Everytime i open explorer, a page w/ the address "about:blank" pops up instead of my default homepage. I've run adaware several times and each time it picked up that malware but was unable to remove it. What should I do?
I read the sticky thread about malware on the top of this forum, and thought i'd ask u guys for advice before doing anything that might screw up my computer.
If you can't access sites like www.msn.com or anti virus sites, that usually a hijack, also about: blank is the best homepage to use because it's fastest
Navin kurian
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Posted June 10th, 2004 10:00
Download hijackthis and post your log in the virus forum so the guys there can take a look to see if you have the about:blank hijacker
links below courtesy ChrisRLG (Classroom Coordinator at TomCoyotes,
Trusted Advisor Spywareinfo)
If you have Malware (Spyware, Adware or Virus) that your Anti-Virus
will not cure.
http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_sysperf&message.id=1631
Download HijackThis From Here
or one of these other links:-
http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
http://www.aluriasoftware.com/tools/hijackthis.zip
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/
HijackThis Log Tutorial
http://www.aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm
http://www.merijn.org/htlogtutorial.html
To Check out what each item in the Hijack list relates to
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
links below courtesy (Russell Smith
http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/view_profile?user.id=1222061
www.russelltexas.com
Spyware Fighter Wilders Forum
Slyware Warrior Tom Coyote Forum
Expert Malware Responder Dell Forum
why use hijackthis
http://russelltexas.com/spywareinfo/safetyfaq.htm
Frequently Asked Questions About Hijackthis
http://russelltexas.com/spywareinfo/faqhijackthis.htm
and Post the log here >>>>>
http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=si_virus <<<