About blank, searchklick browser hijack

[rolex]

Absolute nightmare this one. You need to download several different programmes, spybot adaware cw shredder ect and then go and delete and add stuff in the registry in safe mode. Too much for me, so I have consigned IE to a locked drawer and started to use mozilla which incidently is faster. Ad-aware spybot and others recognise the problem but after deleting, replicates itself on reboot. Anyone else had this prob?

[aldi]

Yes, had to deal with a nasty case of about:blank a few weeks ago. If I remember correctly, there was one randomly named executable that kept coming back apparently from nowhere and kept re-infecting the system. Got pissed off with it after an hour and just set 'deny all' permissions on a fake executable with the same name, it didnt come back after that

[__Lee__]

As you are not comfortable with removing the problem yourself, I would recommend these products.

Spysweeper which is easily the best anti-spyware product on the market.

McAfee's Stinger is a excellent little application that doesn't need to be installed and once you have downloaded it, it simply runs a scan on your machine.

And if all else fails Norton can sometimes save the day!.

I would recommend you download the trial version on Spysweeper though. If you are not running it, you will be surprised what it manages to find and kill.

My record is 1,900 traces and 247 spyware applications!.

[Hilts]

rolex said:

Absolute nightmare this one. You need to download several different programmes, spybot adaware cw shredder ect and then go and delete and add stuff in the registry in safe mode. Too much for me, so I have consigned IE to a locked drawer and started to use mozilla which incidently is faster. Ad-aware spybot and others recognise the problem but after deleting, replicates itself on reboot. Anyone else had this prob?

Yes, here's how to get rid. Not too hard to follow.


1) About:Buster - Download it and extract it to C:/aboutbuster.
2) CleanUp! - Download it and install it.
3) CWShredder 2.11 - Download it and save it to your desktop.
4) Ad-ware - Download, install, and update.

Enable hidden files and folders:

During the fix do NOT connect to the internet. Unless you can memorize these instructions, it would be a good idea to print them out.

Boot into safe mode:
Restart your computer and as soon as it starts booting up again continuously tap F8. A menu should come up where you will be given the option to enter Safe Mode.

Run AboutBuster
-Click Start to begin the process
-Click OK on the Buster Report dialogue box to start the scan
AboutBuster scans the computer for malicious files and deletes them.

Run CWShredder
-Next, click on the: ‘Fix’ button
-Follow the prompts, and press OK

Run CleanUp
-Make sure it is on Standard Mode
-Click the "CleanUp!" button

Run Ad-Aware
-Configure Ad-Aware for a full system scan
-Run it

Clean Up the left overs

Run regedit from the command line and search for these files and delete them if they are still there.
Just click find and search for 'blank'.

R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Search Page = about:blank
R0 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Local Page = blank.htm


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>> Edited by Hilts on Sunday 18th September 12:27