Win 98 SE & Internet Explorer

I downloaded some malware or spyware on my PC. OS-Windows
98 SE. After running Spy-Bot countless times, still no
fix. Spy-Bot does, however, find 1 entry of DSO Exploit
every time it runs. Can this bug rejuvinate itself? I
also have Ad-aware 6.181 and have scanned with it many
times. Should I continue to run these programs? Will
they eventually clean out the spyware? Either way,
Internet Explorer will not work...

Spybot and Ad-aware will update, but nothing else.
Norton, AVG 6.0, or BHODemon cannot update. And Explorer
lets me know about every 5 minutes with the same
old "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Error": Program must
terminate for unusual or abnormal reason error. BHODemon
shows no abnormalities in the registry. I am unable to
get my home page to open "MSN" or any other page for that
matter. Explorer makes an effort to open the home page,
but freezes up, that is after I ignore the Runtime error
that pops up. If I click OK on the error, Explorer shuts
down completely.

I've read on this forum that reinstalling Windows 98 does
nothing to repair this problem. Also, I've disabled
JavaScript with no results. I'm so frustrated that I
can't see straight. I went back to an earlier version of
Explorer and still no luck. Please help me find the
answer. Thank you so much.

Try running Ad-Aware and SpyBot in Safe Mode:
-Start the computer and hold down the CTRL key till the Windows 98 Startup menu
(boot menu) appears.
-Use the arrow keys to select "Safe Mode" and press Enter.

Download, unzip, and run Hijack This from one of these locations:
http://computercops.biz/downloads-cat-14.html
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...HijackThis.exe
Unzip to a folder other than your Desktop or the Temp folder, doubleclick
HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Press that, save the log somewhere you can find it (Desktop, My Documents, or
similar).
Most of what it lists will be harmless or even required, so do NOT fix anything yet.

Copy the log files and paste them into a new post at one of these forums:
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30
http://computercops.biz/forums.html

In your post, please state your problem clearly and what you've done so far to fix
it.

The folks there will tell you what to remove.

See the "housekeeping" you should complete before you post your log:
http://aumha.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4075

A tutorial for using Hijack This is located he
http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


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I downloaded some malware or spyware on my PC. OS-Windows
98 SE. After running Spy-Bot countless times, still no
fix. Spy-Bot does, however, find 1 entry of DSO Exploit
every time it runs. Can this bug rejuvinate itself? I
also have Ad-aware 6.181 and have scanned with it many
times. Should I continue to run these programs? Will
they eventually clean out the spyware? Either way,
Internet Explorer will not work...

Spybot and Ad-aware will update, but nothing else.
Norton, AVG 6.0, or BHODemon cannot update. And Explorer
lets me know about every 5 minutes with the same
old "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Error": Program must
terminate for unusual or abnormal reason error. BHODemon
shows no abnormalities in the registry. I am unable to
get my home page to open "MSN" or any other page for that
matter. Explorer makes an effort to open the home page,
but freezes up, that is after I ignore the Runtime error
that pops up. If I click OK on the error, Explorer shuts
down completely.

I've read on this forum that reinstalling Windows 98 does
nothing to repair this problem. Also, I've disabled
JavaScript with no results. I'm so frustrated that I
can't see straight. I went back to an earlier version of
Explorer and still no luck. Please help me find the
answer. Thank you so much.