after trying everything from adaware to hijackthis i still can not remove hotoffers from taking over my home page....please help!



here is my HJT log

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 9:58:26 AM, on 5/5/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXBCES.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXPPS.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\System32\alg.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeper.exe
C:\ok here it goes\hijackthis\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.hotoffers.info/ad0352
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.hotoffers.info/ad0352
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [SpySweeper] "C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeper.exe" /0
O23 - Service: LexBce Server (LexBceS) - Lexmark International, Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXBCES.EXE
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe

Are you sure you posted the full contents of the HJT log? That one looks abnormally short...

yes this is the whole thing

OK. There are a couple of different methods of removing Hotoffers that have worked for some of our other members. The procedures are described in the links below; give them a try and let us know the results:

http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread19959.html

http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforum...hotoffers.html