Need some Help - About:Blank hijack

[TJ]

Hi Guys,

Does anyone know a simple way of getting rid of About:Blank from
Internet Explorer.
Windows 98

I tried with spybot search and Destroy, but no luck. Should I try a
computer repair shop or can I fix it myself ?


Any help will be truly appreciated.

John

 

[siljaline]

Hi Guys,

Does anyone know a simple way of getting rid of About:Blank from
Internet Explorer.
Windows 98

I tried with spybot search and Destroy, but no luck. Should I try a
computer repair shop or can I fix it myself ?


Any help will be truly appreciated.

John

Run "CWShredder" > http://aumha.org/downloads/cwshredder.zip
Close all Windows and running applications, unzip the executable, double-click
on the file and follow the prompts.

Please post back your findings.

Silj

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[Richard Goh]

CWShredder is not being updated and not able to kill the new versions of
"About Blank"
The latest version of Ad-Aware, the SE version, is reported to be working
for this problem.
for Ad-AwareSE, go to www.lavasoftusa.com or www.lavasoft.de

 

[siljaline]

CWShredder is not being updated and not able to kill the new versions of
"About Blank"
The latest version of Ad-Aware, the SE version, is reported to be working
for this problem.
for Ad-AwareSE, go to www.lavasoftusa.com or www.lavasoft.de

As does SpyBot Search & Destroy - HijackThis & others.
The gist of my post was a starting point for the original poster.
You will note in my reply post that I requested a follow-up post.

Silj

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[TJ]

Hi Silj,
Thanks for the reply.


I just ran "CWShredder" but it is still there.
"CWShredder" scanned my computer and said it was clean, but the-
About:Blank still shows up in the internet explorer.


Is there any other things I can try ?


Thanks,

John

 

[Schmidty]

Hi Silj,
Thanks for the reply.


I just ran "CWShredder" but it is still there.
"CWShredder" scanned my computer and said it was clean, but the-
About:Blank still shows up in the internet explorer.


Is there any other things I can try ?


Thanks,

John

Here's what I did:
go here and download Adaware Away: http://www.adwareaway.com/

follow the direction on this page:
http://www.adwareaway.com/aboutblank.htm
be sure to do variant 4 and 5

In my case the homepage option in IE was still grayed out, so I had to
go here:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

and download and execute the UnlockHomePage.reg and RepairTabs.reg,
you'll find these in the "Various Registry Fixes" section on the
page.

Good Luck
ED

 

[siljaline]

Hi Silj,
Thanks for the reply.


I just ran "CWShredder" but it is still there.
"CWShredder" scanned my computer and said it was clean, but the-
About:Blank still shows up in the internet explorer.


Is there any other things I can try ?


Thanks,

John

Hi, John
Thanks for the report back but sorry to hear the problem persists.

Lets cut straight to the chase and have you run "HijackThis".
FAQ and download here: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
Post your Log, here for expert analysis: http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30

Regards & good luck.
Questions or comments, please feel free.
Silj

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[TJ]

Hi guys,

I just ran Ad-Aware SE Personal and it gave me a list of things, but I
dont know which ones I should delete.

I deleted 3 that had Hijack attempt.
Should I delete all the malaware listings ?


Thanks again,

John.

 

[siljaline]

Hi guys,

I just ran Ad-Aware SE Personal and it gave me a list of things, but I
dont know which ones I should delete.

I deleted 3 that had Hijack attempt.
Should I delete all the malaware listings ?


Thanks again,

John.

Best bet, John - go to Lavasoft Support for help what to delete and what to keep.
The new build scans a lot more than the previous one.
Visit Lavasoft here: http://www.lavasoftsupport.com

Regards,
Silj

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