Remove SpotOn. Description and removal instructions

SpotOn has changed since "Once Pleased Internet User" posted reply #17. To remove the latest version of SpotOn:
1. find and open folder Program FilesXML and
2. change "XML.DLL" to "XML.ZIP".

That's it!

Alexis
http://www.costador.net
Costador.net, le jeu du développement

Ok, I put the sites in the restricted sites setting, but the blank box that pops up every damn time i visit a website is still really really annoying! Thanks to all who posted so that I could get rid of the ads though! I really appreciate that! But I'm still about to throw my computer out a damn window!

Flashtrack sent me a website to download a cooky to prevent any future flashtrack ads:
http://www.fastclick.com/v4/safe_optout.go

yyyeehhaaa I love those pleased internet users
it really worked in safe mode !!!
thanks a lot I feel free again :)

OK, I slowed myself down, read the fine print (instructions in post #35), performed them, and Waa-Laa, no more Spoton. I am not a violent person, but if I ever found my hands wrapped around the authors neck...

Place these 3 Websites in I.E. restricted area:
static.vpptechnologies.com
msxml.467v078s095.com
ads.flashtrack.net

This has cut down 90% of the pop-ups and reduced lockup time to 5-10%, because it may only initiate a seconary window w/o fully creating it! LIVE LONG & PROSPER - screw this Spoton!!!

I got rid of this piece of crap early in July... Today the damn thing is back!!! This is maddening. I Hate Spoton!!!!!

I don't see a custom setting option, "inhibiting first class cookies" button or a block button, maybe because I have IE 6.0.2?

Click on Explorer Internet TOOLs, select INTERNET OPTIONS, go to "PRIVACY" TAB, choose CUSTOM settings, select inhibitingfirst class COOKIES, APPLY...... wHEN "FASTCLICK" cooky pops up check block all sites & then depress BLOCK button

Thanks for writing. First, the software you refer to isn't mine. I
have nothing to do with it, nor does the company I work for. The
picture you've linked isn't me, either.

-Adam Israel

On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 03:49 -0700, steve s wrote:
> YOUR SOFTWARE HAS DONE UNREVERSABLE DAMAGES TO OUR MACHINES COSTING US
> THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
> CAUSING LOSS OF DATA AND TO WHICH YOU WILL BE LIABLE FOR IF YOU ARE
> FOUND GUILTY....... : ) BAD NEWS 4 U
>
>
> The Chief Technologist at VPP Technologies, is Adam Israel AKA
> adam@battleaxe.net
> or
> Battleaxe Technologies
> Adam Israel
> 2055 Charles Ln
> Aurora, IL 60505
> US
> Phone: 630-499-0168
> Email: stone@stonetable.org
>
> or
> Domain ID:D35308070-LROR
> Domain Name:STONETABLE.ORG
> Created On:21-Sep-2000 18:41:39 UTC
> Last Updated On:13-Apr-2004 20:40:37 UTC
> Expiration Date:21-Sep-2005 18:41:39 UTC
> Sponsoring Registrar:R71-LROR
> Status:OK
> Registrant ID:C11166865-RCOM
> Registrant Name:Adam Israel
> Registrant Organization:Adam Israel
> Registrant Street1:2055 Charles Ln.
> Registrant City:Aurora
> Registrant State/Province:IL
> Registrant Postal Code:60505
> Registrant Country:US
> Registrant Phone:+1.6304990168
> Registrant Email:stone@mcs.net
> Admin ID:C40820323-RCOM
> Admin Name:Adam Israel
> Admin Organization:Adam Israel
> Admin Street1:2614 Summerhill Court
> Admin City:Aurora
> Admin State/Province:IL
> Admin Postal Code:60506
> Admin Country:US
> Admin Phone:+1.6308977502
> Admin Email:adam@battleaxe.net
> Tech ID:C37741055-RCOM
> Tech Name:Adam Israel
> Tech Organization:Adam Israel
> Tech Street1:2614 Summerhill Court
> Tech City:Aurora
> Tech State/Province:IL
> Tech Postal Code:60506
> Tech Country:US
> Tech Phone:+1.6308977502
> Tech Email:adam@battleaxe.net
> Name Server:NS1.BATTLEAXE.NET
> Name Server:NS2.BATTLEAXE.NET
>
> There images are hosted by a1040.g.akamai.net- no info.
>
> Piucture of what he looks like
> http://www.battleaxe.net/~annie/Captured%202004-5-5%2000000.JPG
>
>
--
Adam Israel <adam@battleaxe.net>

This guy sucks. I am thouroughly annoyed. I will try SpyHunter as I have tried 4 others including adaware, Spybot search and destroy, Spy Sweeper. None of these were successful. I can't believe guys like this exist. Someone must pay them for their service and they must think it works. Do people actually respond positively to popups??? I would never have anything to do with anybody involved.

This guy SUCKS.

I just love how these ASSHOLES put anything they want on your computer but to take it off it cost you $$...Bunch of Ratbastards. I think..I hope Its gone

Hi! I've tried everything everyone has recommended, and everything is deleted, but the SpotOn Popup keeps on coming! I'm at my wits end, i've tried every spyware remover possible, and they don't detect it! What to do???? Thanks!

cheers for all the comments to get rid of this pest,it is no longer lodgeing here any more

Here's what you should do if you are SERIOUSLY hainv trouble with removing Spoton. First off, you should reboot your computer and do not go back online! Hello, this is an online beast, so once you are online, it hooks online with you, so to disable it, you want to be offline...make sense?

Well then rename it, everything, which is the reg2 in program files and XM320 folders rename the dlls and everything in the folder. Delete.

What I ended up doing myself, was actually renaming them, then restarting w/o logging onto the internet, and then deleting...but hopefully either one will work! :)

thanks for the wonderful page, it helped me to remove Spoton pest.

Thank you, One Pleased Internet User: your instructions finally got rid of that sickening digital vermin, SpotOn, after no less than six different adware removal tools failed. Just one additional comment: you have to restart after the registry changes in order to delete the XMod folder. Cheers.

I cannot rename xm320.dll (or delete it), I have tried ad aware, spyware blaster and x-cleaner. x-cleaner identified it but when i re-booted it was there again, i tried again with x-cleaner and saw that whilst it did delete it, stupid SpotOn was back as soon as I re-booted! I am about to throw my computer out the window...please help!

I have been going insane with these maddening SpotOn popups. Thanks to this site and the information found here I (think) I got rid of it finally. THANKS!
BTW I sent $30 to NOADWARE. When thier product would not get rid of SpotOn and I finally asked for a refund the stopped responding to me. They are thieves.

Successful removed SpotOn this week with x-cleaner after visiting this site. After removing booting up was necessary. Thanks and greetings from a german SpotOn-hater. Adam, if you are responsible: DU RIESENARSCHLOCH.