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| Thread ID: 44492 | 2004-04-20 21:35:00 | IE About:blank homepage hijacked ? | Woof (2402) | Press F1 |
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| 230808 | 2004-04-20 21:35:00 | I have chosen for my IE 6.1 homepage "about:blank" but suddenly last night I noticed that instead of a blank page I now get a listing of links, some kind of directory BUT the address bar stayes "about:blank" I have tried repairing IE6 as well as the obvious resetting of the homepage under "Tools/Internet options" to no avail I bet I'm not the first to ask so can someone post a link to any previous thread Cheers Woof |
Woof (2402) | ||
| 230809 | 2004-04-20 21:58:00 | Download and run these two programs to remove spyware. If you are still having a problem post back as some spyware requires specific programs to remove them. www.lavasoftusa.com http://www.safer-networking.org/ |
Jim B (153) | ||
| 230810 | 2004-04-20 22:11:00 | Also, run CWShredder in case it is a variation of CoolWeb hijacker. Use this in conjunction with adaware and Spybot that JimB has given you. You can get CWShredder from here (www.majorgeeks.com) | Pheonix (280) | ||
| 230811 | 2004-04-20 22:15:00 | Thanks for the reminder - AdAware didn't fix this issue (but picked up 4 others !!!) I'm at the office now and have printed out the FAQ #8b and from quickly reading that I think I need to dig into nsconfig or (worse) registry Might be time to ensure full backups and look at reformatting - at least I NOW have separate partitions for data and other so reformatting and reloading Windows (ME) etc should be a bit easier than in the past ... |
Woof (2402) | ||
| 230812 | 2004-04-20 22:16:00 | Also I seem to recall something about javascript - does this prompt anything more specific ..... | Woof (2402) | ||
| 230813 | 2004-04-20 22:20:00 | If you advise the site you are being directed to it may help narrow down the type of spyware involved and there may be specific removal instructions available for it. | Jim B (153) | ||
| 230814 | 2004-04-21 02:30:00 | to Jim B The address bar stays "about:blank" and I haven't let it 'go' anywhere yet - I have disconnected immediately and otherwise just fired up my homepage withOUT logging on to the 'net. Maybe I should let it connect and see if that reveals more identifiction... Slightly off-topic but how do I "cut'n'paste" the conetent or whatever so as to post a sample of it here on PressF1 |
Woof (2402) | ||
| 230815 | 2004-04-21 02:34:00 | press your printscreen button,then open up Paint,open>new document>paste,then save to the desktop. You will now have a snapshot of the homepage,you can then upload it to the press f1 picture viewer whatever site |
metla (154) | ||
| 230816 | 2004-04-21 10:37:00 | to metla Here is a link to a snapshot :- url=[sal.neoburn.net Hope this helps |
Woof (2402) | ||
| 230817 | 2004-04-21 10:44:00 | if adaware or spybot don't help then try hijackthis. if in doubt post the hijackthis log. read the instructions first ! hijackthis download (www.majorgeeks.com) |
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