Friggen Hijackers

[AKK 0]

Hey all

Im runnin win2k pro and I picked up the new variant of that stupid about:blank Hijacker.

anybody know a tried and true way to kill that bastard.

And yeah I,ve been through my registry, ran spybot s&d, adaware and I just dont wanna DL every sumbitchen spyware program there is.

any way thought I,d ask here as there seems to be alot-o-sharp people hangin around these forums

[Billabong81 0]

Perhaps try this article from PChell.com. Good luck with this

[EiZei 0]

.. and switch from IE to firefox to avoid such nuisanses in the future.

[AKK 0]

Quote[/b] ]Perhaps try this article from PChell.com.

went there but alas it keeps morphing its dll files.

Quote[/b] ]and switch from IE to firefox to avoid such nuisanses in the future

Yeah I did the firefox and mozilla approach. I have only had a little while and I,m a believer.

but that about:blank is a bastard. not only did it hijack my browser but it has infected my help files

SCREW INTERNET EXPLORER!!!!!

[pitufo 0]

Here's a good forum you could check out: http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/

And download HIJACKTHIS sorry no link but you can find it easily on the forum.

[da12thMonkey 1943]

Try this:

http://www.download.com/Remove-....78.html

I had this particular browser hijack too a little while ago. I used another program to remove it but that required a license for continued use, and I can't actually remember what the program was called anyway.

Since then I've switched to another browser called Maxthon just as an added prevention measure.

[Billabong81 0]

Since then I've switched to another browser called Maxthon just as an added prevention measure.

I use Maxthon as well and love it .

[EiZei 0]

Since then I've switched to another browser called Maxthon just as an added prevention measure.

I use Maxthon as well and love it .

IE with an addon gui still an IE with an addon gui

[Billabong81 0]

Yes, it is still IE...and I have never had a single problem with IE .

[AKK 0]

Thanks all for the replies. I will checkem out.

as for hijack this. It wont fix the problem as the new about:blank runs on a hidden .dll in the H_key registry. I DL'd reglite (I got It Here) which is much simpler to use than the MS Regedit or Regedt32. My main prob with most suggested methods is I have no Win2K CD asI was given this Comp. So I have no Recovery Console to boot from.

Any how I moved to mozilla and am very pleased.

but I would still like to string up the dirty buggers that created that stupid thing

[AKK 0]

I think I found an answer (at least for now)

if you get this bastard and run an NT platform try DLing the Beta version of Microsofts Spyware checker. go here MS Downloads (official)

it worked for me and caught 2 other browser plugins that neither spybot ar adaware 6 caught.

[EiZei 0]

Yeah, I consider MS antispyware as a "nuclear option" when it comes to removing to this shit, it is much more better at finding newer and sneakier versions but seems to have some false positives and a 20MB memory footprint continously as well.