No sound with browser

Help....I realize this is not an XP forum, but you guys are smarter,
lol. (and a lot nicer)

I have lost all sound with Firefox and IE....yet it works if I play a
joke in OE and so on. It suddenly stopped about midnight last night.
Yesterday I had downloaded Messenger 7.5, but much earlier in the day.

I have checked Device Manager 3 times, and it says Soundmax is working
fine. I did a SR back to yesterday afternoon....no joy. Still no
problems in Device Manager.

I ran a-Squared last night and it said I have 4 trojans in one folder.
Can't find any reference to this trojan anywhere. EZ Trust, Spybot and
AdAware do not flag it. It is in C:ProgramFiles\Network Assistant\bin
and is called "Trojan.Win32.Autoit.b" No such animal on Google or in
McAfee.

I rather think this folder might have something to do with Bell
Sympatico, but not sure. Date of it is Jan. 12th. I am pretty sure the
drivers are on the ASUS motherboard disc, so not sure I want that to
auto-run, yet the drivers are supposed to be OK.

It is probably something really dumb, but my mind is now blank!! Tried
everything I could think of.

As Noel knows, I removed 100meg+ of Quicktime and Apple Computer.Inc
from the registry and Windows Explorer a day or two ago, but nothing
clicks with me as to the timing of this loss of sound.

I think I will also zip these 4 files up and send them to Virus Total
because I really don't think they are malware.

My next step will be to remove Messenger.....but thought I would ask you
first.

Cheers....Figgs

Looked up Trojan.Win32.Agent and it must be the one. Odd that only 3
AV's picked up on it, but according to Google, a-Squared has been. I
will now remove it, but will post on a.c.v. and see what they say.

I have been running with just the MS XP firewall for about 2
weeks....usually have either ZAPro on here or the router. Guess I
better put one of them back on. Still don't know if this is my sound
problem, coz I removed it last night and no sound. But after the SR,
they came back.

Heather

Results of a file scan
This is a report processed by VirusTotal on 01/27/2006 at 20:24:55 (CET)
after scanning the file "set5200.exe" file.
Antivirus Version Update Result
AntiVir 6.33.0.77 01.27.2006 TR/AutoItroj.A
Avast 4.6.695.0 01.27.2006 no virus found
AVG 718 01.27.2006 no virus found
Avira 6.33.0.81 01.27.2006 TR/AutoItroj.A
BitDefender 7.2 01.27.2006 no virus found
CAT-QuickHeal 8.00 01.27.2006 no virus found
ClamAV devel-20051123 01.27.2006 no virus found
DrWeb 4.33 01.27.2006 no virus found
eTrust-InoculateIT 23.71.61 01.27.2006 no virus found
eTrust-Vet 12.4.2058 01.27.2006 no virus found
Ewido 3.5 01.27.2006 no virus found
Fortinet 2.54.0.0 01.27.2006 suspicious
F-Prot 3.16c 01.26.2006 no virus found
Ikarus 0.2.59.0 01.27.2006 no virus found
Kaspersky 4.0.2.24 01.27.2006 no virus found
McAfee 4684 01.27.2006 no virus found
NOD32v2 1.1383 01.27.2006 no virus found
Norman 5.70.10 01.27.2006 no virus found
Panda 9.0.0.4 01.27.2006 no virus found
Sophos 4.02.0 01.27.2006 no virus found
Symantec 8.0 01.27.2006 no virus found
TheHacker 5.9.3.082 01.27.2006 no virus found
UNA 1.83 01.27.2006 Trojan.Win32.Agent
VBA32 3.10.5 01.27.2006 no virus found


"Heather" wrote in message
...
Help....I realize this is not an XP forum, but you guys are smarter,
lol. (and a lot nicer)

I have lost all sound with Firefox and IE....yet it works if I play a
joke in OE and so on. It suddenly stopped about midnight last night.
Yesterday I had downloaded Messenger 7.5, but much earlier in the day.

I have checked Device Manager 3 times, and it says Soundmax is working
fine. I did a SR back to yesterday afternoon....no joy. Still no
problems in Device Manager.

I ran a-Squared last night and it said I have 4 trojans in one folder.
Can't find any reference to this trojan anywhere. EZ Trust, Spybot
and AdAware do not flag it. It is in C:ProgramFiles\Network
Assistant\bin and is called "Trojan.Win32.Autoit.b" No such animal on
Google or in McAfee.

I rather think this folder might have something to do with Bell
Sympatico, but not sure. Date of it is Jan. 12th. I am pretty sure
the drivers are on the ASUS motherboard disc, so not sure I want that
to auto-run, yet the drivers are supposed to be OK.

It is probably something really dumb, but my mind is now blank!!
Tried everything I could think of.

As Noel knows, I removed 100meg+ of Quicktime and Apple Computer.Inc
from the registry and Windows Explorer a day or two ago, but nothing
clicks with me as to the timing of this loss of sound.

I think I will also zip these 4 files up and send them to Virus Total
because I really don't think they are malware.

My next step will be to remove Messenger.....but thought I would ask
you first.

