About:Blank

Fix & Remove The About Blank Adware

Here's the problem - Internet Explorer seems to have decided that the home page About:blank is what will greet you every time you open a new browser window. You try to change it back but either your Internet Options are greyed out or you change the page back, only to find next time you start Internet Explorer the dreaded About:blank has returned.

There are many possible causes for this behaviour and most are evil. One possible cause is a virus, but this is not very common. The most likely culprit is an adware/browser hijack program - in particular, CoolWebSearch.

The symptom that identifies the CoolWebSearch or a close variation is that About:Blank appears as the address, but in the background a window pops up stating that spyware, adware or something similar has been found on your system. CoolWebSearch is a browser hijack program - it takes over your home page, and keeps changing it back. Its purpose is to show you advertising, or flog you an over-priced piece of software to fix the issue CoolWebSearch has created. The About:Blank change is a trick designed to confuse users - regrettably, it is very successful!

The simplest way to remove the About:Blank adware is to use a specially designed tool and clean up your system. Step one is to flush out all the temp files on your system: Cookies, Temporary Internet Files and Temp files (you can do this via Internet Explorer's Tools-Internet Options or for a more thorough clean, use a privacy tool such as Tracks Eraser Pro 5). Next up, get a copy of CWShredder. This should kill CoolWebSearch and allow you to change your home page from About:Blank, plus it will kill those pop up windows.

If these options don't work, you may need a more in-depth tool .

The About:Blank deception is devious enough already - it may be altered in the future, so keep an eye out for other programs that contain it (main sources: free programs with adware files) - and stay clear. Finally, consider adding an anti-adware tool to work next to your anti-virus software.


TrackEraser Pro Review

Licence: Free to try (shareware)

Tracks Eraser Pro is designed to protect your privacy and security by cleaning up all the unwanted history data on your computer. With only one click, Tracks Eraser Pro allows you to delete the cache, cookies, typed URLs, AutoComplete memory and index.dat files. Plus it can automatically clean the Window's temp folder, Run History, Search History, Open/save history or recent documents list. In addition, with Tracks Eraser's free plugins, you can easily delete the tracks various applications, including RealPlayer, Media Player, QuickTime, Microsoft Office, Acrobat and WinZip. The Securely Erasing feature lets you erase the files completely so they can't be recovered by snoops. This release features new options to clear Windows Page File at shutdown, erase MSN Messenger user account and enhanced homepage protection to prevent browser hijacking.

Tracks Eraser will also fix a nagging problem with Internet Explorer - typed URLs. Even when you tell Internet Explorer to delete your History, these pesky entries still remain - but Tracks Eraser Pro will get rid of them in a blink. Another common irritation it fixes is the index.dat bloat. These files (often hidden by Windows) reside in Cookies, History and Internet Explorer's cache folders. This presents two problems: they can grow quite large and as they increase in size, they tend to be bogged down with unneeded data - making them less efficient. Secondly, snoops can recover the index.dat file and see details such as your History, even though the items don't show up in the History folder. With a simple click, you will now be able to delete the index.dat files and protect your privacy. If you need more proof of this threat, download this free index.dat viewer (opens in new window) and see why you should delete these files.

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Source: SoftwarePatch.Com