Re: "cannot find about blank"

Rich,

Is it a 404 Page Cannot Be Displayed error?

Sounds like you've been hijacked

In Spybot you have the ADVANCED mode then selecting BHO's & BROWSER PAGES &
STARTUP PROGRAMS

The about blank should be set to your SYSTEM32 directory as follows:

C:\Windows\System32\blank.htm

(where C:\ is your bootable drive)

Do you also see any signs in Spybot for your homepage or seach assistants
etc being changed?

In the BHO section I would suggest only keeping the the Spybot GUID
'{53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F}' & deleting the others

In Spybot you have the STARTUP PROGRAMS. Do you see any peculiar entries
there?

Are there any rogue processes you see running?

Best thing you can do is run Spybot & 'attach' (see below) the log file to
your reply then I can then download the log file, look through it & do my
best to help you. You could do the same with HiJackThis 1.99 logs, which can
be downloaded here:

http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip (developer's site)

I say ATTACH because some people in this newsgroup throw their toys out of
their prams if you copy/paste so much data

Lastly, Spybot has an update out today

Awaiting your response,

--
Newbie Coder
(It's just a name)


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