Regarding HJT inability to run- acording to SWI forum, we have tried just about everything and they do not seem to be able to help me with the problem. Since my trojan detecting programs (spybot s&d;cws;a-squared;adaware) are telling me I am OK with respect to infections, I am not overly concerned with that.
Regarding SMPT settings for avast setup, I am not sure where to get the addresses from.
regarding Avast shutting down during scan (again this morning), since I was unable to send report, It is too large to post here so I will email the report to vlk@avast.com.