Browser Hijack

[eeeboy]

One of my neighbors suddenly called me yesterday as he was facing some problem after clicking a link came to him through mail . From that , he could not open "run" or task manager. So , I suggested him to Install Hijackthis ,and to send me the log. I have got the log. I am bit confused about this log. need your help look at this.

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 23:38:18, on 11/03/2006
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:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
D:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.exe
C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe
D:\Program Files\DU Meter\DUMeter.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
D:\PROGRA~1\DAP\DAP.EXE
C:\DOCUME~1\admin\LOCALS~1\Temp\svhost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe
E:\dls\hijackthis\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://nsl-school.org
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - D:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DU Meter] D:\Program Files\DU Meter\DUMeter.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Task Manager] C:\WINDOWS\svhost32.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [svchost] C:\WINDOWS\svhost.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Yahoo! Pager] "D:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.exe" -quiet
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MsnMsgr] "C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe" /background
O6 - HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel present
O7 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System, DisableRegedit=1
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Download with &DAP - D:\PROGRA~1\DAP\dapextie.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Download &all with DAP - D:\PROGRA~1\DAP\dapextie2.htm
O9 - Extra button: Run DAP - {669695BC-A811-4A9D-8CDF-BA8C795F261C} - D:\PROGRA~1\DAP\DAP.EXE
O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Messenger - {E5D12C4E-7B4F-11D3-B5C9-0050045C3C96} - D:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Messenger - {E5D12C4E-7B4F-11D3-B5C9-0050045C3C96} - D:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{29FDAA12-E675-44B7-AF7A-26D0FD0B7623}: NameServer = 202.40.176.12 202.40.176.13
O17 - HKLM\System\CS1\Services\Tcpip\..\{29FDAA12-E675-44B7-AF7A-26D0FD0B7623}: NameServer = 202.40.176.12 202.40.176.13
O18 - Protocol: msnim - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - "C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\msgrapp.dll" (file missing)

is there any process named svhost.exe which runs from temp ? I knew svchost.exe run by SYSTEM. anyway , Is there other malicious something?

than in Advance

regards

eeeboy

[Will.Spencer]

You are exactly correct, that svchost.exe is actually the RBOT.QG worm.

Also, DAP.EXE promoted itself as a "download accellerator", but it's really annoying adware.

And why is RegEdit disabled in the registry?