about:blank virus

[corruptedmage25]

Im currently using Comcast as my provider and i just recently found out my homepage is no longer yahoo.com but some about:blank site. I tried using HijackThis to remove it but it keeps reappearing. Any other method besides reformatting computer?

 

[redbeard1]

This is a start. Ad Aware and Spybot S&D will help. Bop over to the software forum for more suggestions. Or check the first topic in this forum.

CWShredder

 

[Schadenfroh]

About:Buster removes this hijack.

 

[kristof007]

My friend got rid of it with Spybot S&D if I am correct. about:buster might do the trick too. 20,000 posts can't be wrong

 

[Stonesoldier]

read this thread
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=33&threadid=1658987

 

[engineereeyore]

If that doesn't work, my friend and I wrote a program to get rid of the problem. Just Spybot/Adaware to get rid of the junk, then run this to clean up the rest and reset your browser settings. Let me know if you need it.