how do you keep about:blank from getting back on your computer?
Element150 0 Newbie Poster
caperjack 875 I hate 20 Questions Team Colleague
Are you saying you removed and you want to stop it from coming back ,or are you saying it keeps coming back and you need to stop it ,
If you got rid of it read this to help stop spyware .
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Element150 0 Newbie Poster
Well, now it just recently came back. I thought it was gone. I ran cws and hjt in safe mode and deleted the stuff i was told to. and then i deleted the sp file, cleared cookies, temp folder, and history. and i ran adaware and deleted a coolweb thing. then change my homepage again and rebooted. I though it was coming back because i keep getting it from the web but i haven't even done anything and it just came back right now.
Element150 0 Newbie Poster
I just installed spybot and it found 4 things, so i had get rid of them. but does spybot run in the background all the time, so if i end up going to a site that has about:blank it will get rid of it automatically?
Element150 0 Newbie Poster
here is a log: can i get rid of some of this?
Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 1:02:09 PM, on 7/13/2004
Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)
Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\System32\S3tray2.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\qttask.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe
C:\Program Files\NETGEAR\MA101 USB Adapter Configuration Utility\WlanMonitor.exe
C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE
C:\Documents and Settings\wizard\My Documents\Hijackthis\HijackThis.exe
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SDHelper.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar1.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [S3TRAY2] S3tray2.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] C:\WINDOWS\System32\qttask.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - Global Startup: MA101 Configuration Utility .lnk = ?
O4 - Global Startup: WinZip Quick Pick.lnk = C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Google Search - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmsearch.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Backward &Links - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmbacklinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Cac&hed Snapshot of Page - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmcache.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O8 - Extra context menu item: Si&milar Pages - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmsimilar.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Translate into English - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmtrans.html
O16 - DPF: {02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B} (QuickTime Object) - file://D:\Installers\QuickTime\qtplugin.cab
O16 - DPF: {33564D57-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71} - http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/6/E/F6E491A6-77E1-4E20-9F5F-94901338C922/wmv9VCM.CAB
O16 - DPF: {3E68E405-C6DE-49FF-83AE-41EE9F4C36CE} (Office Update Installation Engine) - http://office.microsoft.com/officeupdate/content/opuc.cab
O16 - DPF: {56336BCB-3D8A-11D6-A00B-0050DA18DE71} (RdxIE Class) - http://software-dl.real.com/25b8674bc8ec25733218/netzip/RdxIE601.cab
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab
caperjack 875 I hate 20 Questions Team Colleague
I just installed spybot and it found 4 things, so i had get rid of them. but does spybot run in the background all the time, so if i end up going to a site that has about:blank it will get rid of it automatically?
No ,spybot doesn't run in the backgroung ,try these 3 programs , spywareguard rund in the background
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After you get it all fixed and things are working good ,Download and install these two programs to help stop Spyware .
Keep Up-to-Date!
The most important key to maintaining a secure computer is keeping your protection up-to-date.
also check how i got infected in the first place .
Element150 0 Newbie Poster
i can't get rid of about:blank!!! i did what i was supposed to. i started up in safe mode, ran cwshredder, which i just updated so it got rid of the hklm stuff and the sp file. then i ran spybot and got rid of DSOexploit. the i ran adaware, and nothing came up. then I changed my homepage back, deleted cookies and temporary internet files and history. then i restarted. when i first open up ie it's on my homepage but i checked the setting an it's on about:blank again.
caperjack 875 I hate 20 Questions Team Colleague
I have no answers for it ,I see the same thing in all the fourms I go to .my suggestion to u is to start using Mozilla browser.www.mozilla.org
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