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Help,

The weirdest thing is going on. Everytime I open internet explorer 6.0. It goes to a werid search page called "About:Blank"

I try changing it to another search engine in my "Internet Options" exit and come back and then I see this d@#%! webpage again.

I did a search with my ad-adware and did a scan with Norton, still have problems.

Has anybody heard of this and have any reccomendations???

Thx!

--Shichonni :cry:

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As described, a true about:blank is just an internal empty page. If Internet Explorer opens a page that looks like a search site but is titled "About:Blank" (or your homepage keeps reverting), something on the machine is forcing or intercepting the start page rather than IE itself behaving normally.

Try these steps in order:

  • Check the Internet Explorer shortcut you use to launch the browser. Right‑click -> Properties and inspect the Target field. It should end with \iexplore.exe and not have a URL or extra parameters tacked on. Remove anything after iexplore.exe.
  • Check proxy settings: Tools -> Internet Options -> Connections -> LAN Settings. Make sure no unexpected proxy is set.
  • Restore IE defaults: Internet Options -> Advanced -> Restore advanced settings, then re-set your homepage on the General tab and restart IE.
  • Inspect toolbars/BHOs and startup items. Disable unknown toolbars (Tools -> Manage Add-ons) and review startup entries with msconfig (or Autoruns if available). Rogue BHOs or toolbars commonly reset homepages.
  • Look in the registry (carefully, and back up first): check HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page and the same key under HKLM to see what URL is stored or being enforced. Use Regedit’s Find to search for strings like the weird page name.
  • Boot into Safe Mode and run up‑to‑date anti‑malware scanners (different engines often catch different items). Since you already tried Norton and the adware tool, try an alternate scanner and run them from Safe Mode.

If these steps don’t fix it, collect diagnostic information (exact URL shown in the address bar, the target string from the IE shortcut, the Start Page registry values, and a list of toolbars/startup entries) and follow ’s guidance about posting a diagnostic log in the Security forum so helpers can analyze it. If the infection looks deep, consider a System Restore to a clean point or backing up data and reinstalling the OS.

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ok, sorry New to this site. I see that I need HIJACKTHIS software. Where do I get it? Can I download it from this site?? Thx

--shich

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