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ABOUT:BLANK
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: I ALSO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM :ABOUTBLANK: TAKES OVER YOUR HOME PAGE. THEN BOMBARDS YOU WITH POP UPS FOR SOFT WARE TO REMOVE IT. THIS HAS GOT TOBE ILIGAL. CAN ANYONE TELL ME HOW TO REMOVE IT BILL |
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