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re: about blank Friday, October 8, 2004 at 4:42 pm Posted by DEX (11846 messages posted) Sherri IF You Use IE read this URL for sure,see below http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/ietips.htm#Odd Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites thanks to: Carol J for this link http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm Open Internet Explorer to a Blank Page Create a new Desktop shortcut In the command line, (highlight and paste the below) "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" -nohome Name the shortcut: (example) IE6 Blank From now on you can paste a saved URL without loading your ISP software, etc. You can also drag this shortcut into your Quick Launch area. Note: this is the same as setting your Home Page to: "about:blank" Ad-Aware users, setting your page to "About:Blank" causes a false CWS detection. http://www.lavahelp.com/articles/v6/04/05/1801.html On Friday, October 8, 2004 at 2:19 pm, Sherri wrote: >I am also experiencing the problem with about blank coming up as my internet home >page and I can not change it. I read throught the messages already posted, but have >been unable to run the programs mentioned. My computer will not allow me to run >zip programs it says. I have run ad aware and spybot search and destroy but have >been unable to run spyblaster. It says dll is missing. I am very computer illiterate >and could use any help someone could give me. Thanks [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: about blank Saturday, October 9, 2004 at 5:56 am Posted by MrCharlie (4141 messages posted) There's 4 different ABs, to see which one you have: Lets see what's on your system, download HiJackThis from ThisLink into its own permanent folder, double click on it to open it up, hit the scan button, save log, it will be saved in the folder, copy and paste that into your reply. Please don't forget to check the "preserve spacing button" on the posting page, it's at the bottom. MrC On Friday, October 8, 2004 at 2:19 pm, Sherri wrote: >I am also experiencing the problem with about blank coming up as my internet home >page and I can not change it. I read throught the messages already posted, but have >been unable to run the programs mentioned. My computer will not allow me to run >zip programs it says. I have run ad aware and spybot search and destroy but have >been unable to run spyblaster. It says dll is missing. I am very computer illiterate >and could use any help someone could give me. Thanks [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 98 Discussion Forum