ClientMan
Odysseus Marketing http://www.odysseusmarketing.com/ owns the parasite program known as ClientMan. Walt Rines claims to have had this program written for him.
ClientMan has a notorious history of sabotage and generally wrecking havoc on the public through browser hijacks and unwanted downloads. Symantec lists them as spyware http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/spyware.clientman.html as does PestPatrol http://www.safersite.com/PestInfo/c/clientman.asp
Here's the documentation which shows that
http://www.odysseusmarketing.com,
http://default-homepage-network.com, and
http://www.firstbookmark.com are all used to operate ClientMan:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt
ClientMan can pass through most firewalls without the user's consent or knowledge. ClientMan gathers information from these following areas of your computer: Outlook Express email accounts, MSN Messanger accounts, AOL Instant Messanger accounts, ICQ accounts, Yahoo accounts, Zone Alarm registration information, SoundBlaster registration information, Windows dialing locations, and IE browser surfing habits. ClientMan can download and execute unsigned code from it's controlling server. This code allows the program to download other programs in stealth mode. ClientMan can cause IE browser crashes and redirects. It can also change your IE browser settings and open popups.
ClientMan is most often bundled with other seemingly innocent programs and the user is seldom aware that they have downloaded it when trying to download another program. It is most commonly bundled with file sharing programs but does employ other methods of downloads, as is the case with http://www.world-portal.com A simple click almost anywhere on this page will download ClientMan.
Removing ClientMan can be a difficult process. A recommended site for removal is http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/spyware.clientman.html
This website will be updated regularly with any new developments. Anyone wishing to contact me for inquiries or to relate their experiences may do so at nomorespyware@yahoo.com.