hello, i'm getting the bridge.dll error on startup as i have read so much about. but also, the computer it is on has recently lost the internet. i'm not sure if fixing this error will help the internet, but it is worth a try. if anyone can help me out, thank you in advance.

for now, here is the log:

Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 6:26:47 PM, on 5/19/2004
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WINNT\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\services.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Symantec_Client_Security\Symantec AntiVirus\DefWatch.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Symantec_Client_Security\Symantec AntiVirus\Rtvscan.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\regsvc.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\MSTask.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\WBEM\WinMgmt.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\mspmspsv.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\rundll32.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINNT\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\AIM\aim.exe
C:\Program Files\ATI Multimedia\main\launchpd.exe
A:\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch = res://C:\PROGRA~1\Toolbar\toolbar.dll/sa
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,SearchAssistant = http://www.websearch.com/ie.aspx?tb_id=50032
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,CustomizeSearch = res://C:\PROGRA~1\Toolbar\toolbar.dll/sa
R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {8952A998-1E7E-4716-B23D-3DBE03910972} - (no file)
O1 - Hosts: 207.36.196.189 auto.search.msn.com
O1 - Hosts: 207.36.196.189 search.netscape.com
O1 - Hosts: 207.36.196.189 ieautosearch
O1 - Hosts: €J¼€J¼`¼`¼˜¼˜¼ª¼ª¼x¼x¼èƼÿ¼È˼È˼X]¼X]¼`û¼`û¼0ž¼ªsؼؼê¼ê¼è¼è¼ð¼ð¼ø¼ø¼ ˆ¼¼¼˜¼˜¼ª¼ª¼¨¼¨¼°¼°¼¸¼¸¼À¼À¼È¼È¼¼¼Ø¼Ø¼ê¼ê¼è¼è¼ð¼ð¼ø¼ø¼
O1 - Hosts: ¼˜¼˜¼ª¼ª¼¨¼¨¼°¼°¼¸¼¸¼À¼À¼È¼È¼¼¼Ø¼Ø¼ê¼ê¼è¼è¼ð¼ð¼ø¼ø¼
O1 - Hosts: ¼˜¼˜¼ê,sê,s¨¼¨¼°¼°¼¸¼¸¼À¼À¼È¼È¼¼¼Ø¼Ø¼ê¼ê¼è¼è¼ð¼ð¼ø¼ø¼
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O1 - Hosts: ɘɘɪɪɨɨɰɰɸɸÉÀÉÀÉÈÉÈÉÉÉØÉØÉêÉêÉèÉèÉðÉðÉøÉøÉ
O1 - Hosts: €JÈ€JÈÈȘȘȪȪȨȨȰȰȸȸÈÀÈÀÈÈÈÈÈÈÈØÈØÈêÈêÈèÈèÈðÈðÈøÈøÈ ˆÈÈȘȘȪȪȨȨȰȰȸȸÈÀÈÀÈÈÈÈÈÈÈØÈØÈêÈêÈèÈèÈðÈðÈøÈøÈ
O1 - Hosts: ȘȘȪȪȨȨȰȰȸȸÈÀÈÀÈÈÈÈÈÈÈØÈØÈêÈêÈèÈèÈðÈðÈøÈøÈ
O1 - Hosts: €J¸€J¸¸¸˜¸˜¸ª¸ª¸¨¸¨¸°¸°¸¸¸¸¸À¸À¸È¸È¸¸¸Ø¸Ø¸ê¸ê¸è¸è¸@S¸@S¸ø¸ø¸ ˆ¸¸¸˜¸˜¸ª¸ª¸¨¸¨¸°¸°¸¸¸¸¸À¸À¸È¸È¸¸¸Ø¸Ø¸ê¸ê¸è¸è¸ð¸ð¸ø¸ø¸
O1 - Hosts: ¸˜¸˜¸ª¸ª¸¨¸¨¸°¸°¸¸¸¸¸À¸À¸È¸È¸¸¸Ø¸Ø¸ê¸ê¸è¸è¸ð¸ð¸ø¸ø¸
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINNT\system32\msdxm.ocx
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar1.dll
O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {339BB23F-A864-48C0-A59F-29EA915965EC} - (no file)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Synchronization Manager] mobsync.exe /logon
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DeadAIM] rundll32.exe "C:\PROGRA~1\AIM\\DeadAIM.ocm",ExportedCheckODLs
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RunDLL] rundll32.exe "C:\WINNT\system32\bridge.dll",Load
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [AIM] C:\Program Files\AIM\aim.exe -cnetwait.odl
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ATI Launchpad] "C:\Program Files\ATI Multimedia\main\launchpd.exe"
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA9.EXE
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Google Search - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmsearch.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Backward &Links - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmbacklinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Cac&hed Snapshot of Page - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmcache.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Si&milar Pages - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmsimilar.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Translate into English - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmtrans.html
O9 - Extra button: ATI TV (HKLM)
O9 - Extra button: AIM (HKLM)
O10 - Broken Internet access because of LSP provider 'c:\winnt\system32\inetadpt.dll' missing
O16 - DPF: {166B1BCA-3F9C-11CF-8075-444553540000} (Shockwave ActiveX Control) - http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pu...ector/swdir.cab
O16 - DPF: {AE1C01E3-0283-11D3-9B3F-00C04F8EF466} (HeartbeatCtl Class) - http://fdl.msn.com/zone/datafiles/heartbeat.cab
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://download.macromedia.com/pub/...ash/swflash.cab
O16 - DPF: {DDFFA75A-E81D-4454-89FC-B9FD0631E726} - http://www.bundleware.com/activeX/DS3/DS3.cab

If the computer has Spybot S&D on it, run that & it will fix the 010 entry. If not you can try the following.

