You've been hijacked, quite possibly by a variant of the CoolWebSearch
parasite. Possibly the CWS.Aboutblank variant
(
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/c...tml#aboutblank)
Download and run CWShredder
(
http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip or
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip) which is the best way
of getting rid of the many forms of the CoolWebSearch hijacker details of
which can be found at
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html
and also
http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/c/cws.asp..
This would be a good time to download yourself a copy of the free Ad-Aware 6.0
from Lavasoft (
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and also SpyBot
Search & Destroy (
http://www.safer-networking.org/) and use them to check your
system for other commercial parasites remembering that they are only as good
as when you last updated their reference files. I also use a program called
BHODemon (
http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm that checks for
unwanted Browser Help Objects and SpywareBlaster
(
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html) which can help prevent
some parasites getting a grip on your PC.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
wrote:
My computer will no longer let me chose a homepage. When
going into internet options and filling in a homepage, it
will not keep it. When you click on home or internet
explorer, it goes to a about blank page. Can anyone help.