Re: How do I get rid of this Pest?

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Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 20:51:30 GMT

Marsha;

Do you have your Home Page set to about: Blank or is your Home Page getting
hijacked and set to about: Blank??

If you're getting hijacked try HijackThis.

HijackThis
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Scroll down to Official downloads | HijackThis (zipped):

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Hope this helps.  Let us know.
Wes
In news:Oi%23WUOeOEHA.904@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
Marsha <nospamplease@nosuchplace.com>  hunted and pecked:
> I have Ad Aware which picks this up, Spybot, Norton, Windows XP, all
> current with updates.  I delete this & it keeps coming back.  How do
> I get rid of this pest?
> Thanks,
> Marsha
>
> Started deep registry scan
> ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
> Possible browser hijack attempt : Software\Microsoft\Internet
> Explorer\MainStart Pageabout:blank
>
>  Possible Browser Hijack attempt Object recognized!
>     Type               : RegData
>     Data               : "about:blank"
>     Rootkey            : HKEY_CURRENT_USER
>     Object             : Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
>     Value              : Start Page
>     Data               : "about:blank"
>
>
> Deep registry scan result :
> ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
> New objects : 1
> Objects found so far: 1

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