RE: Internet Explorer has been hijacked by "About:Blank"

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From: Andy (Andy_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/10/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:51:05 -0700

"nick_2" wrote:

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> "Lloyd Wolf" wrote:
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> > Hello. Looking for a little help....
> >
> > I have a customer running Internet Explorer v6, on a computer running
> > Windows 2000 Professional.
> >
> > Internet Explorer has been hijacked by "About:Blank"
> >
> > We have run the Ad-aware 6 and also Spybot Search & Destroy software.
> > Neither one seems to be able to get rid of "About:Blank" permanently.
> >
> > Doing a Google search, I have seen lots of people having lots of problems
> > with this one.
> >
> > Does anyone have a solid solution for getting rid of the "About:Blank"
> > hijacker ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Lloyd Wolf
> > Wolf Consulting, Inc.
> >
> >
> > Hi I had the same problem and I got rid of the About:blank homepage by downloading and running the CWShredder it is quick and easy