Remove HotLan

HotLan is a keylogger program that is identified by Webroot Spy Sweeper as an adware program. This program was created by the NetHunter Group in 2002. A keylogger can record everything you do from every keystroke entered to taking snapshots of your computer activity. The person who set it up on your computer can secretly have logs of all your activity emailed or FTP'd to them – all without your knowledge. This spying is a violation of your privacy and should be removed as soon as possible.

The HotLan keylogger program hides itself from you and always stays resident in the background. There is no way for you to know it is installed on your computer other than to run the most trustworthy spyware program there is on the market today - Webroot's Spy Sweeper. With Spy Sweeper, you will not only find out what spyware is on your computer, but you can rest assured that it has been removed and you have been protected against all new threats.

We recommend that you use Spy Sweeper for easy removal, you can even download it here and use it FREE for 14 days to see what other types of adware and spyware have been installed on your computer, but if you would like to try to remove this software manually, follow the below instructions.

Manual Removal of HotLan

Hold Control-Alt-Delete (all at the same time)
Look for hotlan.exe and stop the process.
delete the following from your computer
- hotlan.exe
Reboot your computer