annoying popups from affiliatetargets.com

[Alex]

Hi
oftentimes, idle browser pages on my computer go to
affiliatetarget.com ad pages, without any actions on my
part. Sometimes it' s an actual popup. I' ve tried to use
the restricted sites feature in "security" of internet
opitions (IE6), but to no avail
Can anybody help me, this is driving me nuts!
Thanks
Alex

 

[H Leboeuf]

It may be a new variant of some bad parasite.

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

Help others. Tell us which one it was.