Re: About:Blank Homepage Hijacker

From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 11/09/05

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    From: "Teacher Dave" <TeacherDave@discussions.microsoft.com>

    | Thanks to you David & also Jurren for your prompt replies. I'm off site now &
    | won't be back there until next Wednesday but I'll certainly report back as to
    | which of your methods I use to solve my little problem.
    |
    | I'm still a bit confused as to why the Microsoft AntiSpyware doesn't pick up
    | About:Blank - is it classed as Spyware or some other category?
    |
    | In my simplistic view of the world, viruses, spyware & adware all amount to
    | the same thing - an unwanted intrusion onto your computer. I'm always
    | disappointed that my antivirus software doesn't protect my networks from all
    | these security threats.
    |
    | Regards

    All are malware but adware and spyware are NOT viruses. Thuis is the same as a catfish is
    not a blue fish but they are both fish.

    If a i fish for catfish I don't expect to catch a blue fish. This is the same for anti
    virus software. you can't expect it to catch adware/spyware. You need both type of anti
    malware software.

    Why MS AS (now to be called Windows Defender) does not catch about:blank depends on how this
    is being done. It just doesn't have the signatures for it the infector making the change. 

    -- 
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
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