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ZRB Donating Member (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-05 03:18 AM
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HEEEEELLLLLP!!!!! ABOUT:BLANK
Somehow my computer has become infected with about:blank. I can't set my homepage, and it's driving me crazy. None of the free removal programs have worked, and I simply cannot afford to spend 30 bucks on a program that might not even work.

Help me DUers, Please! There must be a way to remove this!

:argh:
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Nomad559 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-05 03:24 AM
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1. Try this
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
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ogradda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-05 03:25 AM
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2. when did this start?
do you have windows?
does it become a problem when you get online or are you on the web for a while? did you try spybot search and destroy?
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DIKB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-05 03:27 AM
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3. Firefox it.
or Opera, whichever you're most comfortable with. I started to use Firefox, and now I don't think I'll go back to IE.
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belladonna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-05 03:28 AM
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4. I have a couple of ideas, but I need to know what OS you're running N/T
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belladonna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-05 03:33 AM
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5. Read this thread and try what they suggest
Seems to have worked out for them anyway :shrug:

http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread5810.html
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-05 03:48 AM
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6. Oh no, you've been infected by The Black Plague Of The Internet.
a.k.a. "CoolWebSearch".

Here's what you do:

Download Spyware Doctor.

It's here: https://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/download/

It saved my life. I was infected with it too.
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