You should read Merijn's HijackThis log tutorial: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/htlogtutorial.html
CoolWebSearch Variants ,
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html
TonyKleins BHO and Toolbar lists are essential references, frequently updated.
http://sysinfo.org/bhoinfo.php
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It is very convenient to use Merijn's BHOList app. for searching them. http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/bholist.zip
Use Ctrl-Z to toggle between the BHO and Toolbar lists. X means bad
Pacman's Startup List is where you can look up the O4 entries. http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.phpBUSY A LOT
Another good list is at http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm
OFF LINE Programs ,download the Full -list .Zip
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php#THE_PROGRAMS
And Google is a wonderful help. I recommend the toolbar toolbar.google.com
And CWShredder has a debug option for looking for black listed sites .
Install CWShredder ,copy a shourtcut to your desktop,and right click /properties and in the target copy this ,C:\cwshredder\CWShredder.exe /debug
now click on the shourtcut and you search for black list sites .