATCH.DLL
O2 - BHO: IE - {D157330A-9EF3-49F8-9A67-4141AC41ADD4} - (no file)
O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - (no file)
O3 - Toolbar: FlashGet Bar - {E0E899AB-F487-11D5-8D29-0050BA6940E3} - C:\PROGRAM FILES\FLASHGET\FGIEBAR.DLL
O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {D8939200-F7DA-11D7-B609-0800460222F0} - (no file)
O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {014DA6C9-189F-421a-88CD-07CFE51CFF10} - (no file)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [csrss] C:\WINDOWS\csrss.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [StillImageMonitor] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\STIMON.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HKserv.exe] C:\Program Files\Sony\HotKey Utility\HKserv.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TaskMonitor] c:\windows\taskmon.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IrMon] IrMon.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [B'sCLiP] C:\PROGRA~1\B'SCLI~1\BSCLIP.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ScanRegistry] c:\windows\scanregw.exe /autorun
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SystemTray] SysTray.Exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [H/PC Connection Agent] "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT ACTIVESYNC\WCESCOMM.EXE"
O4 - Startup: Configuration Utility.lnk = C:\Program Files\D-Link\D-Link DWL-650 Control Utility\Config.exe
O4 - Startup: Billminder.lnk = C:\QUICKENW\BILLMIND.EXE
O4 - Startup: Quicken Startup.lnk = C:\QUICKENW\QWDLLS.EXE
O8 - Extra context menu item: Download using FlashGet - C:\PROGRAM FILES\FLASHGET\jc_link.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Download All by FlashGet - C:\PROGRAM FILES\FLASHGET\jc_all.htm
O9 - Extra button: Create Mobile Favorite (HKLM)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Create Mobile Favorite... (HKLM)
O9 - Extra button: FlashGet (HKLM)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: &FlashGet (HKLM)
O9 - Extra button: Related (HKLM)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Show &Related Links (HKLM)
O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\PROGRA~1\INTERN~1\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab
O16 - DPF: {C2FCEF52-ACE9-11D3-BEBD-00105AA9B6AE} (Symantec RuFSI Registry Information Class) - http://security2.norton.com/SSC/SharedContent/sc/bin/cabsa.cab
O16 - DPF: {917623D1-D8E5-11D2-BE8B-00104B06BDE3} (CamImage Class) - http://211.79.170.21/plugin/1/AxisCamControl.cab
O16 - DPF: {02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B} (QuickTime Object) - http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab
O16 - DPF: {9184D21C-9835-42C5-A883-EA8BE7FC048D} (Downloader Class) - http://www.shopintuit.com/Executables/IE/IDA.cab
O16 - DPF: {9F1C11AA-197B-4942-BA54-47A8489BB47F} (Update Class) - http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/CAB/x86/ansi/iuctl.CAB?37877.3487731482
O16 - DPF: {F7DC2A2E-FC34-11D3-B1D9-00A0C99B41BB} (Zoom Class) - http://www.zoomify.com/download/zoomify214.cab
O16 - DPF: {31B7EB4E-8B4B-11D1-A789-00A0CC6651A8} (Cult3D ActiveX Player) - http://www.cult3d.com/download/cult.cab
O16 - DPF: Yahoo! Pool 2 - http://download.games.yahoo.com/games/clients/y/potb_x.cab
O16 - DPF: {73954DC6-A1B2-4157-966F-D9914A39F59C} (Vividence Connector Launcher) - http://task.vividence.com/download/ConnectorLauncher.cab
O16 - DPF: {EF791A6B-FC12-4C68-99EF-FB9E207A39E6} (McFreeScan Class) - http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/iss-loc/vso/en-us/tools/mcfscan/1,5,0,4284/mcfscan.cab
O16 - DPF: {01113300-3E00-11D2-8470-0060089874ED} (Support.com Configuration Class) - http://www.comcastsupport.com/sdccommon/download/tgctlcm.cab
O16 - DPF: {33564D57-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71} - http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/6/E/F6E491A6-77E1-4E20-9F5F-94901338C922/wmv9VCM.CAB
O16 - DPF: {166B1BCA-3F9C-11CF-8075-444553540000} (Shockwave ActiveX Control) - http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/director/sw.cab
O16 - DPF: {E855A2D4-987E-4F3B-A51C-64D10A7E2479} (EPSImageControl Class) - http://tools.ebayimg.com/eps/activex/EPSControl_v1-0-3-0.cab
O16 - DPF: {ABD45F35-2E4C-44C0-A075-6EF1DE75398E} - http://www.riversoftware.net/x0ff.cab
O16 - DPF: {56336BCB-3D8A-11D6-A00B-0050DA18DE71} (RdxIE Class) - http://207.188.7.150/1822cb1a69ae012be723/netzip/RdxIE601.cab
O16 - DPF: {70647AB5-18FD-4142-82B0-5852478DD0D4} (Vividence Connector Launcher) - http://task.vividence.com/download/ConnectorLauncher.cab
O16 - DPF: {62475759-9E84-458E-A1AB-5D2C442ADFDE} - http://a1540.g.akamai.net/7/1540/52...pple.com/mickey/us/win/QuickTimeInstaller.exe
O16 - DPF: {0246ECA8-996F-11D1-BE2F-00A0C9037DFE} (TDServer Control) - http://www.truedoc.com/activex/tdserver.cab
O16 - DPF: {DE70D9E3-C55A-11CF-8E43-780C02C10128} - http://dl0.netreplicator.com/go.exe
O16 - DPF: {F54C1137-5E34-4B95-95A5-BA56D4D8D743} (Secure Delivery) - http://www.gamespot.com/KDX22/download/kdx.cab
O16 - DPF: {EE2589EB-7FC8-44DB-A892-573F2C4B41E0} - http://pdf.forbes.com/forbesnews/triggernews/ForbesLifestyleSigned.cab