I really need your advice!

I am working on a very old computer ( think it's the first Pentium ever made and really should be in a museum, but it's what I've got to deal with) and I tried to download some safety software. I was all right with Vcatch which is a small anti-virus program, but with Sygate, it brought my download time down to slower than a crawl, so I uninstalled it.

I have a WIN95 program, and it seems impossible to find a firewall program that is small enough for me to use, but I know this means my computer will be very vulnerable without it.

Here's my question: If I ONLY go online (my hompage is GOOGLE because it downloads the quickest) to go to my Yahoo mailbox, and do nothing there but read and send mail, just how vulnerable am I to attacks which will threaten the computer? (I'm writing this from a library computer, just in case you were wondering).

This is really important, as if I can't use it with some degree of safety if only to read my e-mail, then I'm up the creek without a paddle.

OH! Also, would it be any safer if I downloaded a Mozilla Firefox Browser and used that instead?

Thanks very much in advance.......Maggie

 

Here's my highjack this log...

I'm really sorry but I can't send it as an attachment since I have to do this via the library. I hope this will be alright, but I'm really concerned about keeping it clean. (I do know that I don't need the AOL entry as I don't use it anymore.)

-Maggie

 

Hi, Here's my latest logfile from the newer hijack this program, at the moment residing on my desktop for easy access.

(There still seems to be some remnants of the BT Yahoo program, but I'll wait for your further instructions.)

Thanks!
-Maggie


Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 16:45:52, on 16/09/05
Platform: Windows 95 B (Win9x 4.00.1111)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v5.50 SP1 (5.50.4522.1800)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTASK.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\PTSNOOP.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\TEXTBRIDGE PRO 9.0\BIN\INSTANTACCESS.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\REAL\REALPLAYER\REALPLAY.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\LOADQM.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMONSEARCH\VCATCH\VCATCH.EXE
C:\MSOFFICE\OFFICE\MSOFFICE.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\SLIPSTREAM WEB ACCELERATOR\SLIPACCEL.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\FSSCRCTL.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RNAAPP.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\tapiexe.exe
C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\HIJACKTHIS.EXE

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Microsoft Internet Explorer
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = ;<local>
F1 - win.ini: load=ptsnoop.exe
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\PROGRAM FILES\ADOBE\ACROBAT 5.0\READER\ACTIVEX\ACROIEHELPER.OCX
O2 - BHO: PBlockHelper Class - {4115122B-85FF-4DD3-9515-F075BEDE5EB5} - C:\PROGRAM FILES\SLIPSTREAM WEB ACCELERATOR\PBHELPER.DLL
O3 - Toolbar: @msdxmLC.dll,-1@1033,&Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSDXM.OCX
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SystemTray] SysTray.Exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [InstantAccess] C:\PROGRA~1\TEXTBR~1.0\BIN\INSTAN~1.EXE /h
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RegisterDropHandler] C:\PROGRA~1\TEXTBR~1.0\BIN\REGIST~1.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RealTray] C:\Program Files\Real\RealPlayer\RealPlay.exe SYSTEMBOOTHIDEPLAYER
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LoadQM] loadqm.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [RegisterDropHandler] C:\PROGRA~1\TEXTBR~1.0\BIN\REGIST~1.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [SchedulingAgent] mstask.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [msnmsgr] "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MSN MESSENGER\MSNMSGR.EXE" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [VCatch] C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMONSEARCH\VCATCH\VCATCH.EXE
O4 - Startup: Microsoft Office Fast Start.lnk = C:\MSOffice\Office\FASTBOOT.EXE
O4 - Startup: Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar.lnk = C:\MSOFFICE\OFFICE\MSOFFICE.EXE
O4 - Startup: Tiscali Web Accelerator.lnk = C:\Program Files\SlipStream Web Accelerator\slipaccel.exe
O4 - Startup: Screen Saver Control.lnk = C:\WINDOWS\FSScrCtl.exe
O9 - Extra button: Real.com - {CD67F990-D8E9-11d2-98FE-00C0F0318AFE} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Shdocvw.dll
O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\PROGRA~1\INTERN~1\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll
O14 - IERESET.INF: START_PAGE_URL=http://bt.yahoo.com