(1/2) How Do I Remove "Yieldmanager.xxx" files

Hello,

I’ve been having trouble with something called yieldmanager...

When I am searching, say, eBay, and should go to the Results page, it redirects to a page with the following address:
“http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type”

I have read the posts here, and have seen quite a bit on the Internet about this; also quite a bit about how to remove it manually, and/or with Spy Hunter. When I D/Led and ran Spy Hunter scanner, it returned several positives (including yieldmanager), but of course then they wanted me to buy the thing. Then I ran SpyBot S&D, and it identified Spy Hunter itself as Malware; “…prone to return false positives.”

I have also tried removing every mention of yieldmanager (.txt, .com, etc.) from the Registry, but that did not make any difference.

It is not showing in the Processes of Task Manager, nor does it show up in IE Explorer when I go to Tools/Internet Options etc. and look for it in the Temporary Files/cookies.

I have run full scans with:
Hijack This,
AdAware,
AVG -- w/latest definitions
SpyBot S7D, ,
Ccleaner,
and have Spyware Blaster running as well.

I have tried following the manual remove instructions found on the internet, but that has not worked. I don’t know what to do next, other than a reformat and reinstall of Win XP.

I have also followed the instructions in Malware Removal regarding running the various tools, and the logs are attached to this thread...that is, if I did it correctly.

These scans did find a few things, which surprised me, as I thought my anti spyware/virus etc. was doing alright, but yieldmanger is still there, and really a pest!

I was wondering about that (was it) AdBlocker, I read about in another post, but it looked like that was specific to Firefox, perhaps?


Any suggestions/instructions on how to delete this thing will be appreciated.

Thanks much!

Clayton

 

(2/2) How Do I Remove Yieldmanager.xxx files

This is the last of the logs pertaining to the previous yieldmanager posting.

 

Thank you!

I am using IE 7.x

I went to the Add/Remove and removed the URL Assistant, as you instructed. Then I went to eBay and gave it a try. There was no problem!

After all the headache I went through with this thing, I can't believe how simple it actually was to fix. I guess it pays to ask the right people for help. Thanks again!

Now I guess I'll have to go through the routine to reset everything, hmm?

btw...
Of the Free/Basic anti-virus & anti-spyware programs out there, i.e. AVG, Avast, etc., is there one that "out-protects" them all, in your opinion? I had used Norton for quite a few years, and then had some compatibility issues with it, and checked out AVG. When AVG found two Trojans that Norton had missed, I was sold; up 'til now...

Your thoughts would be appreciated.

CLayton

 

Hi,

No, sorry, what I meant by "up 'til now..." was that although I was paying for Norton protection, I was quite surprised to see that AVG found some Trojans that Norton had let through...or whatever.

I will check out the other thread that you indicated.

Thanks again.

Have a nice day.

CLayton