Spyware-Redirected to about:about

[chad]

Hello All,

I seem to have spyware on my PC that I can not remove.  I purchased two different scanning and removal programs which seems to work at first, however, the same problem occurs as the end result.  

Whenever I go to a website that requires cookies, for example yahoo mail log in, it redirects me to this "about:about" page that looks like a search engine page.  The spyware also changes my internet options and makes the about:about page my home page.  

Can anyone tell me what to do to stop this from happening?, as I can't get my email until it is gone.  Please explain it as if you were explaining it to a complete dummy because I am not techie at all.

My operating system is Windows XP, if that helps.

Thanks and much appreciated!

Chad

[Raptor]

Use a proper spyware scanner such as Adaware SE and scan in safe mode.

[MalikTous]

Yep... Add AdAware and SpybotS&D (both freeware) to your anti-spyware toolkit. If the problem persists, try disabling 3rd-party browser extensions (IE6). Or add Firefox to your browser tools (you do not need to remove other browsers, I have IE6, Firefox, Opera, and Netscape for different browsing on the same machine...) until you can use a tool like HijackThis or CWShredder to evict the stubborn browser hijack.

[Michael Allen]

I have the same problem. I used Adware SE and it did work initially, however the problem has since returned! And it's bloody annoying!

[dl65]

Chad....Michael Allen........You have been infected by the nasty ....browser hijacker......
You should D/l ....Hijackthis  1.98.2 http://www.download.com/HijackThis/3000-8022-10307556.html?tag=lst-0-1
D/l CW Shredder  V159.1 ...http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html

These should help......but feel free to post the log file here.

dl65  

[merlin_2]

or this>http://www.wilderssecurity.net/bhblaster.html

[Michael Allen]

OK CW Shreder seems to have done the trick, thanks for the advice guys.