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my homepage keeps changing. i am a yahoo user, but my home
page keeps changing every time i use my browser to (blank).....how do i get this thing to quit changing my home page settings?? |
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You've been hijacked. There are two or more home page hijackers
(parasites) that use the about:blank mechanism. One of these parasites is a variant of the CoolWebSearch parasite. For details of the CWS.Aboutblank variant see (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/c...tml#aboutblank). Unfortunately there is a more cent variation of this hijacker which cannot be removed by CWShredder (see below) and if this is the case your only resort will be to follow the advice in the last paragraph. Download and run CWShredder 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.. There is also another newer variant aboutblank parasite which is particularly resistant to removal. For details of this second variant and possible help see recent posts by Mow Green in various threads at http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 such as that initiated by JENNY entitled "Blank page is BACK! (http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=6437). You will need to download for later use the tool about:Buster from either http://www.atribune.org/downloads/AboutBuster.zip or http://tools.zerosrealm.com/AboutBuster.zip This would be a good time to download yourself a copy of the free Ad-Aware SE Personal edition from Lavasoft (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and also SpyBot Search & Destroy 1.3 (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. Finally if you still continue to experience problems download a copy of HijackThis from (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html). Create a folder called HJT on C: (not on your desktop nor in your temp folder) and copy the file you downloaded to that folder. Close as many applications as you can including all instances of Internet Explorer. Enable Explorer to see all files and folders (Tools | Folder Options | View and check "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected operating system files") and then run hijackthis.exe and post back the log to either the HijackThis Forum at http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or alternatively http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 and hopefully this will enable someone to identify the cause of your problem. See also: Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm and also Browser Hijacking http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/ -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP wrote: my homepage keeps changing. i am a yahoo user, but my home page keeps changing every time i use my browser to (blank).....how do i get this thing to quit changing my home page settings?? |
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Create a directory on your hardrive to save HijackThis.exe. A directory
like c:\hijackthis. If you do not do this, you will not be able to use the backup/restore features. Download HijackThis from: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip or he http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/file...hijackthis.zip Save this file into the directory you made previously and then run the program named hijackthis.exe. When the program opens click on the Config button, then click on the Misc Tools button, and click on the Check for update online button. When it completes checking/applying updates press the back button. Now click on the Scan button and when it is finished click on the Save Log button. A Notepad window will open with the contents of this log. Click on Edit then click on Select all. Then click on Edit and then Click on Copy. Create a reply to this post here or register an account and post a message in the HijackThis Logs forums at http://www.bleepingcomputer.com and right click in message area and select paste to paste the log into the post. Someone will reply to you after reading this post. DO NOT fix any entries unless you understand what you are doing. To see a tutorial with screenshots on using HijackThis you can click on the link below: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/foru...howtutorial=42 -- Lawrence Abrams http://www.bleepingcomputer.com Source for Original Content, Tutorials, and Support for the beginning computer user. wrote in message ... my homepage keeps changing. i am a yahoo user, but my home page keeps changing every time i use my browser to (blank).....how do i get this thing to quit changing my home page settings?? |
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