RE: about:blank SPYWARE... help me!!!

From: Bummer (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/12/04 

Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 16:06:05 -0700

Bummer. But wrong group, try an Internet Explorer group.

     
     ----- Bmac wrote: -----
     
     ok, so about a week and a half ago i contracted a vicious
     spyware that I call the "about:blank" spyware. this
     thing changed my homepage to the URL "about:blank" but a
     webpage that is titled "Seach For..." with various
     subjects like "art," "cars," and "shopping."
     
     now, im no fool. i tried basic anti-spyware programs
     like Webroot and Spybot Search and Destroy, but nothing
     changed. So i got Hijack This and ran it. I found what
     the spyware was, deleted it and changed my homepage back
     to Google. Everything went fine for maybe 24 hours and
     then it re-appeared. So i ran Hijack This again and
     found the spyware's file in the System32 folder and
     deleted it in SAFE MODE. for a while, everything went
     well, but now it's back and angry.
     
     its given me two Trojan viruses and now i get
     two "about:blank" popups everytime i start up IE along
     with my homepage URL being "about:blank". so, does
     anyone know how to stop the "about:blank" spyware? if so,
     please help me and the many other victims.
     
     i run windows XP on a Falcon NorthWest Fragbox. i have
     NAV.
     

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