[pchelpers] Re: hijacking problem with "about blank"

Hi Louis

> I can hardly go to any links without being hijacked to a page named "about 
> blank".

As explained on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoolWebSearch#Variants, 
"About:blank" is the generic name for one of the most common but hardest 
to remove variants of CoolWebSearch. The simplest solution is 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CWShredder , which is free and usually works.

> After a search of the internet on a different computer [using google on my 
> infected computer  triggers me into the problem cited above] I found some 
> software called XoftSpySE for  $39.90 which claims to  solve that problem. I 
> have ran it several times as well as RegCure from the same company as well 
> as the free AVI scan and ad-aware6..
> Nothing in error is found in those scans as of now as they show all the bad 
> stuff was cleared, but I still have the problem.
> 
> I have emailed the techs at paretologic.com, the company for XoftSpySE and 
> they have requested I send them the log files of the results of using their 
> XoftSpySE.

It's a very bad idea to install and run a program that you found using a 
Google search without first checking on a reputable site that it's not a 
rogue program pretending to remove malware and instead blackmailing you 
into paying for removing malware that often is not even on your computer 
or that it put there itself. XoftSpySE is listed on 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fake_anti-spyware_programs#Partial_list_of_rogue_software
 
as known rogue antispyware.

See http://local.nu/HelpDesk/index.php/Anti-spyware_software for more 
details.


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