re: Cannot remove "ABOUT BLANK" homepage
Thursday, December 9, 2004 at 1:35 pm
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by mike
(7 messages posted)
I hate to sound ingrateful, but I have this problem, and thus far, none of what anyone
has suggested has worked, and here's why:
People have suggested using certain spyware removal programs, one of which (noadware)
is NOT a free program.
To the posters who suggested using Hijackthis; running this program did not identify
the lines of code you suggested it would, so I couldn't identify and delete them.
And Killbox? Please, this program doesn't even have the user interface options mentioned
by the poster who recommended it.
Sorry if I sound flippant, maybe it's just that I've been trying to remove this damn
thing for 3hrs now, with no luck. The people who create this garbage should be locked
up...and the ironic thing is that all the ads and crap generated from about:blank
are for SPYWARE REMOVAL PROGRAMS! Isn't that just a kick in the butt?
The more useful info to have would be how to avoid getting about:blank to begin with....we
have antivirus and we don't surf questionable pages or download junk, so I'm wondering
how it got there to begin with?
On Tuesday, October 12, 2004 at 4:19 pm, nate wrote:
>FORGET EVERYTHING YOU HAVE READ THIS IS HOW TO DO IT CORRECTLY.
>First of all create a new folder on your desktop and place HiJack This inside it.
>
>Go to Folder Options>View tab,and enable 'Show hidden files and Folders',uncheck
>'Hide Protected operating system Files(recommended)'and 'Hide Extensions for known
>file types' now hit Apply>OK.
>
>Now boot into Safe Mode by tapping the F8 button at startup.
>Now have Hijack This fix the following by placing a check in the appropriate boxes
>and selecting fix checked. Make sure all browser and all Windows Explorer windows
>are closed before fixing.
>
>R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://win-eto.com/hp.htm?id=31403
>R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch = about:blank
>F1 - win.ini: load=ptsnoop.exe
>
>
>O2 - BHO: (no name) - {467FAEB2-5F5B-4c81-BAE0-2A4752CA7F4E} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Y05XCS~1.DLL
>O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [00ERSRRRNKY] C:\PROGRAM FILES\EVREM\ERASER.EXE
>O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [cnet] "C:\Program Files\Kontiki\bin\kontiki.exe" -s cnet -q
>O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [romahere2] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\HTDNDKMLYRU.EXE
>O6 - HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions present
>
>O6 - HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel present
>O8 - Extra context menu item: Get It With Kontiki - res://C:\PROGRAM FILES\KONTIKI\BIN\BH304181.DLL/201
>O16 - DPF: {56336BCB-3D8A-11D6-A00B-0050DA18DE71} (RdxIE Class) - http://207.188.7.150/0341d63b91936b292716/netzip/RdxIE601.ca
>b
>
>O16 - DPF: {90C9629E-CD32-11D3-BBFB-00105A1F0D68} (InstallShield International Setup
>Player) - http://www.installengine.com/engine/isetup.cab
>
>Only remove these following entries if you don't use or recognise them:
>O16 - DPF: {185B4A4F-53C0-11D4-B116-00105A17CF46} (Dvgw Control) - http://ecivqs.eci.gov.in/CAB/IE/DvgwENInstaller.CAB
>
>O16 - DPF: {E85FDB2D-2819-11D4-A59A-00600891E126} (IPlugin Control) - http://ecivqs.eci.gov.in/CAB/Inscript/iPlugin.cab
>
>O16 - DPF: {29C0B0F6-C6D3-11D4-9630-00105A17D0A4} (GFloatKbd Control) - http://ecivqs.eci.gov.in/CAB/Floatkbd/FloatingKbd.CAB
>
>Still in Safe Mode delete the following:
>C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Y05XCS~1.DLL <--FILE
>C:\PROGRAM FILES\EVREM <--FOLDER
>C:\Program Files\Kontiki <--FOLDER
>C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\HTDNDKMLYRU.EXE <--FILE
>
>Still in Safe Mode run Disk Cleanup making sure all boxes are checked first.
>Now reboot normally and post a fresh log please.
>
>
>
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