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re: about:blank - Is it gone?
Thursday, May 6, 2004 at 7:17 pm
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Posted by Terrance O'Dwyer (1 messages posted)


had similar problms as others. your directions enabled me to restore the system to prre-parasite state.--aaaat least for now. thank you


On Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 8:14 pm, Carol wrote:
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>
>It's possible they missed something, like having you delete an executable, or somethng.
>If you've ran Spybot S&D recently, run HijackThis and post a new log here. Clear out your TIF, other temp files and ActiveX Controls. Go into Internet Options
>- General tab. Delete temporary internet files, and choose to delete all Offline
>content. In Settings, set the size of your TIF folder between 5 - 10 MB. Also, under
>General tab - choose Setting - View Objects. In the window that opens, choose View
>Details on the toolbar. If any of those ActiveX Controls are marked "unknown" or
>"damaged", remove them. Plus, remove any that you don't recognize. Any and all ActiveX
>Controls, can be safely removed. They'll be downloaded again as needed. To uninstall,
>right click and Remove. Also, go to Start - Find - Files or folders - in the named box, type: *.tmp and choose
>Edit - select all - File - delete. Empty the contents of the C:\Windows\temp folder
>and C:\temp folder, if you have one. Empty Recycle bin. Downloading a fresh copy of the CWShredder and run it: >color="FF69B4">
>CoolWebSearch Chronicles

>Direct download: >color="FF69B4">CWShredder.exe
>Run the Shredder from your desktop. Close all browser windows and press FIX to scan
>and clean. Reboot and run the Shredder again. Keep it in a folder, so you have it.
>Check for Updates frequently using the update feature within the Shredder
>and replace the previous download.You know the steps, but just to make this complete:
>Close all browser windows and run Hijack This, offline.
>Double click the .Exe file to run it. Choose Scan. It'll display a list.Most of the
>entries listed are necessary or required entries. Don't fix anything, until you know
>which items to fix. You can check here for a description of the entries in the log:
>HijackThisTutorialAfter the scan is finished, the Scan button will turn into Save Log. Press that and
>copy/paste the contents in a post. Before posting your message, choose this Option:
>Check this box to preserve your spacing, etc....I suggest using SpywareBlaster for prevention. Be sure to check for and download
>updates after installing it, and frequently thereafter. There's also SpywareGuard,
>if you want to use both.
>http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
>
>

Carol


Written in response to:
re: about:blank - Is it gone? (Ms. Eagle: Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 8:14 pm)

Responses to this message:
*re: about:blank - Is it gone? (Ms. Eagle: Thursday, May 6, 2004 at 9:45 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-about:blank - Is it gone? (juleski32: Mon, May 3, 2004, 10:01 pm)
-re: about:blank - Is it gone? (Chris: Mon, May 3, 2004, 11:25 pm)
-re: about:blank - Is it gone? (juleski32: Tue, May 4, 2004, 7:32 pm)
-re: about:blank - Is it gone? (Carol: Tue, May 4, 2004, 8:14 pm)
-re: about:blank - Is it gone? (Terrance O'Dwyer: Thu, May 6, 2004, 7:17 pm)
-re: about:blank - Is it gone? (Carol: Thu, May 6, 2004, 9:45 pm)
-Thanks Carol (Jeff : Sat, May 8, 2004, 7:58 pm)
*re: Thanks Carol (Carol: Sat, May 8, 2004, 10:00 pm)
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