about:blank hijacked my homepage - how do I fix it?

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get adaware away it really works , about blank it took over my computer. thanks tom you are a genius shaun

Posted by: shaun humphries at July 29, 2004 12:34 PM

I downloaded Adware Away and got rid of about:blank. However, I had to click on Hijacker Away, then About:Blank Hijacker for my OS and finally the scan button at the bottom of the window. It needed to be removed twice, requiring the rebooting of my computer and finally the program was gone. I changed my home page and everything else is back to normal. I will keep this utility in case about:blank reappears.

Posted by: Jason McMahon at August 1, 2004 12:33 PM

Pest patrol fixed the problam i had.

Posted by: Yossi at August 3, 2004 7:21 AM

Jon Logan THANK YOU I HAVE BEEN TRYING FOREVER TO GET RID OF IT. I JUST TRIED WHAT YOU SAID AND THE ABOUT BLANK HAS STOPPED. THANK YOU!!!!

Posted by: John at August 3, 2004 5:53 PM

Hi
I've got about:blank on my computer
It appears over my hotmail inbox everytime I use the page
I've tried AVG, spybot, about:buster, spywaredoctor,avast and ad-aware and they have all been useless
can anyone help me?
Stu

Posted by: stu at August 4, 2004 9:35 AM

Johathan Logan's advise worked quickly and easily. After running the uninstall software the about:blank problem was gone. Thank you Johathan for posting this information.

Posted by: Larry at August 5, 2004 10:14 AM

The posts (grammar, spelling, verbage, etc.)as well as the link from Jon Logan appear very suspicous to me. Anyone try it?

Posted by: ChrisM at August 6, 2004 9:58 AM

For the record I have NOT. I did visit the web page, and the link referenced downloads an executable that I was unwilling to risk just running. I like to assume the best, so I've left it up, but I agree caution is in order. --Leo

Posted by: Leo at August 6, 2004 10:12 AM

cheers jon logan, u saved my ass there

Posted by: JamesS at August 24, 2004 3:52 PM

I tried it just then. It works no doubt.

Posted by: Relik at August 27, 2004 1:20 PM

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