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Old July 6th 04, 07:03 PM
Noel Paton
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Default Browser hijacked - "about:blank" - "search for..." page hijacked my web browser.

Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove what is almost certainly
a variant of the CoolWebSearch hijacker.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip
http://www.merijn.org/files/CWShredder.exe
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...CWShredder.exe
http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip

If that doesn't fix it, then you may have the new variant about which many
are confused, if not worried

Post a query on the issue together with a HiJackThis log to the forum here
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30

HTH

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"sergusha78" wrote in message
...
My homepage keeps changing to "about:blank" after every
time I open new browser and some unknown "search for..."
page hijacked my web browser. Every tine I ran AD-AWARE
program, I come across "Possible Browser Hijack
attempt/RegData/Data
Miner/HKEY_CURRENT_USER:Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main "Star Page" ("about:blank")".Every time I
restart my PC and open new browser, "about:blank"
and "search for..." reappear after numerous attempts to
delete with AD-AWARE and over Spy-Ware programmes. Please,
help reset my web browser to previous homepage setting.
Every time I change homepage it switches back to "search
for..." page and default homepages setting switches
to "search for..." web browser.

System: Millennium Edition Microsoft.