IE About:blank page

[Guest]

Hi,

I have a problem with my About:blank page. This Page doesnt appear to be blank. It Has some search page.

But the address bar shows about:blank

Cna some one help to overcome the trouble.
I set my default page as microsoft.com. It opens , but after some time it again changes to about:blank page and the search page appears.


Someone pls help.

Thanks,
-sriram

 

[war17]

Some website has hijacked your homepage.

1. Use the following scanners to find and remove the website.

SpyBot S&D searches your harddisk for so-called spy- or adbots;
http://security.kolla.de/
or
Adaware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
or
CoolWebShredder
http://www.spychecker.com/program/coolwebshredder.html

2. Some porn websites redirects links to their websites using your HOSTS
file. Do a search for the HOSTS (without extension) file and remove the
entry.

3. If still no joy, download HijackThis from Spywareinfo download page

http://www.spywareinfo.com/program/hijackthis.html

Run the program and you will find many entries. Most are OK. Post the log. I
will find the problem for you.

4. For future preventive maintenance, make sure programs cannot just
download on your computer without your permission. From the Internet
Toolbar, go to Tools > Internet Options > Advanced. Make sure "Enable
Install On Demand (Internet Explorer)" and "Enable Install On Demand
(Other)" are unchecked.

--
Warren
For additional help, post in
http://groups.msn.com/HelpforInternetExplorerorWindowsME/homepage

Hi,

I have a problem with my About:blank page. This Page doesnt appear to be

blank. It Has some search page.

But the address bar shows about:blank

Cna some one help to overcome the trouble.
I set my default page as microsoft.com. It opens , but after some time it

again changes to about:blank page and the search page appears.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Hi,

I have a problem with my About:blank page. This Page doesnt appear to
be blank. It Has some search page.

But the address bar shows about:blank

Cna some one help to overcome the trouble.
I set my default page as microsoft.com. It opens , but after some
time it again changes to about:blank page and the search page
appears.


Someone pls help.

Thanks,
-sriram

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.
CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[Mike Burgess]

Sriram,

I have tried using spywares"

What program(s) did you use?
Most likely you will need to run HijackThis and post your log
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
____________________________________________________________
Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 02-18-04]
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[Guest]

Hi,

I have used this:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
and it fixed the problems. Now everything seems to work fine.

Thanks guys for your help.

-sriram

 

[Mike Burgess]

Sriram,
You're welcome .... glad to see you have things resolved.
_____________________________________________________________
Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 02-18-04]
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