Thankyou, Thankyou Thankyou GTS..
After using the LSP Fix & the Winsock Fix, the system will now pick up a
DHCP IP Address.
As promised the about:blank fix I used which apart from this DHCP issue
is
so easy.
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Is your browser always defaulting to homepage about:blank? If so then
follow these steps to eliminate this spyware
Steps to take to remove the about:blank spyware
1) First, you need to get the about:blank page displayed, so open your
Internet Explorer web browser.
2) If you have this spyware on your computer, then your browser will open
to
about:blank as expected.
3) Click "View" on the toolbar at the top, then click the "View Source"
option.
4) Look for something like the following: res://%43%3a%5c%57%49%..... (or
something like this). Copy the entire string, make sure you copy the
ENTIRE
string from start to end.
5) Now you need to translate this to the actual name. Many sites will do
this for you. Go to
http://www.simplelogic.com/Developer/URLDecode.asp and
paste the string you copied into the box and press the "clean" button.
6) You will see a string and dll file name (that ends with dll). Go to
that
folder, its most likely located in your windows\system32 folder. Make sure
you have your explorer set to show hidden files. Now simply rename the dll
file. Reboot immediately. Problem solved.
NOTE: For experienced users, if you cannot find the file in your browser
as
listed in #3, this may be because there are several different about:blank
spyware versions floating around, and you possibly may have gotten a
different adware or spyware version of about blank. In this case, if you
are
familiar with the windows registry, go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
and
then view AppInit_DLLs. Get the value from that key and this is your dll
file
that you need to rename, as specified in the removal instructions above.
It
basically allows you to skip the first 5 steps and go right to the rename
step. You have to be a little more technical to use this method, as you
need
to be a little familiar with the registry and what that is, but you can
find
the about blank spyware dll module by going directly to this registry key.
Make sure you have explorer set to show all hidden files, otherwise you
may
not see this when you look for it, but it should be in your
c:\windows\system32 folder.
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After completing the above, you may need to run the LSP Fix & the
Winsock Fix listed below.
thanks again GTS & LT