I know its on my PC but it comes and goes...how do I get rid of it and what is it doing?
2006-07-03 01:28:03 · 13 answers · asked by Jackie 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
ehc 11's advice is right on the money.
About Blank can be an insidious malware infection and best to visit one of the free online tech help sites where folks who have experience in removing these entries can help you.
Two sites that I'm involved with:
http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/...
http://forums.techguy.org/
Good luck.
2006-07-03 06:08:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
spybot from http://www.safer-networking.org/,will clean any spyware that may cause a problem,but about-blank isnt the name of a spyware,so it may come up as something else
if you use the search option in answers,when the webpage pops up,you should see about blank as a address before it goes to the chosen website
good luck
2006-07-03 17:43:16 · answer #2 · answered by brianthesnail123 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya gotta find the software you downloaded that you thought was free that is associated with it. If you keep using the software it will keep installing the adware...You downloaded it, you the only one who can find it...maybe next time you wont download all that crap! Thats like a friend of mine....every two weeks he complains about dialers and popups and chit slowin his system down, I clean it, I tell him stop goin to them stupid porn sites and so called free mp3 sites....hes says "I dont wanna stop". Then he says "I ran all my spyware detection software..." New adware comes out by the tons on a daily basis! You can run 10 detectors and they wont see it! IF IT SAYS ITS FREE IT IS ALMOST GAURANTEED TO HAVE AT LEAST ADWARE AND SPY WARE....NOT TO MENTION POSSIBLE HIJACKERS, VIRUSES, TROJANS AND OTHER MALICIOUS SOFTWARE. So called free music sites, porn sites, gambling sites, and online gaming sites are loaded to the hilt with this chit! .Now go find the "About Blank Removal tool" use your search engine
2006-07-03 08:38:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suggest you seek advice on a computer forum. My fiance had something similar on his PC, he posted it on a computer (geeks is the only word I can think of unfortunately) forum. It is quite hard to get rid of, but the forum users gave him good advice and he successfully got rid of it. So its thanks to the computer geeks out there!
2006-07-03 08:42:49 · answer #4 · answered by ehc11 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About blank.
2006-07-03 08:30:12 · answer #5 · answered by Andrew W 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go here and follow the procedue and you should get rid of it.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/bugbusting.mspx
2006-07-03 08:32:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
about:blank
is a blank web page on any browser.
If it pops up randomly, it usually is the beginning of a popup ad.
2006-07-03 08:30:33 · answer #7 · answered by Crazydog 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hey,
To rid of it go Tools>Internet Options and change the home page it is so easy!!!!!
2006-07-03 08:45:46 · answer #8 · answered by emailboy36 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
d/load "hijack this"then do a google for it and post the log file to help forum - theylll tell u what to do wiht it.
2006-07-03 14:35:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a pop up blocker...if you have one enable it. I had the same problem and this solved it.
2006-07-03 08:32:52 · answer #10 · answered by uma 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