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Blank :Fix and remove the About Blank adware attack
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About:Blank
- adware pest removal
Here's the problem - Internet Explorer seems to have decided that
the home page About:blank is what will greet you every time you
open a new browser window. You try to change it back but either
your Internet Options are greyed out or you change the page back,
only to find next time you start Internet Explorer the dreaded About:blank
has returned.
There
are many possible causes for this behaviour and most are evil. One
possible cause is a virus, but this is not very common. The most
likely culprit is an adware/browser hijack program - in particular,
CoolWebSearch.
The
symptom that identifies the CoolWebSearch or a close variation is
that About:Blank appears as the address, but in the background a
window pops up stating that spyware, adware or something similar
has been found on your system. CoolWebSearch is a browser hijack
program - it takes over your home page, and keeps changing it back.
Its purpose is to show you advertising, or flog you an over-priced
piece of software to fix the issue CoolWebSearch has created. The
About:Blank change is a trick designed to confuse users - regrettably,
it is very successful!
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The
simplest way to remove the About:Blank adware is to use a specially designed
tool and clean up your system. Step one is to flush out all the temp files
on your system: Cookies, Temporary Internet Files and Temp files (you
can do this via Internet Explorer's Tools-Internet Options or for a more
thorough clean, use a privacy tool such as Tracks Eraser Pro 5). Next
up, get a copy of CWShredder. This should kill CoolWebSearch and allow
you to change your home page from About:Blank, plus it will kill those
pop up windows.
If
these options don't work, you may need a more in-depth tool .
The
About:Blank deception is devious enough already - it may be altered in
the future, so keep an eye out for other programs that contain it (main
sources: free programs with adware files) - and stay clear. Finally, consider
adding an anti-adware tool to work next to your anti-virus software.
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