Now, this is doin' my 'ead in!!!
After an irepairable motherboard failure I've recently rebuilt much of my PC. This has taken so much time and effort that I've overlooked the intermittent internet access probs I've been having. Well, the PC is stable now but the internet probs seem to be getting worse. Mostly it hangs while 'looking up' a new domain name. Often, with for example eBay, Firefox will half render a page so that all the images are missing. These seem to be stored under a different domain - images.ebaystatic.com.
I've tried OpenDNS instead of the default VM ones and that makes no difference.
I've tried Internet Explorer and Firefox - both the same.
I've tried a different router and that makes no difference.
I've tried a different PC and that seems to be better but, since it's on a wireless connection that's a bit dodgy 'cos of some building work we're having done at the moment, it's hard to tell.
I've tried booting from a different partition. Keen followers of the Altis household will remember that one of my hard disks is divided up into a number of partitions and, using System Commander, I can switch between them. Now, here's the oddity - a different partition seems to work well. It's difficult to tell for sure because the problem is intermittent but I'm pretty certain there's a significant difference.
I've scanned my PC with Eset Smart Security and it can't find any probs.
I'm really scratching my head on this one. Here's my HijackThis log - any ideas?
Code:
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 21:28:55, on 07/07/2008
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)
Boot mode: Normal
Running processes:
D:\W2K\System32\smss.exe
D:\W2K\system32\winlogon.exe
D:\W2K\system32\services.exe
D:\W2K\system32\lsass.exe
D:\W2K\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
D:\W2K\system32\svchost.exe
D:\W2K\system32\spoolsv.exe
D:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ekrn.exe
D:\W2K\system32\svchost.exe
D:\W2K\system32\regsvc.exe
D:\W2K\system32\MSTask.exe
D:\W2K\System32\WBEM\WinMgmt.exe
D:\W2K\system32\svchost.exe
D:\W2K\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
D:\W2K\Explorer.EXE
D:\Program Files\WinPortrait\wpctrl.exe
D:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\egui.exe
F:\DOWNLOAD\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = about:blank
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - D:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O3 - Toolbar: @msdxmLC.dll,-1@1033,&Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - D:\W2K\system32\msdxm.ocx
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Synchronization Manager] mobsync.exe /logon
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PivotSoftware] "D:\Program Files\WinPortrait\wpctrl.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [egui] "D:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\egui.exe" /hide /waitservice
O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [internat.exe] internat.exe (User 'Default user')
O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\RunOnce: [^SetupICWDesktop] D:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Connection Wizard\icwconn1.exe /desktop (User 'Default user')
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA9.EXE
O9 - Extra button: Related - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - D:\W2K\web\related.htm
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Show &Related Links - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - D:\W2K\web\related.htm
O16 - DPF: {05CA9FB0-3E3E-4B36-BF41-0E3A5CAA8CD8} (Office Genuine Advantage Validation Tool) - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=58813
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1214334184750
O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - ATI Technologies Inc. - D:\W2K\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
O23 - Service: ATI Smart - Unknown owner - D:\W2K\system32\ati2sgag.exe
O23 - Service: Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service (dmadmin) - VERITAS Software Corp. - D:\W2K\System32\dmadmin.exe
O23 - Service: Eset HTTP Server (EhttpSrv) - ESET - D:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\EHttpSrv.exe
O23 - Service: Eset Service (ekrn) - ESET - D:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ekrn.exe
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