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How to remove About:Blank Homepage Hijacker (About:Blank removal) |
How did my homepage get set to About:Blank?The About:Blank homepage hijacker is a variation of a more advanced Cool Web Search hijacker. There are several variants of the About:Blank hijacker and all of them are difficult to remove manually. This hijacker is also referred to as the HomeOldSP hijacker because of the changes to the registry that can be seen using HijackThis such as
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,HomeOldSP = about:blank
This is very similar in characteristics to the random dll hijacker also known as HomeSearch Hijacker that came out around the same time. The key to the hijack is a hidden dll file that is connected to a BHO (Browser Hijack Object). This hidden dll file shows up in the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\\AppInit_DLLs
Unfortunately removing this About:Blank hijacker can be difficult. Its a very persistent problem that can return quickly if it is not removed carefully.
How do I Remove the About:Blank homepage hijacker?
There are three basic proven methods that help remove this pesky hijacker, a manual one, one using vbscripts and an automatic one used by a spyware removal program. PC Hell: How to Remove About:Blank Homepage Hijacker
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