My homepage has been Hi-Jacked???

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Graffixcj5 - 18 Jan 2005 02:33 GMT

When I open Internet Explorer, instead of going to Yahoo.com , I get some
strange page that changes my homepage address and won't let me into Yahoo at
all. I have tried everything I can think of with the $100 or so of Nortons
products I have installed on my computer, but I can't get rid of this page.
It shows it's address as ABOUT:BLANK. This is driving me crazy so if anyone
has any ideas PLEASE share them. Thank YOu

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Kevin - 18 Jan 2005 03:02 GMT

Your browser has been hijacked. Google for Spybot Search and Destroy,
Ad-Aware and CoolWebShredder. Download and install these applications and
get any updates, if applicable, before running them. Also Google for the
"about:blank hijacker". You'll find some useful information that should
help you out.

Keep your anti-virus scanner up to date and make sure your firewall is up
and operating.

> When I open Internet Explorer, instead of going to Yahoo.com , I get some
> strange page that changes my homepage address and won't let me into Yahoo at
> all. I have tried everything I can think of with the $100 or so of Nortons
> products I have installed on my computer, but I can't get rid of this page.
> It shows it's address as ABOUT:BLANK. This is driving me crazy so if anyone
> has any ideas PLEASE share them. Thank YOu

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE - 18 Jan 2005 04:01 GMT

> When I open Internet Explorer, instead of going to Yahoo.com , I get some
> strange page that changes my homepage address and won't let me into Yahoo
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> anyone
> has any ideas PLEASE share them. Thank YOu

First, if you don't have WinXP SP2, get LSP-Fix - a free program to repair
damaged Winsock 2 stacks
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
save it because you might need to repair the Winsock 2 stacks after removing
the culprit.
For WinXP SP2 this command will restore the Winsock stacks if you can't
connect after clearing the malware.
Go to Start | Run and type
CMD
In the command window type
netsh winsock reset
Then get CWShredder
http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder.html

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