Cheers....Figgs

Heather:
This is just an observation on my part, not advice, a recommendation or
anything like it.
Whenever I see MSMessenger, I shy away from it like the plague. It may be
personal, but so far it has been effective too.
Hope David will read your post, to help you with the trojan.
With a bit of luck you may even be able to tackle this thing yourself,
considering all the defenses you have set up.
Best of luck.

Harry.


"Heather" wrote in message
...
Help....I realize this is not an XP forum, but you guys are smarter,
lol. (and a lot nicer)

I have lost all sound with Firefox and IE....yet it works if I play a
joke in OE and so on. It suddenly stopped about midnight last night.
Yesterday I had downloaded Messenger 7.5, but much earlier in the day.

I have checked Device Manager 3 times, and it says Soundmax is working
fine. I did a SR back to yesterday afternoon....no joy. Still no
problems in Device Manager.

I ran a-Squared last night and it said I have 4 trojans in one folder.
Can't find any reference to this trojan anywhere. EZ Trust, Spybot and
AdAware do not flag it. It is in C:ProgramFiles\Network Assistant\bin
and is called "Trojan.Win32.Autoit.b" No such animal on Google or in
McAfee.

I rather think this folder might have something to do with Bell
Sympatico, but not sure. Date of it is Jan. 12th. I am pretty sure the
drivers are on the ASUS motherboard disc, so not sure I want that to
auto-run, yet the drivers are supposed to be OK.

It is probably something really dumb, but my mind is now blank!! Tried
everything I could think of.

As Noel knows, I removed 100meg+ of Quicktime and Apple Computer.Inc
from the registry and Windows Explorer a day or two ago, but nothing
clicks with me as to the timing of this loss of sound.

I think I will also zip these 4 files up and send them to Virus Total
because I really don't think they are malware.

My next step will be to remove Messenger.....but thought I would ask you
first.

Cheers....Figgs

OK...those *suspicious* files were part of my DSL/Sympatico software.
Damned A-Squared. Art Kopp told me.

I am not going to tell you what dumb error on my part caused this loss
of sound or how I solved it (coz I am way too embarrassed, sob).....but
Willy the Wonder Tech told me to uninstall & reinstall SoundMax and I
learned how to do that. So at least I am over my *driver fear*, lol.

He just howled when I called to tell him what the *error* was....and I
was on the floor myself.

Sigh......are you sure blondes have more fun??

Red-faced in Canada, lol.

"Heather" wrote in message
...
Looked up Trojan.Win32.Agent and it must be the one. Odd that only 3
AV's picked up on it, but according to Google, a-Squared has been. I
will now remove it, but will post on a.c.v. and see what they say.

I have been running with just the MS XP firewall for about 2
weeks....usually have either ZAPro on here or the router. Guess I
better put one of them back on. Still don't know if this is my sound
problem, coz I removed it last night and no sound. But after the SR,
they came back.

Heather

(turned the volume off, did we, Figgs??)

gd&r

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"Heather" wrote in message
...
OK...those *suspicious* files were part of my DSL/Sympatico software.
Damned A-Squared. Art Kopp told me.

I am not going to tell you what dumb error on my part caused this loss of
sound or how I solved it (coz I am way too embarrassed, sob).....but Willy
the Wonder Tech told me to uninstall & reinstall SoundMax and I learned
how to do that. So at least I am over my *driver fear*, lol.

He just howled when I called to tell him what the *error* was....and I was
on the floor myself.

Sigh......are you sure blondes have more fun??

Red-faced in Canada, lol.

"Heather" wrote in message
...
Looked up Trojan.Win32.Agent and it must be the one. Odd that only 3
AV's picked up on it, but according to Google, a-Squared has been. I
will now remove it, but will post on a.c.v. and see what they say.

I have been running with just the MS XP firewall for about 2
weeks....usually have either ZAPro on here or the router. Guess I better
put one of them back on. Still don't know if this is my sound problem,
coz I removed it last night and no sound. But after the SR, they came
back.

Heather

Harry
I think you're getting confused here between MSNMessenger, Windows
Messenger, and 'the Windows Messaging service'
The first two are fein - the latter is not relevant to Win ME, but can cause
problems with spammed material in Win XP.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"webster72n" wrote in message
...

Heather:
This is just an observation on my part, not advice, a recommendation or
anything like it.
Whenever I see MSMessenger, I shy away from it like the plague. It may be
personal, but so far it has been effective too.
Hope David will read your post, to help you with the trojan.
With a bit of luck you may even be able to tackle this thing yourself,
considering all the defenses you have set up.
Best of luck.

Harry.


"Heather" wrote in message
...
Help....I realize this is not an XP forum, but you guys are smarter,
lol. (and a lot nicer)

I have lost all sound with Firefox and IE....yet it works if I play a
joke in OE and so on. It suddenly stopped about midnight last night.
Yesterday I had downloaded Messenger 7.5, but much earlier in the day.

I have checked Device Manager 3 times, and it says Soundmax is working
fine. I did a SR back to yesterday afternoon....no joy. Still no
problems in Device Manager.

