I did but she wasn`t home that day!LOL!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Abed Zantout" < azantout2001%40yahoo.com">azantout2001
yahoo.com>
To: < Computer_Help_and_Discussion%40yahoogroups.com">Computer_Help_and_Discussionyahoogroups.com>;
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 2:50 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAD] About.Blank
> Martha,
> Anyone ever told you that you are the greatest ??
>
> Thanks
>
> Abed
>;
>
> Martha < marthaintexas%40sbcglobal.net">marthaintexassbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Hi Abed,
>
> My ideas are mainly to stop using a browser with ActiveX enabled. Some web
> sites like Windows Update must have ActiveX enabled, so instead of using
IE,
> I use Firefox and Opera, which do not have any ActiveX.
>
>; There are a number of online scanners than scan and clean for free.
>
> Just my opinion, any program that advertizes a 'free download' then scans
> but won't clean until you pay is using shady tactics. While a few of these
> programs may be good at cleaning, I just won't do business with anyone who
> offers 'free' but won't deliver until paid.
>
> Spyware Warrior is a site everyone should have bookmarked or added to
> Favorites.
> http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
>
> There is a long list of rogue/suspect anti-spyware products & web sites.
> While not every bad or good product is listed, this advice can be found
near
> the bottom of the page:
>
> "If your PC is already infested with spyware and adware, resist the
> temptation to succumb to impulse buys of anti-spyware products that you
see
> on the Net, esp. those included in the "rogue/suspect" list on this page
or
> advertised on Google. Instead, you can get help online from a corps of
savvy
> volunteers who specialize in busting spyware."
>
> There is a list of known good products, some free and some online scanners
> that actually do find and clean system of virus and spyware.
>
>;
> Martha
> <http://www.computer-help-and-discussion.com/>
> http://www.computer-help-and-discussion.com/
>; <http://www.marthas-web.com/>; http://www.marthas-web.com/
>
>
>
> From: Computer_Help_and_Discussion%40yahoogroups.com">Computer_Help_and_Discussionyahoogroups.com
> [mailto: Computer_Help_and_Discussion%40yahoogroups.com">Computer_Help_and_Discussionyahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Abed
>; Zantout
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 3:07 PM
> To: Computer_Help_and_Discussion%40yahoogroups.com">Computer_Help_and_Discussionyahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CHAD] About.Blank
>
> Just to share with fellow group members.
> Yesterday I was plagued with the hijacking of my home page. All explorer
> would go to is About.Blank.
> I am not new to PC trouble shooting but it took me few hours to get my
> internet connection back and was able to surf the net again.
> For those of you who are familiar with this issue, the manual method of
> removing About.Blank did not work since the hidden file did not have a
value
> in the Registry.
> I ended up purchasing (online) a program called AntiSpywareBot which was
> able to clean things up for me.
> Any other ideas out there?
> I know I am going to see this again if not on my computer then on someone
> else's.
> By the way I run XP Pro SP2.
>;
> Abed
>;
>
> > Remove the anti-virus footer, ads, Yahoo footers, and this line and
everything below when replying; see our other list
>; http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=chadfree
>
> For a "How to Trim" see:
>; http://www.marthas-web.com/trimming-posts.htm
>; Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
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