I too have not been able to get rid of the aboutblank: I've loaded spybot, stringer, upgraded Norton, McAfee, etc., etc., and it keeps coming back. I've been on the phone with Dell 3 times this week, each time being instructed to do something different, but again, nothing works. If anyone out there has a full proof solution to this problem, please let me know.
Important: Create a folder on the C: drive called C:\HJT. You can do this by going to My Computer (Windows key+e) then double click on C: then right click and select New then Folder and name it HJT. Unzip HijackThis into this folder. (See this link for graphical instructions) Then run, scan, save log, then in notepad copy the FULL log by copy and paste as a reply to this post and an expert with HijackThis Knowldge, will have a go at giving advice. A lot of posters make mistakes here in copying and pasting so reread the left info sidebar called Copy and Paste Please note the list of experts names below, very few forum regulars here have had this training. DO NOT FIX ANYTHING WITH HIJACKTHIS WITHOUT EXPERT ADVICE, most of what it finds you need for normal MS Windows tasks.
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Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 6:23:56 PM, on 6/27/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)
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Posted June 26th, 2004 21:00