I ran a-Squared last night and it said I have 4 trojans in one folder.
Can't find any reference to this trojan anywhere. EZ Trust, Spybot and
AdAware do not flag it. It is in C:ProgramFiles\Network Assistant\bin
and is called "Trojan.Win32.Autoit.b" No such animal on Google or in
McAfee.

I rather think this folder might have something to do with Bell
Sympatico, but not sure. Date of it is Jan. 12th. I am pretty sure the
drivers are on the ASUS motherboard disc, so not sure I want that to
auto-run, yet the drivers are supposed to be OK.

It is probably something really dumb, but my mind is now blank!! Tried
everything I could think of.

As Noel knows, I removed 100meg+ of Quicktime and Apple Computer.Inc
from the registry and Windows Explorer a day or two ago, but nothing
clicks with me as to the timing of this loss of sound.

I think I will also zip these 4 files up and send them to Virus Total
because I really don't think they are malware.

My next step will be to remove Messenger.....but thought I would ask you
first.

Cheers....Figgs

lol She turned some things off so she could play Pogo g
Joan


Noel Paton wrote:
(turned the volume off, did we, Figgs??)

gd&r

Noel:
No confusion, just bad experience (did someone say at my own expense?). I
meant the MSNMessenger allright, but not to *intimidate it*. Never was
confronted with 'the Windows Messaging service' and hopefully never will be.
Thanks for clearing that up.

Harry.


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Harry
I think you're getting confused here between MSNMessenger, Windows
Messenger, and 'the Windows Messaging service'
The first two are fein - the latter is not relevant to Win ME, but can
cause
problems with spammed material in Win XP.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"webster72n" wrote in message
...

Heather:
This is just an observation on my part, not advice, a recommendation or
anything like it.
Whenever I see MSMessenger, I shy away from it like the plague. It may
be
personal, but so far it has been effective too.
Hope David will read your post, to help you with the trojan.
With a bit of luck you may even be able to tackle this thing yourself,
considering all the defenses you have set up.
Best of luck.

Harry.


"Heather" wrote in message
...
Help....I realize this is not an XP forum, but you guys are smarter,
lol. (and a lot nicer)

I have lost all sound with Firefox and IE....yet it works if I play a
joke in OE and so on. It suddenly stopped about midnight last night.
Yesterday I had downloaded Messenger 7.5, but much earlier in the day.

I have checked Device Manager 3 times, and it says Soundmax is working
fine. I did a SR back to yesterday afternoon....no joy. Still no
problems in Device Manager.

I ran a-Squared last night and it said I have 4 trojans in one folder.
Can't find any reference to this trojan anywhere. EZ Trust, Spybot and
AdAware do not flag it. It is in C:ProgramFiles\Network Assistant\bin
and is called "Trojan.Win32.Autoit.b" No such animal on Google or in
McAfee.

I rather think this folder might have something to do with Bell
Sympatico, but not sure. Date of it is Jan. 12th. I am pretty sure
the
drivers are on the ASUS motherboard disc, so not sure I want that to
auto-run, yet the drivers are supposed to be OK.

It is probably something really dumb, but my mind is now blank!! Tried
everything I could think of.

As Noel knows, I removed 100meg+ of Quicktime and Apple Computer.Inc
from the registry and Windows Explorer a day or two ago, but nothing
clicks with me as to the timing of this loss of sound.

I think I will also zip these 4 files up and send them to Virus Total
because I really don't think they are malware.

My next step will be to remove Messenger.....but thought I would ask
you
first.

Cheers....Figgs

Puss orf, Furball!!

ROFL!!

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
(turned the volume off, did we, Figgs??)

gd&r

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's
"Heather" wrote in message
...
OK...those *suspicious* files were part of my DSL/Sympatico software.
Damned A-Squared. Art Kopp told me.

I am not going to tell you what dumb error on my part caused this
loss of sound or how I solved it (coz I am way too embarrassed,
sob).....but Willy the Wonder Tech told me to uninstall & reinstall
SoundMax and I learned how to do that. So at least I am over my
*driver fear*, lol.

He just howled when I called to tell him what the *error* was....and
I was on the floor myself.

Sigh......are you sure blondes have more fun??

Red-faced in Canada, lol.

"Heather" wrote in message
...
Looked up Trojan.Win32.Agent and it must be the one. Odd that only
3 AV's picked up on it, but according to Google, a-Squared has been.
I will now remove it, but will post on a.c.v. and see what they say.

I have been running with just the MS XP firewall for about 2
weeks....usually have either ZAPro on here or the router. Guess I
better put one of them back on. Still don't know if this is my
sound problem, coz I removed it last night and no sound. But after
the SR, they came back.

Heather

In ,
Heather had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

I have been running with just the MS XP firewall for about 2
weeks...

snipped

Use XP's firewall and the NAT router's firewall and you *should* be all set
assuming you're using a "clean" system as both likely don't offer outbound
filtering and certainly don't have true application recognition so make sure
it's clean. The two, in combination, are generally fine. Often I'll tool
about the 'net with one or the other. Both is preferred if no third party
firewall is installed or configured. Better if you use a third party I
suppose BUT the above combination is certainly lighter on resources.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes