Thanks again Crunchie, this has completely fixed my problem, I applaud your skill and generosity. You rock.

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0
Scan saved at 10:03:56 AM, on 1/4/2005
Platform: Windows...

AWESOME, Youre the man, crunchie. I knew I wasnt losing my mind, and the thought of admitting defeat and reinstalling my OS because of some spyware BS was really just unthinkable.

I believe its...

thanks again for getting back to me, I really appreciate this.
Heres the log content:

"Silent Runners.vbs", revision 28, launched at: 21:20
Output limited to non-default values, except where...

Yo, I feel you on that. I read MANY posts across daniweb, and took all of their advice before posting, i assure you.

Even after closing ALL explorer and internet explorer windows, then removing...

Thanks for your help, bro.

Unfortunately, the redirect to hotoffers.com persists, even after following your suggestion. I rebooted immediately after removing the entry using hijack this. heres the...

This popup appears every 5 minutes :

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Microsoft Windows Security Warning
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Your Windows is corrupted with spyware virus....

Heres my logfile anyhow:
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Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0
Scan saved at 7:41:32 PM, on 12/28/2004
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE:...

Hi, Im having this same problem.

Tried everything but a reinstall to get rid of this. Ive got all my Windows Updates, I'm running ad-aware and PC-Cillan, and I've run every other...