Solved IE11 Homepage changes to about blank

[Windows7_user]

Ok, then we're done


I can recommend you this software to avoid Adware in the future. Unchecky is very light and install and forget program. It works in background and has auto update feature, so beleive me you will forget it is installed.

http://unchecky.com/

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• The following will implement some post-cleanup procedures:

=> Please download DelFix by Xplode to your Desktop.

Run the tool and check the following boxes below;

Remove disinfection tools

Create registry backup

Purge System Restore
Click Run button and wait a few seconds for the programme completes his work.
At this point all the tools we used here should be gone. Tool will create an report for you (C:\DelFix.txt)

The tool will also record healthy state of registry and make a backup using ERUNT program in %windir%\ERUNT\DelFix
Tool deletes old system restore points and create a fresh system restore point after cleaning.

Thanks (again!) - so far so good this morning - I'm away for rest of day so will look at the suggestion above on Sunday morning & sort that drink out too. I run Mcafee Total Protection - is the above OK to run in conjunction with that?

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Yeap, McAfee will run perfectly along with Unchecky

 

[Windows7_user]

All sorted and homepage still OK - many thanks again. Have done the final scan and downloaded unchecky and bought you a beer or 3 via your paypal button. Cheers!

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Cheers

 

[Windows7_user]

Cheers

After browsing facebook earlier - the about blank has returned this evening - am thinking this may not be malware related?

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Very strange. Can you look at options to set page you want.

 

[Windows7_user]

Very strange. Can you look at options to set page you want.

yep - "intenet options" and home page now says "about blank".

I'll change it back to google and see when and if it reverts to about blank.

The only thing different I dis this evening was checked the facebook "keep me logged in" box and it was after I closed facebook and then re-opened IE11 30 mins later that it happened.

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

You still with me?

 

[Windows7_user]

yep - "intenet options" and home page now says "about blank".

I'll change it back to google and see when and if it reverts to about blank.

The only thing different I dis this evening was checked the facebook "keep me logged in" box and it was after I closed facebook and then re-opened IE11 30 mins later that it happened.

Update - homepage still OK - did a Mcafee scan and a Malwarebites one - both found nothing. Will

You still with me?

Yep - homepage still behaving - but have not visited / used facebook since. Will be on that site later so will report back if this causes the issue to re-surface. (apologies for the truncated post yesterday - not sure what happened)
As mentioned scans have found nothing, unchecky is happy and I have had no alerts etc browsing.

 

[Windows7_user]

Update - all been fine - then this morning I clicked on an email which had a zip attachment by mistake but did not open the attachment or view the contents of the email. Deleted it then did a full Mcafee Total Protection scan which found one issue on a .msg file - a rdn/generic downloader.x!kg.

Opened IE11 and back to about blank ! So am wondering whether this is related to Mcafee / the email or something else?

I have done a Malwarebytes antimalware scan and that picks up nothing. Do you think there is anything else I should check?

(sorry to be a pain!)

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Can you use another browser. IE is pain in the ass.

 

[Windows7_user]

Can you use another browser. IE is pain in the ass.

Yep - sounds like a plan - but does this sound like a malware issue to you?

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

If everything except IE is good, then why doubt.

 

[Windows7_user]

If everything except IE is good, then why doubt.

Fair comment - thanks again.

 

[Ogremanji]

TwinHeadedEagle,

I'm having the same issue as Windows7_user...

Is there anyway you can use your mad skills and help a chump like me out?
I'd go ahead and follow all those directions up there so as to not bother you and use
that script and such but I wouldn't want to blast my computer to Bermuda by being
hasty as it says to not do this in the thread.

Anywho,

Thank you in advance!

-Ogremanji

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Open your own topic.