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Thread ID: 85691 2007-12-18 22:03:00 IE7 Went ballistic... Agent_24 (57) Press F1
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622550 2007-12-18 22:03:00 ..and started opening new tabs as fast as it could, all of them going to "about:blank", until it reached what appeared to be a tab limit (or it ran out of memory) and then froze

I couldn't even load task manager to kill it.

Eventually it responded to me clicking the X and it closed

:lol:
Agent_24 (57)
622551 2007-12-18 22:07:00 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Has it done it again?? :lol:
wratterus (105)
622552 2007-12-18 22:16:00 I have come across websites in the past that have caused IE to do this, but it does not happen often. I always scan the PC thoroughly after it happens. Bantu (52)
622553 2007-12-18 22:16:00 I had that happen here at work a little while ago and called over our IT guy. He looked at it and laughed, saying he'd never seen it before. I'm on IE6. It probably won't happen again, so I wouldn't worry about it. It is weird though. Use Opera instead. So much better :) Thebananamonkey (7741)
622554 2007-12-18 22:26:00 I was only looking at this site and trademe.. Agent_24 (57)
622555 2007-12-23 23:51:00 Do you have a wireless keyboard or mouse? KerryDP (13174)
622556 2007-12-24 00:33:00 ..and started opening new tabs as fast as it could, all of them going to "about:blank",

:lol:

Thats a browser hijacker.
pctek (84)
622557 2007-12-24 00:47:00 Like this (javascript; havent tried it) :eek: :p
www.ocf.berkeley.edu
feersumendjinn (64)
622558 2007-12-24 01:06:00 Do you have a wireless keyboard or mouse?
No, and I don't want one either


Thats a browser hijacker.

Could you be more specific please?
Agent_24 (57)
622559 2007-12-24 01:47:00 Could you be more specific please?

About blank in a Mozilla based browser is nothing. But in IE it can be:

en.wikipedia.org(disambiguation)


# about:blank (see CoolWebSearch), generic name for one of the most common but hardest to remove variants of CoolWebSearch malware


Its not hard to kill now - its an old one now, but I'd check just in case.............
pctek (84)
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