i need some advice

[silent_dan]

Hi everyone, im new here and found this forum while surfing the net .Anyway i have a few questions here...

First..When im working on my desktop i keep hearing mouse click sounds thru my speakers even though im not using my mouse.
And another thing is after i hear those mouse click sounds i try to investigate an press ctrl+alt+delete and the task manager comes up.
The weird thing is that i have a iexplore.exe running in there and im not using the internet explorer.
Now,i have ran adaware,spybot and a bunch of other programs but this is still going on.Does anyone have an idea on what is going on with my pc.

My pc specs are the following...
Pentium 4 hyperthread
512 mb
and im running windows xp pro +sp 2.
Cheers

[Platypus]

Hi there silent_dan, welcome to WinDrivers.

It might be worth double-checking that program name, there is a spyware program called iexplorer.exe, a variant of the RapidBlaster parasite.

If it's this, there's some information here:

http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/RapidBlaster.html

but don't click on the link to the RapidBlaster site at the bottom of the page! (I suppose they've included it for the sake of being completely informative, but... )

[silent_dan]

Hi there,thanks for replying.The files name im talking about is iexplore.exe,and its only visible in the task manager only when i hear those mouse clicks on my pc.
I suspect that something on my pc is making my internet explorer run in the background.Im realy stumpt as tro what im deling with here.
But thanx for replying anyway,i can surely use the info you gave me.
Cheers

[shamus]

Can you post what else is running in the Task Manager?
You also may want to run

HiJackThis to see whats being loaded on startup.

[silent_dan]

Hi again,sory for replying late.
I ran hijackthis and here is the log:





Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 1:02:51 PM, on 11/29/2004
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Alias\Maya6.0\docs\Wrapper.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\Service\AdskScSrv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\atiisrgl.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\gearsec.exe
C:\Program Files\Alias\Maya6.0\docs\jre\bin\java.exe
c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsrte.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MPFSERVICE.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\NORTON~2\NPROTECT.EXE
C:\sfmgr\sfmgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Tablet.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\VAIO Entertainment\VzCdb\VzFw.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshld.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe
c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsescn.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfTray.exe
C:\WINDOWS\AGRSMMSG.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ezSP_Px.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd.exe
C:\Program Files\HP DVD\Umbrella\DVDTray.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\atiptaxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\ctfmon.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfAgent.exe
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Distillr\acrotray.exe
C:\Program Files\Sony Corporation\Image Transfer\SonyTray.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Wtablet\TabUserW.exe
C:\Program Files\Adobe Photoshop Interface Improver\ApImpr.exe
c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Danny\My Documents\hijackthis\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Microsoft Internet Explorer
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar2.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {AE7CD045-E861-484f-8273-0445EE161910} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll
O2 - BHO: Hibrosoft HSToolBar - {DEBDD6EC-E81A-4987-9C9C-06DDC5ADDECE} - C:\Program Files\Hibrosoft\SmartGrabber\HSToolBar.dll
O3 - Toolbar: McAfee VirusScan - {BA52B914-B692-46c4-B683-905236F6F655} - c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshl.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Adobe PDF - {47833539-D0C5-4125-9FA8-0819E2EAAC93} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar2.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCUpdateExe] C:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\McUpdate.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VSOCheckTask] "c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcmnhdlr.exe" /checktask
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VirusScan Online] "c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshld.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCAgentExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MPFTray] C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfTray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AGRSMMSG] AGRSMMSG.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroCheck] C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ezShieldProtector for Px] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ezSP_Px.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccApp] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Software Update] "C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DVDTray] C:\Program Files\HP DVD\Umbrella\DVDTray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DVDBitSet] C:\Program Files\HP DVD\Umbrella\DVDBitSet.exe /NOUI
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ATIModeChange] Ati2mdxx.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [FRYHIGHRES] rundll32 "C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\Fire GL Control Panel\atipmogl.dll",DetectHighResMonitor
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ATIPTA] atiptaxx.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [frymxins] atiimxgl
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\ctfmon.exe
O4 - Startup: Adobe Photoshop Interface Improver.lnk = C:\Program Files\Adobe Photoshop Interface Improver\ApImpr.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Acrobat Assistant.lnk = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Distillr\acrotray.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Image Transfer.lnk = ?
O4 - Global Startup: TabUserW.exe.lnk = C:\WINDOWS\system32\Wtablet\TabUserW.exe
O6 - HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel present
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Google Search - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar2.dll/cmsearch.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Backward Links - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar2.dll/cmbacklinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Cached Snapshot of Page - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar2.dll/cmcache.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Grab... (SmartGrabber) - res://C:\Program Files\Hibrosoft\SmartGrabber\HSSmartGrabber.dll/hssg.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Similar Pages - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar2.dll/cmsimilar.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Translate into English - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar2.dll/cmtrans.html
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console (HKLM)
O9 - Extra button: Corel Network monitor worker (HKLM)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Corel Network monitor worker (HKLM)
O9 - Extra button: Grab (HKLM)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Grab... (SmartGrabber) (HKLM)
O9 - Extra button: Messenger (HKLM)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger (HKLM)
O9 - Extra button: Corel Network monitor worker (HKCU)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Corel Network monitor worker (HKCU)

O16 - DPF: {02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B} (QuickTime Object) - http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab
O16 - DPF: {166B1BCA-3F9C-11CF-8075-444553540000} (Shockwave ActiveX Control) - http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get...irector/sw.cab
O16 - DPF: {3334504D-9980-0010-8000-00AA00389B71} - http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...4D/mp43dmo.CAB
O16 - DPF: {4ED9DDF0-7479-4BBE-9335-5A1EDB1D8A21} (McAfee.com Operating System Class) - http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/sh...3/mcinsctl.cab
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...?1095887962328
O16 - DPF: {77E32299-629F-43C6-AB77-6A1E6D7663F6} - http://www.nick.com/common/groove/gx/GrooveAX25.cab
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - https://download.macromedia.com/pub/...sh/swflash.cab