IE7 navigates to about:blank then closes?

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Gino

I am running Windows XP Pro SP2 with latest updates.
I have my Homepage set as about:blank for an empty page.

When I open IE7, it loads a blank webpage: about:blank.
Upon navigating to a webpage, ie, www.microsoft.com, and after it finishes
loading the page, IE7 navigates to the homepage about:blank before closing.
This happens regardless of navigating to any websites. When I open IE7 and
it's at about:blank, during closing IE, the blank website tries to navigate
to about:blank as it shows in the bottom Status Bar (Waiting for
about:blank) then it closes.

Is this normal?
I have posted this earlier and yet no help. I was wondering if anyone forgot
about this problem.
When I originally installed IE7, everything was fine. after a few weeks of
use, IE7 navigates to about:blank then closes. I can even hear the
navigation clicks.

Please help me out. What can be done, as it takes a while for IE to close
when I have multiple tabs open, since they all have to navigate to
about:blank before closing.

PS. This happens with or without multiple tabs.

Thanks
Gino
 
If you uninstall IE7 (which automatically returns you to IE6), does this
behavior persist? If so...

Checking for/Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/tshoot.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

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It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post
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http://castlecops.com/forum67.html,
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7, or other appropriate
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Re-installing didn't work. However I deleted Search items with HiJackThis
which were on the top when it scans. Can't remember which ones though. After
restarting it closes without navigating to about:blank.
Thanks
 
It would probably be best to post your HijackThis log to an appropriate
forum for review, Gino.
 
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