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"about blank"
I tried updating Windows 98 today when the screen switched
me to a web page titled "about blank" In Yahoo.com, when I try to read my e-mail I am also switched to a web page "about blank" Is there anything out there that can remove this pest from my PC? It's very frustrating to say the least. |
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"about blank"
You have the CoolWebSearch variant known as CWS.about:blank
Download and run CWShredder, the CoolWeb removal tool, available he http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...CWShredder.exe http://aumha.org/downloads/cwshredder.zip Once you start the app, click the FIX button. Then, download, unzip, and run Hijack This from one of these locations: http://computercops.biz/downloads-cat-14.html http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...HijackThis.exe Unzip to a folder other than your Desktop or the Temp folder, double-click HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan". When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log" button. Press that, save the log somewhere you can find it (Desktop, My Documents, or similar). Most of what it lists will be harmless or even required, so do NOT fix anything yet. Copy the log files and paste them into a new post at this forum: http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 In your post, please state your problem clearly and what you've done so far to fix it. Hijack This alone cannot fix it because there is a super-hidden file involved...you will have to do some manual work to fix this and delete the involved files. The folks there will tell you what to do. See the "housekeeping" you should complete before you post your log: http://aumha.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4075 A tutorial for using Hijack This is located he http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/ -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Jerry Olsen" wrote in message ... I tried updating Windows 98 today when the screen switched me to a web page titled "about blank" In Yahoo.com, when I try to read my e-mail I am also switched to a web page "about blank" Is there anything out there that can remove this pest from my PC? It's very frustrating to say the least. |
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