iechos.dll - E2G

E2Give (E2G) is an Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object that redirects accesses to web merchants in order to claim their affiliate fees.  Installed by ActiveX drive-by download, to be used in pop-up advertisements.  It has e2gbho.dll or iechos.dll, stored in an 'E2Give' or 'E2G' folder in Program Files.

E2G Removal

The E2GBHO variant has an entry in the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs feature — choose ‘E2Give Browser Add On'

E2G Manual removal

Open a DOS command prompt window (from Start->Programs->Accessories), and enter the following commands, for the E2GBHO variant:

cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\E2Give\e2gbho.dll"
Or, for the IeBHOs variant:

cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u "C:\E2G\iebhos.dll"
Restart the computer and you should be able to delete the folder 'E2Give' in Program Files (E2Give variant), or 'E2G' in the C: drive (IeBHOs variant).

You can also open the registry (Start->Run->regedit) and delete the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\E2Give to clean up, if you like.