about:blank

shenbaw · Post by **shenbaw** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 4:09 pm

Hey, just curious if anybody has any experience with this "about:blank" shite? I've got this little bugger on my computer and can not for the life of me get rid of it. It resets my home page to about:blank.com almost everytime I restart and it won't let me open up my yahoo account either. What the ?

If anyone has any advice please advise. Thanks.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 4:12 pm

Sounds like a hijack... First fix it using hijackthis, then switch to a non IE browser so it does not happen again.

For hijack this just put it in google and it should bring you to the download page. I can't check right now since my ISP's DNS server is down again. I only have a small reserve of IPs for sites I visit regularly.

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sintekk · Post by **sintekk** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 4:14 pm

I found these instructions on a webpage:

Simple fix

run ad-aware and delete all finds

reboot in safe mode

go to c/windows/system 32

Delete jdkgj.dll

reboot normally

Re-run ad-aware and delete all finds

reboot normally

Fixed.

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shenbaw · Post by **shenbaw** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 4:52 pm

Sweet, thanks guys. I'll give those a try tonight. Hopefully that will clear up my little illness.

Any suggestions for a non IE browser? What am I thinking? What are your suggestions for a non IE browser?

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megaspaz · Post by **megaspaz** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 1:41 am

ad-aware might not get rid of this depending on which strain of the about:blank trojan hijacker you caught.

look up adware-away. that will get rid of all these pesky about:blank variants as well as the majorly nasty cool web search (CWS).

http://www.download.com/3000-8022_4-10293404.html

it tis be shareware with a 5 day free trial, but you could try to uninstall/reinstall when needed... or you could shell out the 30 bucks for it.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 3:38 pm

Alternative browser discussion was moved to “Alternative Browsers”.

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Chyse · Post by **Chyse** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 3:47 pm

i've seen this about blank thing too. it happened to me, though i could still get oon my yahoo account. it just went there for my homepage.

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