hi, i got a browser hijacker affecting both ie and firefox, firefox will not start at all, yet a firefox process will run anyway until i manually shut it down, internet explorer will run for a little while and then it freezes, along with everything else but the mouse pointer, i have to reset my machine to get everything running again. I've ran nod32 which did not find anything, and spyware doctor witch only reveled a few minor things. Here is the hijackthis log. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 12:10:09 AM, on 3/6/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Boot mode: Normal 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\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ekrn.exe C:\Program Files\SyncroSoft\Pos\H2O\cledx.exe C:\WINDOWS\SOUNDMAN.EXE C:\Program Files\Spyware Doctor\pctsTray.exe C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools Lite\daemon.exe C:\Program Files\BitComet\BitComet.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lxctcoms.exe C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe C:\Program Files\Phonic\Firewire\Phonic_cpl.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\PnkBstrA.exe C:\Program Files\Spyware Doctor\pctsAuxs.exe C:\Program Files\Spyware Doctor\pctsSvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdfmgr.exe C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqSTE08.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\alg.exe C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE C:\PROGRA~1\MOZILL~1\FIREFOX.EXE C:\Documents and Settings\James Dawson\Desktop\HiJackThis.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll O2 - BHO: Lexmark Toolbar - {1017A80C-6F09-4548-A84D-EDD6AC9525F0} - C:\Program Files\Lexmark Toolbar\toolband.dll O2 - BHO: BitComet ClickCapture - {39F7E362-828A-4B5A-BCAF-5B79BFDFEA60} - C:\Program Files\BitComet\tools\BitCometBHO_1.2.1.2.dll O2 - BHO: (no name) - {494199C0-055F-7FDE-0110-2900BCCD88CA} - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - {8A52BBC9-4574-4D8A-BAB0-63BF7AE5C27E} - C:\Program Files\BitComet\fyqedugip89104.dll O3 - Toolbar: Lexmark Toolbar - {1017A80C-6F09-4548-A84D-EDD6AC9525F0} - C:\Program Files\Lexmark Toolbar\toolband.dll O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [H2O] C:\Program Files\SyncroSoft\Pos\H2O\cledx.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SoundMan] SOUNDMAN.EXE O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ISTray] "C:\Program Files\Spyware Doctor\pctsTray.exe" thanks in advance for any help you can give me.