I had a 'porn site' plague my 'Home page' setting for ages.
I deleted 'cookies', 'history', 'temporary internet files', 'user data', 'temp' & 'downloaded program files'.
I went to:
Start > Run > Regedit
searched the registry using 'find' for the offending name and deleted any enters. Also searched for 'homepage' and examined entrys.
Went to:
Start > Run > MSCONFIG > Start-Up
while referring to the website '
http://www.3feetunder.com/krick/startup/list.html' I unchecked all offending items.
I them used 'find' to search my computer for the offending 'website' and offending items from 'Start-Up' to delete them.
I performed all 'scans' with many 'scanners' and got rid of the crap.
I then used 'Spyware Blaster' to set my homepage.
I have all 'auto-completes' disabled in all my applications.
Used a well known batch file 'delindex.bat' to truely get rid of all my surfing habits.
'Hi-Jack This' is a great wee program though, use it!