ads.x10.com/request for help to remove

[Tom Dee]

ads.x10.com annoyance

I submitted a request to this newsgroup seeking help to stop the
ads.x10.com popunders. The suggestion that worked was putting an entry
in my HOSTS file. The ads no longer appear. That worked to the extent
that I don't get the ad but the window still appears with the message
the page doesn't exist or something. And then I have to click it away.
AdAware and Spybot found nothing.

I need some help to find this thing in my system where the request is
being made to go to x10. I want to remove it.

Can anyone please help me on this. I have IE6 and am running on
WindowsXP.

TIA

 

[H Leboeuf]

Call on the expert on this forum.
If you find a solution please share with us so others can be helped.

Go to http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php#det
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below):
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip

If you get a 404 error or Access denied, try:
http://216.180.252.218/~spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/hijackthis.zip

Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates "hijackthis.log")

Next, HijackThis | Config [button] | Misc Tools [button]
Click: Generate StartupList log [button] (generates "startuplist.txt")

Next, go to the below location:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

Sign in, then copy and paste both files in your message.

HijackThis Quick Start Help
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/

The Tutorial if you want to know more about the results or the .log file.
http://www.merijn.org/htlogtutorial.html

 

[Jack Ak]

You can click a link on this page to stop the x10 popunders for 30 days.
http://www.x10.com/x10ads.htm
After 30 days click the link again.

 

[Tom Dee]

You can click a link on this page to stop the x10 popunders for 30
days. http://www.x10.com/x10ads.htm
After 30 days click the link again.

Not good enough, I want to remove whatever is in my system that is
originating the request to go to ads.x10.

 

[Mike Burgess]

Tom,
A HOSTS file will prevent those prompts (see below)
____________________________________________________________
Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 01-20-04]
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