Greetings, ranrod7!
According to information I found for you, ecpm.com is a variant of the
"Lop" spyware:
From DoxDesk, an excellent source of information about "scumware"
(spyware, adware, and other annoyances):
"lop is a family of programs that set your start page and IE's search
features to use the site lop.com ('Live Online Portal') or one of its
clone sites. Known lop sites include:
... ecpm.com ...
Removal
Spybot S&D can remove most variants of lop/Toolbar. Ad-Aware 5 can
remove older variants of lop/Toolbar.
Some lop installations have an uninstall feature. If lop has put a
round icon in the system tray, try right-clicking this, choosing
'Menu', then on the resulting window, clicking 'Help', then
'Uninstall'. With newer variants you will have to answer an annoying
riddle before it will go away.
Manual removal
Open the Application Data folder. This can be found inside the Windows
folder on Windows 95/98/Me; on Windows 2000 and XP it is inside your
user folder in 'Documents and Settings', but it's hidden, so go to
Tools -> Folder Options -> View and turn on 'Show hidden files and
folders' to see it. In Windows NT 4.0 it is in the user folder inside
'WinNT\Profiles'.
The filenames of lop files can vary for each different installation,
but usually under Windows there should not be any files inside
Application Data (only folders), so it's generally easy to pick out
the culprits. Known filenames for the toolbar DLL (lop/Toolbar,
lop/Rnd) or ayb: protocol DLL (lop/AYB) include...."
(Please go to this link to read full removal instructions)
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/lop.html
User Traci posted the following information at IT Works International
Forum from a letter she received in response to her complaint to the
makers of LOP:
"There are several methods available to you should you wish to
uninstall any of our software products you had previously chosen to
install:
- You can go to your Start Menu--Control Panel, then choose the 'Add /
Remove Programs' option then select 'Lop.com' or 'LOP SEARCH' or
‘Browser Enhancer’ from the menu to run the uninstaller.
- You can also locate the globe type icon in the bottom right hand
corner of your screen (near the clock), right click on it then click
Menu. From the main menu you will see a help button on the top right
hand corner. Click the help button then choose 'uninstall'.
- Additionally a separate uninstall program may be downloaded here:
http://lop.com/new_uninstall.exe"
http://www.itwi.com/wwwboard/messages/71.html
However, I would put more confidence in the removal methods advocated
by DoxDesk than by the scumware company C2 Media itself.
Search Strategy
ecpm parasite
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=ecpm+parasite&btnG=Google+Search&num=100&filter=0
Before Rating my Answer, if you have any questions about this
information, please post a Request for Clarification.
I hope that this Answer provides exactly the information that you
needed. Best Wishes on getting your system cleaned up and free of
parasites!
Regards,
aceresearcher |
Clarification of Answer by
aceresearcher-ga
on
01 May 2003 12:59 PDT
Hello again, ranrod7!
Spybot just released the newest version on Monday (April 28), and it
includes fixes for the following:
"2003-04-28
Hijacker
++ 17plus
++ CnsMin.EasyService
++ EZ-Searching
++ HotAndSexy
++ GlobalWebSearch
++ Grokster.Mayan
++ SexOcean
++ SuperSpider
++ TopSearcher
++ Unknown + I-Lookup + RapidBlaster
+ SexArena + ShopNav + SubSearch"
You can either download and install the new version:
Spybot Search & Destroy 1.2
(donorware - free, but you can donate if you wish)
http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download
or, if you have already installed an earlier version of Spybot, start
it up and click "Search for Updates" (I think that this option is much
easier and quicker).
I hope that this additional information will prove useful to you!
Regards,
aceresearcher
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