hard drive keep running

???

the last few day my hard drive keeps running
even in screen saver mode(blank screen)
the hard drive runs non stop

running windows xp

downloaded and ran hijack this program
spybot-both showed nothing that should not be there

downloaded the avst cleaner and this is report

6/2004, 6:55:38 PM
Memory scanning started…
No virus body found in memory.
Memory scanning finished (4.6s).

Files scanning started…
C:\Documents and Settings\Ron\Local Settings\Temp\Perflib_Perfdata_5ec.dat… file could not be scanned!
C:\Documents and Settings\Ron\Local Settings\Temp\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\K1M7C5EV\allPlans.jsp;JSessionID_zm=ApfB5QLOK3YjkaKofu7dbm2vPayUcgZDQqKrBnRj9zmn1RwRJzqF!-1021004307!daidmp05-virt.corp.sprint.com!7041!7042!1291486028!daidmp04-virt.corp.sprint[1]… file could not be scanned!
No virus body found.
Files scanning finished (38366 files, 0 infected, 949.6s).
Drives scanned: C:

any ideas

First off, do you have avast set to scan while the screen saver is running?
Do you have a program like Norton Ghost, Goback, or the Windows Indexing service running?

If not, check your processes list (ctrl+alt+del) Do any of those show abnormal cpu usage? If so what is the process name.

Do you have abnormal network activity?

Awnsering any of this could help diagnose your problem.

Answer RedSector’s question please and post also the hijackthis log hre.

(If you click on the link in my signature there is a hijackthis log file analyzer which may help you more.)

Note to RedSector:
This is a part of a pm I got from Vee

there is no replie button on the bottom of the page i have no norton programs on my machine no network and here is the hijack logLogfile of HijackThis v1.98.0

Ok, Vee

although I do know much (at least that is what people tell), I don’t know everything, so please respond in the forum instead of pvt next time. That way other people can have a look also and may see things I overlook.

This is the result of the HJT log file analyzer. To avoid confusion: I used the latest version which is not yet available to the public, since I am still working on it. So don’t get confused about the version nummer of it. I will look at all items in your log the analyzer doesn’t have info on and will implement it in the next version.

I will come back if I find anything interesting after manually checking your log file. In the mean time, please follow the instructions on my page (signature link) and after doing so tell us here if you still have problems and what they are (if there are any)

Analyzer version : 3
bad.dat version : 8
good.dat version : 8
rec.dat version : 1

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You are using a old version of Internet Explorer, please update.

All items in the log file which are not shown here
as to be deleted or safe to keep need to be investigated.

This website has a link to a tutorial on the hijackthislog:
http://members.home.nl/acred/cleaning.htm

Also use www.google.com to find out more on items not listed here.

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THESE ITEMS SHOULD BE REMOVED:

\program files\common files\dell\eusw\support.exe
o16 - dpf: {56336bcb-3d8a-11d6-a00b-0050da18de71} (rdxie class) - http://software-dl.real.com/056f4317b970e9cb3d05/netzip/rdxie601.cab
o16 - dpf: {e9ae575a-fa4a-11d3-90f7-00c0ca1618ff} (buzmesetup class) - http://www.buzme.com/activex/bmaxsetup.cab

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THESE ITEMS ARE SAFE TO KEEP:

\windows\system32\smss.exe
\windows\system32\winlogon.exe
\windows\system32\services.exe
\windows\system32\lsass.exe
\windows\system32\svchost.exe
\windows\system32\svchost.exe
\windows\explorer.exe
\windows\system32\spoolsv.exe
\program files\common files\real\update_ob\realsched.exe
\program files\dell\media experience\pcmservice.exe
\windows\system32\hkcmd.exe
\windows\system32\dsentry.exe
\windows\system32\dla\tfswctrl.exe
\program files\palm\hotsync.exe
\windows\system32\drivers\dcfssvc.exe
\windows\system32\svchost.exe
\windows\system32\mspmspsv.exe
o2 - bho: (no name) - {53707962-6f74-2d53-2644-206d7942484f} - c:\program files\spybot - search & destroy\sdhelper.dll
o3 - toolbar: &radio - {8e718888-423f-11d2-876e-00a0c9082467} - c:\windows\system32\msdxm.ocx
o4 - hklm..\run: [dwlclient] c:\program files\common files\dell\eusw\support.exe
o4 - hklm..\run: [quicktime task] “c:\program files\quicktime\qttask.exe” -atboottime
o4 - hklm..\run: [pcmservice] “c:\program files\dell\media experience\pcmservice.exe”
o4 - hklm..\run: [kavpersonal50] c:\program files\kaspersky lab\kaspersky anti-virus personal\kav.exe /minimize
o4 - hklm..\run: [igfxtray] c:\windows\system32\igfxtray.exe
o4 - hklm..\run: [hotkeyscmds] c:\windows\system32\hkcmd.exe
o6 - hkcu\software\policies\microsoft\internet explorer\control panel present

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THESE ITEMS ARE NOT NEEDED TO LOAD AT BOOTTIME FOR
THE SYSTEM TO WORK, IT IS RECOMMENDED TO REMOVE THEM: