Looks better; go though and place a check next to all that say (file missing) and have hijack this fix those;

not familiar with the entry "020-AppInit_DLLs:"

Unless you need to stick with service pack1 due to application compatability or whatever, you should consider updating windows xp to Service pack 2; From there; stay away from windows updates untill they get their bugs fixed; there's something "wrong" with the current updates that may cause some people to have to revert due to application's not being compatible/secure enough to be "trusted" by the new updates ets.. [do not read the following: unless you are bored] or it could be that these older more secure applications do not put the lotion on the skin, so they do not get to play in the sandbox...... one can't "know" what is really happening when it comes to "why did they change that"... but you can guess that they wan't people to spend their hard earned money on upgrades that they don't want or need... in order to do the "same thing" that they could do a couple quarters or months or weeks or days ago....[/do not read the following: unless you are bored]


On to your regular hjt post reply;
This hjt log shows alot of [extra buttons] that you may "want" on your computer but you don't really need them.

They are just resource hogs;

A good measure to reduce the chances of your browser being "re-infected" or re-hijacked is to disable 3rd party browser extensions, "browser addon's" or other name?
To do this you go into internet options; click on advanced; browsing then scroll down to Enable third-party browser extensions, and "uncheck" it, you will have to close and restart internet explorer for the change to take effect.

You'll notice the little icons in the browser toolbar disapear..

BHO's like MSN messenger or aol instant messanger, google toolbar? Realplayer etc which are basically "quickstart" buttons will not be on your browser. Look for them in your start menu if you need them.

Some security related settings in internet options "Disable downloading of UNSIGNED" active x objects.. AKA [browser plugin objects] such as flash players/media codecs, active x controls etc..

Asside from updating to sp2, you should update your java plugin, the new version of java plugin has many "fixes" that can help prevent some browser hijacks and virus infections that come in through "java script" |

There are also a number of "services" that SP2 update covers, but there are still more in sp2 that need to be addresssed to help prevent infections on your computer; that don't require that you actually click on something and download it.... thats right, unless you go through and turn off certain "services" you computer can become infected just by plugging it into the internet without a firewall or anti-virus application.... no kidding.. windows xp is pre-configured to be wide open. Automatic updates, remote registry, remote desktop assistance, fast user switching, and some others that I don't remember off the top.... Use black vipers guide, or this guide to narrow down the possible exploits in windows xp control panel, computer management, services...