hello again... it seems i may be zeroing ijn on the problem with your help....YEA!!! so after deleting spybot and downloading malwarebytes i ran it several times consecutively as to track any progress... the first time it said it found 21 items... and after rebooting i ran it again this time finding only one... it never did get rid of that last item as you can see from the last log... thnx again... bob
btw i have traced that file path and found it... i would have simply tried to delet it if i weren't chickenshit... afterall it says its an avast file...
last log file
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46
www.malwarebytes.orgDatabase version: 5129
Windows 6.1.7600
Internet Explorer 8.0.7600.16385
11/16/2010 9:56:03 PM
mbam-log-2010-11-16 (21-56-03).txt
Scan type: Full scan (C:\|)
Objects scanned: 28881
Time elapsed: 6 minute(s), 30 second(s)
Memory Processes Infected: 0
Memory Modules Infected: 0
Registry Keys Infected: 0
Registry Values Infected: 0
Registry Data Items Infected: 0
Folders Infected: 0
Files Infected: 1
Memory Processes Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Memory Modules Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Keys Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Values Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Data Items Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Folders Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Files Infected:
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast5\chrome\ChromeInst.exe (Trojan.Startpage) -> Delete on reboot.