looks like things are clean! i rebooted several times, under each account id, and i'm not seeing the problem anymore. thanks so much for the help! your assistance is very much appreciated!

I'll do a reboot right now.... and let you know....

thanks for the help... ran the processes you recommended, I don't recall seeing any RUNDLL errors upon reboot (following Combofix run)... Here are the new logs. Waiting to hear back from you. ...

hi. thanks for the directions. I ran Combofix and re-ran HiJackThis again, results below. Will wait for further actions/recommendations. Thank you! [color=blue>[b]Combofix[/b] ...

Hi... I recently got hit by a virus, which I think I have successfully removed/resolved. Now, however, at startup, I am getting 2 RUNDLL errors. Error loading C:\WINDOWS\System32\gixhwjas.dll ...