[RedBloodedAmerican]

spybot search and destroy.
adaware
anti-trojan
hijack this

find em and use em

[Viet-Boat-Rider]

Go to Mcafee.com and download STINGER. It will remove it and fix your computer.

[atomicpossum]

Here's a link regarding removal of this problem: http://computercops.biz/article-5199-nested-0-0.html

[Flavius]

i downloaded FIRFOX (mozzila new version EXCELLENT) free,

BOUGHT ZONEALARM PRO paid 40.00

Have not looked back yet!

NET.. DUMp I.E.

[Billthedrill]

You got burned with Cool Web Search. Click HERE for a removal tool. Then you might think about Spybot Search & Destroy to inoculate you from further nasty adware and malware. Good product, and it's free.

Good luck.

[TheGeezer]

Is it Search200? Go to http://www.search200.com/help.html and download the unload program. It will work: I've used it at work. Good luck!

[deport]

http://eboston.addr.com/wwwboard/messages/1494.html

The above link is to a question at the Computer Lady.com which maybe of some help.... Also you may asked your question over there as they seem to provide lots of info.....

[StriperSniper]

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[KS Flyover]

From Langa List: http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2004/2004-07-22.htm#5

We initially discussed the "About:Blank" hijack when it first crawled out from under its rock ( http://langa.com/newsletters/2004/2004-07-08.htm#4 ), but a lot more info is now available:

Hey Fred: Saw the latest LangaList and then ran into this. Thought you might want to pass it on to your readers: "About:Buster v1.26 [23K] Win2k/XP FREE http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4289.html Is your Internet Explorer hijacked to something similar to res://.dll/index.html#37049? Symptoms include an about:blank home page and popup ads. This one is a bear to remove, but a couple of tools have been released to help remove these, including About:Buster. The download page has instructions on using this tool..."---Michael H. Bell

Hi Fred. With regard to the "about blank" browser hijack, I had 2 friends systems infected with this Trojan and after some searching found this very useful site with information about Cool Web Search (CWS) which it is part of + the CWS shredder program removes all traces completely, even ones that Ad Aware did not pick up. Recommended. http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html ---Geoff Wilkinson

I think you would have an interesting read of this page by Eric Howes and Suzi over at Spyware Warrior forums, at which I diagnose HijackThis logs at, under the user name TeMerc. I also have a MSN community, and I always post links to your newsletters. Here is my site:
http://groups.msn.com/TeMercInternetSecuritySite/home.htm ---Tom Mercado

[PeaceBeWithYou]

AVG Free by Grisoft

Be sure to do an update after you install it, doesn't make much sense to scan without the most recent information.

[Republican Red]

I'm not technical at all but....

Something got ahold of my computer yesterday that crippled it. I tried my Adaware and Spybot but I still kept getting hijacked by some nasty.

With help, I ran the run menu and typed in msconfig. The nasty little buggers were in my start-up cycle and needed to be disabled.

[BallyBill]

If you have the one that renames itself with random numbers and letters everytime you try to remove it, you could be in for a big battle. McAfee security suite can fix this version, but I've had to remove infected hard drives and scan them from a clean pc. Try running all of the adware removers listed by others in Safe Mode too. Make sure Explorer is the only running program. Check by using Ctrl-Alt-Del .

[fiftymegaton]

Thank you all for the timely advice. Evidently it was good advice because I can now check my e-mail(hopefully it will stay that way). I downloaded CWShredder, Spybot Search & Destroy, a program called A-Squared(that I found while trying to look up Anti-Trojan), and I had already had AdAware. I ran them all once then ran them all again in Safe Mode and then I ran them all again just to be sure and now my PC is working. Thank you all again you deserve a pat on the back.