Hi dscomp,
It comes with other stuff, they used to offer a 5- to 10-cent "bounty" for each copy of New.Net you installed; that's why it was bundled with a lot of other programs.The bounty program was discontinued, however.
If the above mentioned instruction in this thread, should not work, which we doubt, the easiest way to delete New.Net is to do the following:
1. remove it using "Add/remove" programs
2. if still not working, remove the WinSock and WinSock2 registry keys from CurrentControlSet
3. Go to network settings on win98 or on 2000/XP, just go into the properties of your network connection and if possible, remove tcp/ip. On XP this is impossible, so ignore this step
4. Add new service. If you're not on XP, just reinstall tcp/ip. On XP, select "have disk" and point it at C:\windows\inf. Then select tcp/ip and install it
5. clean up any newdotnet files lying around. Here you also could use
a hjt log, pre-analyzed.
Optional: 6. Join a class-action lawsuit against the company that makes this piece of crapware. No one in his right mind knows why lawmakers tolerate this sort of Internet-harassment.
Be aware that these steps can cause problems with programs like cyber-sitter or firewalling programs that modify the networking stack. Do this then at your own risk.
This is very prolific.