re: Cannot remove "ABOUT BLANK" homepage
Wednesday, May 5, 2004 at 10:30 pm
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by JM Cerda
(2 messages posted)
I am not one to usually respond to these types of things, but the about.blank trojan
was a major PITA and real annoyance. I researched all types of solutions and I want
readers to know that this is the least intimadating and easy solution to execute
and follow.
Thank you David.
On Wednesday, April 28, 2004 at 8:45 am, David Dokmanovich wrote:
>The recipe for riding yourself of about:blank search hijacker is as follows.
>
>There are two malicious .dll files on you computer. One is visible and can be easily
>deleted. The other is HIDDEN. The hidden .dll regenerates the viewable .dll if
it
>is deleted or changed. The hidden file is the problem.
>
>To rid your self of the hidden .dll, which is the core of the problem, do the following.
>
>Download three free programs and install them.
>
>
>1. Taskinfo
>
>2. Killbox
>
>3. CWSShredder
>
>http://www.iarsn.com/taskinfo.html (trial version works for this)
>
>http://download.broadbandmedic.com/VbStuff/KillBox.zip
>
>http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
>
>
>
>Open Internet Explorer with the about:blank page.
>
>Then open taskinfo program.
>
>Look for “Internet Explorer” on the left side and highlight it.
>
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