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Mark1864 · 04-12-2006, 02:18 PM

Hi POADB,

I seem okay now thanks. Thanks for the help, but before assigning this thread as resolved - is there any chance of just commenting on the following for me too please? :-

Before contacting Tech Support Forum, I had initially found the following link :-
http://www.pchell.com/support/aboutblank.shtml “How do I Remove the About:Blank homepage hijacker?”
As instructed I downloaded a registry program called Reglite and navigated to the following entry :-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows.
I had to look for the Key named AppInit_DLLs, where the value in this key is the hidden dll file that is/was apparently causing all my problems.
Under the description “Specifies which dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) installed on the computer are loaded by Windows 3.x-based applications” - I found the name APPInit_DLLs ; type REG_SZ ; size 1.

I didn’t quite understand what to do next, so gave up and contacted you guys about About:blank instead.
But do I need to be concerned about hidden dll files and About:blank constantly returning?

Yours gratefully, Mark.

04-12-2006, 02:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mark1864 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 58 OS: Windows XP	Hi POADB, I seem okay now thanks. Thanks for the help, but before assigning this thread as resolved - is there any chance of just commenting on the following for me too please? :- Before contacting Tech Support Forum, I had initially found the following link :- http://www.pchell.com/support/aboutblank.shtml “How do I Remove the About:Blank homepage hijacker?” As instructed I downloaded a registry program called Reglite and navigated to the following entry :- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows. I had to look for the Key named AppInit_DLLs, where the value in this key is the hidden dll file that is/was apparently causing all my problems. Under the description “Specifies which dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) installed on the computer are loaded by Windows 3.x-based applications” - I found the name APPInit_DLLs ; type REG_SZ ; size 1. I didn’t quite understand what to do next, so gave up and contacted you guys about About:blank instead. But do I need to be concerned about hidden dll files and About:blank constantly returning? Yours gratefully, Mark.