I am very confused. Why would I want to do this?

In either case, I did what you suggested. It did not even go away. Every time I open IE, "about:blank" is there.

Can you give me directions on...

i did it, but it keeps coming back.

Please help with any other ideas.

I did what you suggested. Here is the new log.

ABOUT:BLANK is still here. I think I must find out how to delete the hidden dll.


Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 6:26:29 PM, on...

"Thekillbox" link on that page does not work. Any ideas.

Also, at the begining of this thread crunchi gave me a fix without thekillbox. do you think it may work without it?

I have done it all. All updates, all software to clean and to prevent. They all indicate that the system is clean. However, it keeps coming back. It seems nothing gets rid of its permanently.
...

it came back just minutes after i posted the previous log.


here is the obviously bad log

Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 11:57:54 AM, on 7/9/2004
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4...

THANK YOU.

I DID WHAT YOU SUGGESTED, AND IT APPEARED TO HAVE RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. I RAN CWSHREDDER, ADAWARE, TROJAN REMOVER, AND SPYBOT.

HOWEVER, THE NEXT DAY IT WAS BACK.

I RAN HIJACK...

Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 3:37:50 PM, on 7/8/2004
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:...

I would rather buy a new computer than format and reload windows. I do not even know how to do that!!!!?

Please help.
about:blank hijaker is back completly. Please help me. I will post log...

Norton System Works 2004. It is useless. It does not catch any of the problems.

I did defragment over the weekend. A slight improvement. However, opening any application takes what seems...

Thnak you for your help. I did what you recommended. look ok so far.

however, my computer is much slower, specially during its downloads, than before the hijaker problem. Any soloutions? I...

I did as you asked. A few problems:

Step 6

Could not find O2 - BHO: (no name) - {47F1A18E-4D68-80F1-6BBB-16B984AC80ED} - C:\WINDOWS\winut32.dll.

However, I deleted the outof place dll file...

No luck.

I did everything suggested on the other thread. HJT showed a clean log.

But I did not even have to shut down and reboot. As soon as I clicked on IE, it returned. The home page is...

Thank you, but totally useless.

I did what you instructed. and even ran the scan twice.


Then I opened an Internet Explorer window to get to this site, and the entire thing returned. I did...

The pop up says "Only the Best" and it trys to sell me a spyware remover at :
http://www2.palsol.com/spyrem_offer/index.html?hop=extron


The home page is not about:balnk. it is:...

I Was Right. The Problem Is Back.

This Time I Get A Pop Up Every Few Minutes, And The Pop Up Stopper Does Not Work.

Please Help.

Thank you very much.

However, I think I am still infected!

I have downloaded popup stopper, and it does a good job of stopping popups. But every time it tries to do so, the words About:Blank...

Sorry. Here is the entire Log.


Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 12:41:27 PM, on 6/23/2004
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1...

I did everything you suggested. Here is the new log:

Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 12:41:27 PM, on 6/23/2004
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer...

Here is my HijackThis logfile.

Thank you for your help.


Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 1:13:25 PM, on 6/22/2004
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet...

Dear Dcobian:

I cannot follow your instructions. I have downloaded reglite. I have pasted the address. Then I double clicked on AppInit_DLLs. What I found was C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlj.dll.
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