Close all (browser) windows & rescan with hijackthis. When the scan is finished place a check in the box to the left of the following entries & click 'fix checked' :

R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch = res://C:\PROGRA~1\Toolbar\toolbar.dll/sa
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,CustomizeSearch = res://C:\PROGRA~1\Toolbar\toolbar.dll/sa
R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {8952A998-1E7E-4716-B23D-3DBE03910972} - (no file)

O1 - Hosts: 207.36.196.189 auto.search.msn.com
O1 - Hosts: 207.36.196.189 search.netscape.com
O1 - Hosts: 207.36.196.189 ieautosearch
O1 - Hosts: €J¼€J¼`¼`¼˜¼˜¼ª¼ª¼x¼x¼èƼÿ¼È˼È˼X]¼X]¼`û¼`û¼0ž¼ªsؼؼê¼ê¼è¼è¼ð¼ð¼ø¼ø¼ ˆ¼¼¼˜¼˜¼ª¼ª¼¨¼¨¼°¼°¼¸¼¸¼À¼À¼È¼È¼¼¼Ø¼Ø¼ê¼ê¼è¼è¼ð¼ð¼ø¼ø¼
O1 - Hosts: ¼˜¼˜¼ª¼ª¼¨¼¨¼°¼°¼¸¼¸¼À¼À¼È¼È¼¼¼Ø¼Ø¼ê¼ê¼è¼è¼ð¼ð¼ø¼ø¼
O1 - Hosts: ¼˜¼˜¼ê,sê,s¨¼¨¼°¼°¼¸¼¸¼À¼À¼È¼È¼¼¼Ø¼Ø¼ê¼ê¼è¼è¼ð¼ð¼ø¼ø¼
O1 - Hosts: øz„î xɀɀɈɈÉÉɘɘɪɪɨɨɰɰɸɸÉÀÉÀÉÈÉÈÉÉÉØÉØÉêÉêÉèÉèÉðÉðÉøÉøÉ ˆÉÉɘɘɪɪɨɨɰɰɸɸÉÀÉÀÉÈÉÈÉÉÉØÉØÉêÉêÉèÉèÉðÉðÉøÉøÉ
O1 - Hosts: ɘɘɪɪɨɨɰɰɸɸÉÀÉÀÉÈÉÈÉÉÉØÉØÉêÉêÉèÉèÉðÉðÉøÉøÉ
O1 - Hosts: €JÈ€JÈÈȘȘȪȪȨȨȰȰȸȸÈÀÈÀÈÈÈÈÈÈÈØÈØÈêÈêÈèÈèÈðÈðÈøÈøÈ ˆÈÈȘȘȪȪȨȨȰȰȸȸÈÀÈÀÈÈÈÈÈÈÈØÈØÈêÈêÈèÈèÈðÈðÈøÈøÈ
O1 - Hosts: ȘȘȪȪȨȨȰȰȸȸÈÀÈÀÈÈÈÈÈÈÈØÈØÈêÈêÈèÈèÈðÈðÈøÈøÈ
O1 - Hosts: €J¸€J¸¸¸˜¸˜¸ª¸ª¸¨¸¨¸°¸°¸¸¸¸¸À¸À¸È¸È¸¸¸Ø¸Ø¸ê¸ê¸è¸è¸@S¸@S¸ø¸ø¸ ˆ¸¸¸˜¸˜¸ª¸ª¸¨¸¨¸°¸°¸¸¸¸¸À¸À¸È¸È¸¸¸Ø¸Ø¸ê¸ê¸è¸è¸ð¸ð¸ø¸ø¸
O1 - Hosts: ¸˜¸˜¸ª¸ª¸¨¸¨¸°¸°¸¸¸¸¸À¸À¸È¸È¸¸¸Ø¸Ø¸ê¸ê¸è¸è¸ð¸ð¸ø¸ø¸

O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {339BB23F-A864-48C0-A59F-29EA915965EC} - (no file)

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RunDLL] rundll32.exe "C:\WINNT\system32\bridge.dll",Load

O10 - Broken Internet access because of LSP provider 'c:\winnt\system32\inetadpt.dll' missing

O16 - DPF: {DDFFA75A-E81D-4454-89FC-B9FD0631E726} - http://www.bundleware.com/activeX/DS3/DS3.cab

Reboot into safe mode following the instructions here & navigate to & delete

c:\winnt\system32\inetadpt.dll<<<< file

Reboot normally & post a fresh log.

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