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re: "about blank" homepage help!!! Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at 9:38 pm Posted by Dale (700 messages posted) Down load Adaware and run it..freeware, it sounds like spyware is hijacking your browser...this should clean that up. On Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at 4:23 pm, Ren wrote: >I have OS 95 and when opening windows explorer i keep getting "about blank", for >my homepage. When i change it, it works for a little while then goes back to the >same thing. I've tryed many times to change it from the internet options then homepage >tab and still the same thing.. any help would be great.. thanks... [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: "about blank" homepage help!!! Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at 11:18 pm Posted by Chris (381 messages posted) You should also download Spybot Search and Destroy. Update both it and Ad-aware before running it. Post back and tell us how that goes. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: "about blank" homepage help!!! Friday, April 23, 2004 at 4:36 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33507 messages posted) It's a variant of the CWSearch hijacker, and a difficult one to remove. Follow all these instructions: Download the CWShredder.exe on the bottom of this page, and run it: CoolWebSearch Chronicles Direct download: CWShredder.exe The CWShredder.exe can be run from your desktop. It needs no installing. Close all browser windows and run it offline. "The trojan may execute again after rebooting", so "run the Shredder again after reboot". Keep the Shredder tool on hand and Check for Updates frequently using the update feature within the Shredder and replace the previous download, overwrite it. Clear out your temp files. In Internet Options, under the General tab, click the Delete temporary internet files, choose to delete all Offline content. 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. Download and install SpywareBlaster to block bad ActiveX Control installs, in addition to other features included. Be sure to check for and download updates after installing it, and frequently thereafter. SpywareGuard is available here also: SpywareBlaster Download Spybot SnD Close all running programs, install then reboot. Start it and go online and press 'search for updates' tab. (NOTE: if you have problems, select the US or Australian mirror site to download updates from). Download all updates that aren't optional. Close all browser windows and run the scan. When it's finished, 'Check All', and fix everything SpybotSD labels in RED. Reboot. If it's still not taken care of, after following the previous instructions, run HijackThis and post the log. HijackThis Unzip 'HT' into a new folder. Close all browser windows and run it 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. Check here for a description of the entries in the log: HijackThisTutorial After 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.... Carol [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: "about blank" homepage help!!! Friday, April 23, 2004 at 5:10 pm Posted by Chris (381 messages posted) DO NOT save HiJackThis! to the desktop. Save it on the HD in it's own folder, otherwise you are going to get the backups it makes sprayed all over hell and gone on your desktop. [Reply or follow-up to this message] READ my post... Friday, April 23, 2004 at 5:21 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33507 messages posted) I know all about it.....thanks anyway! Carol [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: "about blank" homepage help!!! Monday, April 26, 2004 at 10:43 am Posted by Lachezar Slavov (1 messages posted) Problem: When starting MSIE I get a web search page named “about:blank”. Solution: 1) Copy “Hijackthis” on a hard disk, different from the hard disk where MSIE is; 2) Run Hijackthis and delete everything, having to do with obo, dgeedka.dll, about:blank; 3) Go to the registry, search and delete all instances of “about:blank” 4) Reboot in safe mode 5) Log in as Administrator or as a User with admin rights 6) Delete file: %systemroot%\Windows\System32\dgeedka.dl 7) Reboot 8) Open MSIE – it should open to a blank page, although the address line may still show “abot:blank”, but it will not load it 9) Delete “about:blank” from the address bar and put your favorite website, restart MSIE – it should now load your favorite website On Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at 4:23 pm, Ren wrote: >I have OS 95 and when opening windows explorer i keep getting "about blank", for >my homepage. When i change it, it works for a little while then goes back to the >same thing. I've tryed many times to change it from the internet options then homepage >tab and still the same thing.. any help would be great.. thanks... [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: "about blank" homepage help!!! Wednesday, April 28, 2004 at 3:40 am Posted by Len (1 messages posted) I have the same issue with about about:blank running Windows XP pro , Adaware 6.0 and spybot search & destroy all with current updates, no luck here, would dearly love to fix it & report the %$#@ holes that have wasted my time. On Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at 9:38 pm, Dale wrote: >Down load Adaware and run it..freeware, it sounds like spyware is hijacking your >browser...this should clean that up. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 95 Discussion Forum