Agree, I found these instructions on how to manually remove the possible ad-ware you got on your machine. I normally use Ad-Aware from lavaSoft with an up to date search engine, but there have been a few new ones recently that it doesn't handle yet. I copied and pasted this from a newsgroup I subscribe to, see if it helps, remember if you are using XP you need to disable "Restore".
I had to remove them myself. I found the following files, which were not
detected by the most recent updates for Spybot S&D, and were also not
immunized against by the most recent updates for SpywareBlaster.
pup.exe
over.exe
7vgav.exe
indstrf.exe
All of them list in the properties as being registered to Tmax corp,
which is an ad-firm in England. I flamed those f*****s something good
in an email I sent to them.
Here's what I had to do. I found pup.exe and over.exe in my program
files. I deleted them. I found 7vgav.exe and indstrf.exe in my
c:\windows\system32 folder. I deleted them as well. NOTE: In order to
delete those two files, you have to do ctrl/alt/del and go to the
processes tab. You will see both processes running, 7vgave.exe and
indstrf.exe, so right-click on them and click "end process." If you
don't do that, you'll get an error about them being in use when you try
to delete them. After ending the process, you can delete them no
problem.
I also went into my registry to the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
The registry keys located there show you what programs are being run
when you boot your system. You will see keys for both 7vgav and
indstrf, so right-click them and delete them.
After that, I rebooted my pc and rechecked everything. Nothing had come
back, so I think I got it all. My browser isn't giving me pop-up ads
anymore either. I searched the registry for both pup.exe and over.exe
but didn't find any of them. I think I'm clean now.