Re: about:blank

From: George Hester (hesterloli_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/26/04 

Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 20:37:59 -0400

Well you can always delete the entries under this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

and then reinstall IE. Or better yet get and use:

Ad-Aware
BHODemon
HijackThis 

-- 
George Hester
__________________________________
"Dave Arnold" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1250901c442b2$da7e51e0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I am going nuts trying to get rid of a search page that 
> will not go away when I open internet explorer. The 
> address ias about:blank and it just shows this wierd 
> search page.  It also seems to have eatne my google tool 
> bar! I think it arrived when I purchased something called 
> Spy Killer.
> I went to the web and got all kinds of suggestions....none 
> have worked.  I am a long way from being really good at 
> this sort of thing but any suggestions will be 
> appreciated..thanks.dave

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