[SOLVED] Is my IE7 'New Tab' hijacked?

DonaldG · 12-19-2007, 09:36 AM

Platform as per 'My System'

(Visa Ultimate 32 bit)

(I have just completed the Hijack 5 steps but not posted the logs as yet in case what I has is normal...)

Problem:
When first installed, opening up a new tab gave a new tab, fairly blank with words to the effect "About Tabs" or something like that.

A little while ago, I noticed this had changed to the one shown below. It has a Yahoo search box and a host of Top Search results...

I don't like this page and want to restore the original "You pressed a New Tab" page but I cannot find how to restore it...

Question 1: Is the page as shown below a normal update or is it a browser hijack?
Question 2: How do I restore the original page?

I have Ad-Aware 2007, Spyware Doctor, SpywareBlaster installed. Nothing untoward is shown up...

hijacked-browser1.jpg

The links on the page to 'Deactivate the page' does not work. I have checked the html source code and note that it is 'powered' by VMN.net but the section is "REM'd" out

Quote:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Welcome to Tabbed Browsing</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ErrorPageTemplate.css" />

<script type="">

var lang="en";

function isExternalUrlSafeForNavigation(urlStr){
var regEx = new RegExp("^(http(s?)|ftp|file)://", "i");
return regEx.exec(urlStr);
}

function exitWelcomePage(){
//window.location.replace('about:blank');
document.location.replace('about:blank');
}

function resetWelcomePage(){
//window.location.replace('res://ieframe.dll/tabswelcome.htm');
document.location.replace('res://ieframe.dll/tabswelcome.htm');
}

function Show(){
if(removeSection.style.display =="none"){
removeSecA.style.visibility="visible"
removeSection.style.display="block" ;
}else{
removeSecA.style.visibility="hidden";
removeSection.style.display="none";

}
}
</script>
<script src="tablib.js" language="javascript" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="tabdata.js" language="javascript" type="text/javascript"></script>

</head>
<body class="tabInfo" onload="doLoad()">
<table width="780" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td id="tabIconAlign" width="60" align="left" valign="top" rowspan="2">
<img src="tab_icon.png" id="tabIcon" alt="Tab icon">
</td>
<td id="mainTitleAlign" valign="right" align="left" width="*">
<table border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td width="67%" align="left">
<h1 id="mainTitle">You've opened a new tab</h1>
</td>
<td align="right">
<img src="help.gif" id="helpIcon" border="0" alt="Help Icon" class="actionIcon">
<a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=62982" style="font-size: 0.8em;"><nobr>Learn more about tabs</nobr></a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td id="ErrorCodeAlign" class="errorCodeAndDivider" align="right"> 
<div class="divider"></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td>
<br/>
Browse these top searches for <span id="dateSpan"></span><br/><br/>
<div id="topSearchDiv"></div>
<br/>
Or try a new search:<br/>
<form action="http://search.yahoo.com/search" onsubmit="return (searchForm.p.value.length > 0);" name="searchForm" method="get">
<input type="hidden" name="fr" value="vmn">
<input type="hidden" name="type" value="ultra">
<input type="text" size="60" name="p"> <input type="submit" value="Search the Web"> <img alt="Powered by Yahoo!" src="yahoo_search.gif" border="0" style="{vertical-align=middle;}"/>
</form>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td>
<div class="divider"></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td>
<p>
<table width="100%" border=0>
<tr>
<form name="skipTabFrom" action="javascript:exitWelcomePage()">
<td>
<a href="javascript:Show()">How to deactivate this page</a>        
<div id="removeSection" style="display:none;" class="btext">
<b>Follow these steps:</b><br>
1- Press the "Next" button below<br>
2- From the next page, check "Don't show this page again" and press the "Close" button.
<br><br>
<span id="removeSecA" style="visibility:hidden;">
<button id="closeButtonStyle" type="button" style="width: 6.5em;" onclick="resetWelcomePage()"><ID id="ResetButtonText">Next</ID></button>
</span>
</div>
</td>
<td align="right" valign=top>
<button id="closeButtonStyle" type="submit" style="width: 6.5em;"><ID id="closeButtonText">Close</ID></button> </td>
</form>
</tr>
<tr>
The next 5 lines are "Rem'd" out in source code!

</tr>
</table>
</p>

</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

DonaldG · 12-22-2007, 02:58 AM

bump.

DonaldG · 12-23-2007, 02:07 AM

I had not noticed a RESET button that did just that. It reset IE7 back to the state as it was when it was first installed.

Here is how to (cribbed from Microsoft):
1 Close all instances of IE
2 Open one instance of IE
3 Click TOOLS
4 Click ADVANCED TAB
5 Click RESET BUTTON
Then close and reopen IE7...

In my case, it saved all my faverites but deleted all browsing history, typed URLs & Cookies....

It removed the rougue 'hijacked' New Tab and restored the correct New Tab....

Whole process took less than 60 seconds.... Simple...

(thought that I might have been in for the long haul and have to reinstal IE7)

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DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,164 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: [SOLVED] Is my IE7 'New Tab' hijacked? I had not noticed a RESET button that did just that. It reset IE7 back to the state as it was when it was first installed. Here is how to (cribbed from Microsoft): 1 Close all instances of IE 2 Open one instance of IE 3 Click TOOLS 4 Click ADVANCED TAB 5 Click RESET BUTTON Then close and reopen IE7... In my case, it saved all my faverites but deleted all browsing history, typed URLs & Cookies.... It removed the rougue 'hijacked' New Tab and restored the correct New Tab.... Whole process took less than 60 seconds.... Simple... (thought that I might have been in for the long haul and have to reinstal IE7) __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner .