re: Cannot remove "ABOUT BLANK" homepage
Sunday, December 5, 2004 at 11:40 am
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jane Akins
(6 messages posted)
About:Blank is a trojan that highjacks your search and home pages. You can fix it
by using the registry editor. Make sure you back up your registry before making any
changes. Run regedit.exe, select File, export then give it a name such as "My Registry"
and save to your desktop. Next, select Edit, Find and type in "About:Blank" and click
next. Each time it finds this in your registry, select modify and enter the web page
you want to use such as: http://www.google.com for your search page and http://www.microsoft.com
for your Start Page. If you want to make sure that you don't get any of this spyware
in the future, use TrendMicro's PC-Cillin Internet Security to protect your computer.
You can find it at www.trendmicro.com. They also allow you to do a free spyware and
virus scan of your system using "House Call". Hope this helps you.
On Thursday, October 28, 2004 at 8:16 pm, Wyatt Oakley wrote:
>I have tried and tried to get rid of about-blank homepage hijacker, I finally got
>rid of it using Adware Away and scanning it in Save Mode of Windows XP (I think
this
>is the key to removal). Download Adware Away into a new folder, then boot into
save
>mode pressing the F8 key as windows reboots, run adware away and scan each item
>separtately in the Remove hijackers, remove Adwares, Spywares, and Trojan Worms.
> Remove each problem found individually. then reboot the computer. THe problem
>should be gone! Thanks for all the ideas on this site that helped get rid of this
>very annoying web hijacker.
>
>Wyatt
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