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

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I think I have come up with a cheap solution to the "about:blank" problem. First, run all the usual cleaning utilities (ie. spybot, ad-aware and cwsshredder). Then, using a rededit type utility, find all entries of about:blank in the registry and edit the data to your appropiate setting. The final bit is the trickiest. You have to find the dll's that start this thing in the first place (and that keep it going). Try to find any dll that has been altered since or about the same time times started to go astray. Open and view these suspect dll's with notepad and scroll down looking for suspect text. Delete these dll's.

Friends,

I was trying to remove this sucker for past 3 months but :-(

Today I found the solution on this link

http://www.askmarvin.ca/forums/index.php?showtopic=3337

If this link doesn't open then the way it was resolved is

Download this little program, do NOT run it yet!

http://www.trojaner-info.de/cgi-bin/downlo...gi?file=sphjfix

Now disconnect from the internet and close ALL open browsers (incl. this) and other programs

Run the program above and press "start desinfection". Follow the instructions.

Reboot when done.
Good luck!

Ok I have the acutall fix from Microsoft. Have had this problem on a few computers and finally got bill gates to tell me how to fix it. this has yet to fail works perfect and you dont need to download anything!!

Step 1: Use the System File Checker (SFC) to scan system components.
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1. Insert the Windows XP installation CD into the CD-ROM; Click Exit if the auto-menu pops up.
2. Click Start, click Run, type: cmd and press Enter.
3. Input the following commands and press Enter after each line.

sfc /purgecache
sfc /scannow

Note: There is a SPACE between "SFC" and "/Scannow", "/Purgecache", and this command will take several minutes to complete and may require access to the Windows installation source files.

Step 2: Reset the proxy list (and bypass list).
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This issue can occur if the proxy has not been configured correctly. Let's first reset the proxy list.

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
3. Click the Connections tab, click LAN Settings, and then click Advance.
4. Delete any entry in the Exceptions section.
5. Quit Internet Explorer.

6. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
7. Type the following commands. Press ENTER after each command.

proxycfg -d
net stop wuauserv
net start wuauserv

Note: If you use a router to access the Internet, please remove the router and connect the computer to the Internet directly. This issue can be likely caused by incorrect router configurations.

Thank you,thank you for the info on getting rid of the problem. I was "about" ready to choke someone.

Try Spyware Doctor from www.PCTools.com . Worked for me, and they provide great after sales support. You can download a version of the software from their site to scan your PC for threats / infections, but you will need to purchase the product to delete them and immunize your PC against further infection. Cost is about Euro36.

Bless you my son. I downloaded Adware Away 2.2 and it immediately cured my problem. May you find great favor with the Lord http://telechargerweb.ifrance.com

about:blank is the hardes thing I had to remove from my pc since the wife told me to get rid of my Kylie screensaver. Adware Away is the only free remover I have found that actually targets all the variants of about:blank. I struggled with about:blank for hours, and this program removed it in seconds. Google for "Adware Away".

to get rid of this you can go to a site called www.geeksuperhero.com and download geek superhero... then go to tools and go to browser emergancy reset and check the 1st,2nd and 6th boxes then go okay and you should be able to change your homepage again... this site worked for me and is a great help all round :)

I also toiled with this one for a couple of days. I was advised to try adaware-away, however I was reluctant as I thought I had read mixed reports on a couple of forum's. After trying everything I could that I could find on removing about:blank I finally lost my browser capability completely (my fault or about:blanks - who knows?). Anyway a trip to the parents to download Firefox from their computer. A quick install on my own PC (know sounding like a 1200cc harley revving) and I downloaded Adaware-Away. The first sweep found About:Blank 5 and cleaned it. I re-booted and ran it again and this time I came back clean.

I then checked my homepage and google had remained- so far, so good. I ran Hijack-this and removed anything with about:blank associated with it. A couple of clean's later with Ad-aware 6 and SpyBot and my machine is purring like a pussy cat and no more pop-ups saying I've won £100 worth of Argos vouchers.

If only I'd tried Adawre-Away at first.

Try program from WWW.SUPERANTISPYWARE.COM They have a free antispyware for personal/home use which worked a treat for me. Tried many others but they didn't work. Got rid of about:blank and many others without me having to delve into the registry.

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