Re: "cannot find about blank"


Thanks,soon as i get a min or two, I will chek out ALL you said, etc., and
then will let you know.

Its not a 404.

Almost certain it is the “about blank homepage hijacker” advanced COOL WEB
SERCHER HIJACK.

I have read, as I said several ways to “get rid of it,” but it gets way to
involved for me.

The program that is recommended to get rid of it automatically doesn’t work
any more (adware away) I have the recommended standard programs, re:
adaware, spybot search and destroy, etc. and they don’t remove it. Can not
find one that really does… If you know how to pass on the .jpg to others,
please do.

I am attaching a screen-capture .jpg file called "screen capture file" that
shows everyone what it looks like when it pops up. (to the email)

choosing my “send by Outlook” option, as I don’t know how to include the
image in the reply here. If you know how to show the others the .jpg screen
capture image here, I am sure it will help someone else.

Thanks, again.

Rich1136


"Newbie Coder" wrote:

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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