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by silentpwnage 1 view

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i have a HUGE problem with the about:blank (Search for) homepoge HiJacker. i have CWShredder, Ad-Aware, Stinger, SearchandDestroySD, and Hijackthis. I have ran them in every order that i have seen on everypage i have went to. They take care of my problem for about 20min then BAM the crap is back. i HATE not having control of my SYSTEM more than anything. i have ran AD-AWARE till i am blue in the face, and found LOTS of diff hijackers, they will only find one at a time then on reboot, it finds another, then another, and so on i havethese wrote down, Nyinstnt.dll, mig_hook.dll, Dzynput.dll, mscuia32.dll, cycui.dll, tzackernet.dll, cpcui.dll, cgcui.dll, wlspdmod.dll, ddnput8.dll, iomfilter.dll, llexpand.dll, and Sp.Html. i have quarentend and remove all of them but if i ran it rite now i would find more. like i said it only finds one then reboot and find a diff one. Any help would be GREATLY accepted. On a sidenote i started noticein the problem after i installed and removed WarezP2P. Now i dunno if it acctually cause the problem but it was rite around the time i removed the program.

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by jimhm

Did you follow the other post in TR to fix About:Blank - it works ...
- Make sure about:blank is removed from your home page settings in Internet Explorer -

Then -

1) Run anti Ad-ware software to remove ad's
2) Run a anti-spy program such as Spy Sweeper
3) In Regedit search for About:blank - and remove it - up to 3 or 4 different places.

Also - Search for About in File Explore - for any about dlls

Search TR for About or About:blank theres a number of posts for solutions depending on your OS...

by silentpwnage

ok bigger problems now....... my account on WINXP is gone. i reboot after runnin AD-aware and i get "Windows Cannot load user profile, But has logger you with defualt profile on system" "Note: A required privaledge is not held by client." then reboot.. REPEAT!!! really pissed now..... then i get out find my bootable CD with F-prot on it and run it. there i find like 50+ encrypted files in teh recovery folder. but they canno be removed due to being encrypted..... I want my PC back

by Jay Garmon

First, I'd check out this discussion, which JimHM mentioned. It offers ome pretty solid solutions on how to handle about:blank.
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=3&threadID=152851&start=0&tag=search

As a more general selection, we have an antispyware product--Quick Guide: Spyware Detection and Removal--for under ten bucks which tells you how to handle a broad range of these types of threats, and reviews a lot of the leading sweeper programs. You can get to the catalog page here:
http://store3.esellerate.net/store/catalog.aspx?s=STR1275272029&pc=

--Jay

by p_korman

Here is the best way to get control of your pc...
1. Get the Microsoft Security Update CD from Microsoft - its free.
2. Backup all your important data.
3. Reinstall the operating system, drivers and your applications.
4. Install the updates from the security cd.
5. Install anti-virus software.
6. Connect to the Internet.
7. Complete all the critical updates for Windows.
8. Update your anti-virus program.
9. Import the data back to the apps that you backed it up from.
10. Don't install crap like Kazaa, read every pop-up window that asks to install any application to your system, don't just click ok or yes unless you know where the application is coming from.

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