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I've had two separate occurences of this today (for the first time). When performing a search at IMDb, I was redirected to a small banner ad for Amazon.com, with the URL: http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm? (and then more). Earlier today we were clicking links at pogo.com, and also being redirected to a larger banner ad for Amazon.com, with the URL: http://209.47.15.67/int/set?type=120-600 . Can anyone tell me 1) what's wrong, and 2) how to fix it? Thanks.

 

[ken]

I never clicks ad links. they can be bad. down load
ad-aware or spybot to see if you have a small bit of
spyware now on your system. lavasoftusa.com or
safer-networking.org and then update after install.
by the way at pogo they are now also adding a user
identifiable cookie from one of their cohorts.
ea.rpts.net is the cookie

-----Original Message-----
I've had two separate occurences of this today (for the

first time). When performing a search at IMDb, I was
redirected to a small banner ad for Amazon.com, with the
URL: http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm? (and then more). Earlier
today we were clicking links at pogo.com, and also being
redirected to a larger banner ad for Amazon.com, with the
URL: http://209.47.15.67/int/set?type=120-600 . Can anyone
tell me 1) what's wrong, and 2) how to fix it? Thanks.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

I've had two separate occurences of this today (for the first time).
When performing a search at IMDb, I was redirected to a small banner
ad for Amazon.com, with the URL: http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm? (and
then more). Earlier today we were clicking links at pogo.com, and
also being redirected to a larger banner ad for Amazon.com, with the
URL: http://209.47.15.67/int/set?type=120-600 . Can anyone tell me
1) what's wrong, and 2) how to fix it? Thanks.

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.
CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[Guest]

I appreciate everyone's help with this. I was able to eliminate the problem (browser hijacking) by downloading Ad-aware 6.0 from www.lavasoftusa.com AND the upgrade for it (dated yesterday). It was an easy download / install, but for novice users like me the upgrade was a bit trickier than I am used to - BUT without the upgrade this particular problem was not resolved. It's not difficult - simply download the upgrade, click on the file, and when prompted to extract the contents, locate the Ad-aware file you previously downloaded and allow the reference file to be overwritten. Re-open Ad-aware and run the scan again, and the hijacking is finished

To anyone encountering the same problem and looking for a solution that works, this did it.

Again, thanks for the assistance



----- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP wrote: ----

I've had two separate occurences of this today (for the first time)
When performing a search at IMDb, I was redirected to a small banne
ad for Amazon.com, with the URL: http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm? (an
then more). Earlier today we were clicking links at pogo.com, an
also being redirected to a larger banner ad for Amazon.com, with th
URL: http://209.47.15.67/int/set?type=120-600 . Can anyone tell m
1) what's wrong, and 2) how to fix it? Thanks

First eliminate any scumware
Se
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engine
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.ht

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.
CWShredder is also available here
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zi
**Post your HijackThis log t
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum a
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.*
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/O
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send emai
http://www.fjsmjs.co
Protect your P
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect

 

[H Leboeuf]

Why not just opening AdAware and from the applet just check for updates, all
is done automatically.

I appreciate everyone's help with this. I was able to eliminate the

problem (browser hijacking) by downloading Ad-aware 6.0 from
www.lavasoftusa.com AND the upgrade for it (dated yesterday). It was an
easy download / install, but for novice users like me the upgrade was a bit
trickier than I am used to - BUT without the upgrade this particular problem
was not resolved. It's not difficult - simply download the upgrade, click
on the file, and when prompted to extract the contents, locate the Ad-aware
file you previously downloaded and allow the reference file to be
overwritten. Re-open Ad-aware and run the scan again, and the hijacking is
finished.

 

[Sergio]

I appreciate everyone's help with this. I was able to eliminate the

problem (browser hijacking) by downloading Ad-aware 6.0 from
www.lavasoftusa.com AND the upgrade for it (dated yesterday). It was
an easy download / install, but for novice users like me the upgrade
was a bit trickier than I am used to - BUT without the upgrade this
particular problem was not resolved. It's not difficult - simply
download the upgrade, click on the file, and when prompted to extract
the contents, locate the Ad-aware file you previously downloaded and
allow the reference file to be overwritten. Re-open Ad-aware and run
the scan again, and the hijacking is finished.

To anyone encountering the same problem and looking for a solution that works, this did it.

Again, thanks for the assistance.

M

----- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP wrote: -----



First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.
CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

I encountered the same problem, but I haven't been able to fix it
through Ad-aware6 (last update: today). Did you upgrade to any
not-for-free version of AA6?

 

[Mike Burgess]

Sergio,
Ad-Aware Support Forum:
http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/
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