Re: About:Blank Homepage Hijacker

From: Jurren Bouman [MVP - Security] (jurren_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/09/05 

Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 13:22:12 +0100

Teacher Dave wrote:
> I have several machines on a school network infected with About:Blank.
> Expected that the Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta version would get get rid of
> this, but the Quick Scan doesn't spot it at all.
>
> There are lots of bespoke tools out there claiming to remove About:Blank,
> but I've no way of telling if they are from reliable sites.
>
> I've had a glance at some instructions on how to remove the offeding files
> from the registry, but it seems hard work to me.
>
> Surely someone has already done the hard work so that I just have to press a
> button to make everything OK? Preferably without costing me anything!
>
> Am I asking too much?

Tried the "Remove about:blank Buddy 4.72"
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4414

Do also a scan at:
http://www.trendmicro.com/spyware-scan/

and:
http://aumha.org/a/noads.htm

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