Re: about.blank virus

From: cquirke (MVP Win9x) (cquirkenews_at_nospam.mvps.org)
Date: 05/03/04 

Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 22:27:10 +0200

On Sun, 2 May 2004 07:47:49 -0300, "\\~Virus Guard~/"

>Try right-clicking Internet Explorer, hit properties, and where it is
>about:blank, switch it to something like Google.ca or MSN.com.

I don't see that *preventing* IE from dredging up some wretched
unwanted web site every time it starts up, nagging to go online if on
DUN. That's why I preferred About:Blank in the first place.

Or are you referring to files rather than URLs?

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