spyware or virus on my computer

While I am connected to the Internet I keep seeing this
pop up (I am using Yahoos pop up blocker but it still pops
up anyway) it just says "Microsoft Internet Explorer" in
the title bar but when I go to delete History I always
see "http://xadso.offeroptimizer.com" then a slash and a
copy of every URL from every page or e-mail account I have
visited. There is also a program called "Websavings from
Ebates" that is in my Add/Remove Programs list but when I
try to remove it I get the following error: "ERROR:
Could not execute Main: The system cannot find the file
specified" When I right click on any page on the net above
Properties is listed "Web Savings" how do I get these
off?? Then when I do a search for them on my computer it
never shows up. I have a Spy Ware program from Norton
called "SpyKiller" and I ran it and it said "No suspicious
files found" but I know its on here. I also ran Norton
Anti-Virus and it said "No viruses found" What should I do?

Rather than paying good money to Symantec may I suggest you instead use the
better free non commercial products that are available for finding and
removing spyware and other commercial malware. Few commercial companies are
going to market reliable tools to remove the products of other commercial
companies for fear of litigation.

It would appear you need to cleanse your system of unwanted commercial any
scumware and malware.
See Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

For details of the scumware from WebSavings and how to remove it see
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner...gs/index.phtml


This would be a good time to download yourself a copy of the free Ad-Aware 6.0
from Lavasoft (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and also SpyBot
Search & Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/) and use them to check your
system for other commercial parasites remembering that they are only as good
as when you last updated their reference files. I also use a program called
BHODemon (http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm that checks for
unwanted Browser Help Objects and SpywareBlaster
(http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html) which can help prevent
some parasites getting a grip on your PC.

Then there is CWShredder
(http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip or
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip) which is the best way
of getting rid of the many forms of the CoolWebSearch hijacker details of
which can be found at http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html
and also http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/c/cws.asp..

Finally if you still continue to experience problems download a copy of
HijackThis from (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html). Create a
folder called hijackthis on C: and copy the file you downloaded to that
folder. Close as many applications as you can including all instances of
Internet Explorer and then run hijackthis.exe and post back the log as a new
thread to the HijackThis Forum at http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/ and
hopefully this will enable someone to identify the cause of your problem.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Andria wrote:

While I am connected to the Internet I keep seeing this
pop up (I am using Yahoos pop up blocker but it still pops
up anyway) it just says "Microsoft Internet Explorer" in
the title bar but when I go to delete History I always
see "http://xadso.offeroptimizer.com" then a slash and a
copy of every URL from every page or e-mail account I have
visited. There is also a program called "Websavings from
Ebates" that is in my Add/Remove Programs list but when I
try to remove it I get the following error: "ERROR:
Could not execute Main: The system cannot find the file
specified" When I right click on any page on the net above
Properties is listed "Web Savings" how do I get these
off?? Then when I do a search for them on my computer it
never shows up. I have a Spy Ware program from Norton
called "SpyKiller" and I ran it and it said "No suspicious
files found" but I know its on here. I also ran Norton
Anti-Virus and it said "No viruses found" What should I do?