Have no idea, sounds like spyware, may won't to uninstall. I looked it up on-line and on another forum someone said it was spyware. Get Ad aware or spyware search & destroy

Oh yeah ad-aware and spybot search & destroy will get rid of it for you.

I have run both the adaware and spy bot and these two files are still there...any other suggestions????

goto the program files and delete the rebates nation folders or if it wont let you quarantine the folder. then goto start<run< and type regedt32 (make a system restore point before doing this.) then goto either hkey_local_machine <software or hkey_current_user<software and look for a folder named rebates nation.

Rebate Nation is an autotracker distributed by a company affiliated with Target, Dell, and a number of other companies. It offers easy automatic fast rebates on online purchases from it's affiliates, and the autotracker program automatically calculates the rebate and it is sent to you with no effort on your part.

Personally, I wouldn't want it on my machine. I'm also skeptical of their practices, since they have no accessible instructions on their website for removing it.

First thing I'd check is: Open up your Control Panel, go to Add/Remove Programs, and see if you can find RebateNation Autotracker in there, if you find it, remove it.

I've, so far, been unable to find english instructions for how to remove it, (in fact, I've found exactly one page with instructions, and it is in Norwegian or something).

I hope I've helped.

Thanks for all the input.....but I am still unable to remove or find it following all of your helpful advice......what now??? Does ne one know what to do next??? Thanks in advance.....

If it started recently, you could always try loading a system restore point from a time prior to when the darned thing appeared.

The system restore feature only goes back two months...is this normal??...and this has been going on longer than that....

Mine goes back 4 months. System Restore can only hold so much data, and is limited by the percentage of your hard drive it is set to use. Mine has 12% of 80 gigs (x2) to work with, it sounds to me yours has less to work with, so you have fewer restore points.

I hope someone else here can tell you how to get rid of Rebate Nation. It may be unlikely, though, unless someone here is willing to put it on their machine to find out how to remove it.

The only other advice I can give you is this:

Go to:

http://www.rebatenation.com

Pick 'Contact Us', and fill out the little form, ask them to tell you how to remove it. If they will not tell you, then contact every merchant they deal with, (Target, Dell, etc),and complain about RebateNation's practices. My bet, though, is that they'll tell you. They are working with some big name companies there, and big name companies are not going to want slimeware outfits affiliated with them, so give it a shot, and let us know how you fare.

Best of luck to you.

edit: At the time of this writing, RebateNation's website seems to be down. However it was working yesterday, so it should come back soon.