about:blank and trojan horse virus

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Help! I run wn xp office and my ip has been highjacked by about: blank but in
addition to that, My Computer and My documents won't open from my desktop or
from start. Has anyone experienced this problem? I have read the responses
but I'm still confused. Through my google search, there are so many hits
that list repairs for systems that have been damaged. Has anyone tried any of
these? Did it really work?
 
Kim said:
Help! I run wn xp office and my ip has been highjacked by about: blank but in
addition to that, My Computer and My documents won't open from my desktop or
from start. Has anyone experienced this problem? I have read the responses
but I'm still confused. Through my google search, there are so many hits
that list repairs for systems that have been damaged. Has anyone tried any of
these? Did it really work?
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About Blank can be a Royal pain in the ... to remove here is a good place to
start
http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_cwsremoval.html


Before you attempt removal I cannot suggest strongly enough that you
download the LSP-fix and keep it just in case you need it.
Here are some tools you may need,the list is long and no you really don't
need all of them but several would be of benefit.
I wish you luck.

Sometimes,when you remove malware it will stop your TCP/IP
stack from working (Internet connection).
Winsock or LSP-fix will correct the problem,Download first.
Note to anyone using NOD32 Anti-Virus software,Do Not delete the
"imon.dll" this fix reports,That is your e/mail scanning engine.

YES-You need more than 1 malware program,the one's below are all free
and work well.
LSP-fix- http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
Spybot S&D - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
CWS Smart Killer- http://www.safer-networking.org/minifiles.html

About Buster- http://www.spychecker.com/program/aboutbuster.html
Ad-Aware SE - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
MS Antispyware:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
CWShredder - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html
Hijack this - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html\
Hijackthis tutorial - http://forums.maddoktor2.com/index.php?showtopic=165
SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
SpywareGuard - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html
WinPatrol - http://winpatrol.com
BHODemon - http://pcworld.com/downloads/file_download.asp?fid=23611&fileidx=1
asquared2 "Trojan Remover" - http://www.emsisoft.com/en/
Socklock- http://nsclean.com/socklock.html
A nice site -
http://groups.msn.com/TeMercInternetSecuritySite/malwarecountermeasures.msnw
NOD32Anti-Virus Free 30 day trial
http://nod32.com/download/trial.htm
Process Guard-
http://www.diamondcs.com.au/processguard/index.php?page=download
A link for free online virus and trojan scanners.
http://virusall.com/downscan.html



Changing some of your default settings in internet options will help stop
this from happing again.


To help stop unauthorized downloads via your activex controls change your
default settings.
These settings are good for XP. The wording should be close for other systems
as well.
Go to control panel and open "internet optionsâ€.
Click on the security tab then custom level.
make sure these settings are as follows.

Download signed active x controls>set to prompt
Download unsigned active x controls>set to disable
Initialize and script active x controls not marked as safe>set to disable
Run active x controls and pluggins>set to enable
Script active x controls marked safe for scripting>set to enable
Java permissions>set to high
Launching programs and files in a IFRAME" > Prompt
Installation of Desktop items"> Prompt
Navigate sub-frames across different domains>prompt
 
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